Japanese floats

Description Japanese glass fishing float with original netting and trademark. Glass floats such as this have been used for decades in Japan to buoy fishing nets used by coastal and open ocean co…

Hand-tied glass fishing float net - hand tied by @RuthBleakley, using a hand-blown glass ball made by @Bryan Randa

This amazing collection of glass fishing floats belongs to Patrick. I recently befriended Patrick on Facebook after he joined my Glass Fishing Float Collectors group. He lives in Malaysia & is also a glass float enthusiast. He answered a few questions for me regarding glass floats. 1. How did you become interested in glass fishing floats? P: I became interested since encountering them while hunting for wild boars. Never knew anything about it before. Was forewarned by local people about…

Beautiful Glass Fishing Floats - Red, Green, Blue Because of interest in glass fishing floats from Japan, Russia, and other areas, we wrote our friend

Have you ever seen a Japanese glass float with hand knotted netting? We've got step-by-step pictures, video and instructions to show you how!

A wonderfully crafted Netted Japanese glass fishing float (so called Ukidama), with a neat orange colored net. These antique Japanese glass balls were once used by fishermen to keep their fishing nets afloat and were frequently made by hand blowing

Turn Thrift Store Lamps into Japanese glass fishing floats. I love this full tutorial on how to make my own nautical glass buoys. I love the colors on these DIY fishing floats. What a great thrift store upcycle! I am going to look for lamps to turn into these beach craft beauties.

collection of large glass balls (Japanese fishing floats) in garden