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Meet the man who built a 15-foot-tall sea glass Christmas tree

Laura Baisas

created: Oct. 24, 2025, 2 p.m. | updated: Nov. 3, 2025, 2:25 p.m.

Sea glass is often found in areas where there’s a lot of history of boat traffic. The sea glass tree on display at the South Coast Harvest Festival. “I made a pendant with it.”A far cry from a pendant, Viveiros started building his sea glass Christmas tree with a heavy flywheel as a base. In addition to the Christmas trees, Viveiros also makes sea glass curtains to use in his backyard and plays around with the wide variety of colors in his sea glass collection. Beneath the sea glass and discarded materials used to bring this tree to life is a deeper message of life’s chances.

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