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An older photo that I found recently, showing some of the shells I've collected on Gulf of Mexico beaches.
If you are anything like me, you never think about animals that live in shells as babies. But obviously, they start out tiny and grow - and yesterday an a slow amble down the beach I spotted these, which pleased me.
Mussel Shell by Mike Johnson at Beaulieu Estate Sculpture Exhibition. The sculpture is made from stainless steel, bronze and cor-ten steel.
From the artist's page:
A large Mussel shell sculpture, No 6 the last in a series of shell sculptures. All the shell sculptures were inspired by the Robert Frost poem; "Neither Out Far Nor In Deep"
Neither Out Far Not In Deep
The people along the sand
All turn and look one way.
They turn their back on the land.
They look at the sea all day.
As long as it takes to pass
A ship keeps raising its hull;
The wetter ground like glass
Reflects a standing gull.
The land may vary more;
But wherever the truth may be---
The water comes ashore,
And the people look at the sea.
They cannot look out far.
They cannot look in deep.
But when was that ever a bar
To any watch they keep?
One of the buildings near the cathedral is built of stone containing fossilized shells millions of years old, quarried from the region, which is now a long way from the sea.
"Vous pouvez y voir des fossiles de coquillages datant de plusieurs millions d’années. Cette pierre, le grès coquillier, a été extraite dans le Nord du Canton de Vaud. Elle atteste de la présence dans toute la région de vastes mers, il y a fort longtemps."
Flickr photowalk part one.
The unknown story of the broken sea shells collectors
At Udaypur sea beach (3km from Digha at the Bengal-Orissa state border), hundreds of poor villagers (80% of them are women) gather on a particular time of the day at the peak of the low tide. They all carry a small net basket for collecting broken shells following the line of the waves. When the baskets are half-filled they empty their catch at the beach and go back to the waves again. Finally the shells are packed in bags for selling. After two hours of continuous hard work, two people together can fill only a 30-kg bag selling for INR Rs 30 (USD 50 cents) only.
The shells are rich source of calcium carbonate, use in feeder mainly at the India's growing poultry industry. Also, it has great demand in making the white (lime) paint. Traders and middlemen are always waiting to exploit these poor villagers. They make on-the-spot payment, collect the bags and transport them to the local market for a hefty profit of 300% by selling each bag for at least Rs 120 (USD $ 2).
I personally talked to the shell collectors and found no Govt. intervention to stop this exploitation. The state government can easily intervene by forming a cooperative and collecting the shells themselves by their nodal agencies with a reasonable price.
Udaypur Sea Beach, Bay of Bengal
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Shell - Designed by Tomoko Fuse, folded by me.
Around 30cm of thickish, beautiful painted paper, given to me by Christiane from Switzerland. Thanks a lot again, also for the workshop, it was great!! :)
I learned it on the meeting in Prien and i had a lot of fun there. The workshop gave a lot of other great results, which you can see here: www.flickr.com/photos/faltwelt/14588898346/in/photostream/
Hope you like it!
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This is a new fold and photo of this model. I didnt like the old fold, as the shell wasnt completely 3d and i didnt like the old photo either, so i decided to redo both. I think both, fold and photo improved ;)
The paper is the same btw, it is easy to unfold it and recolapse it :)
artistic still life arrangement
(Shells collected on a beach on the Outer Banks, N. Carolina, in the early 1980s.)
I placed these shells on a piece of mat board that had a mottled, metallic surface in shades of gold and bronze that would complement the shells. I don't have a fancy studio or special photo lamps, so I turned off the room lights and placed a trouble light on the table to the right so it would catch the textures of the shells. Because I was taking the shot from above (standing on a chair) I was unable to use a tripod, but I think I caught the details without one.
This has always been one of my favorite still-life photos. I like the light and shadows. I also like the neutral colors and shades of gold.