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Abalone shells have such a terrific texture and yield such a fantastic "meat" when prepared properly.
In 2000, Peru’s government formalised Brazil nut harvesting under a system of concessions, where each producer, or castañero, has the right to collect nuts in a particular patch of forest. They can also remove a certain amount of wood per year, but some extract more than their quota.
A handful of shelled Brazil nuts, Puerto Maldonado, Madre de Dios, Peru.
For more on the lives of Brazil nut harvesters, see this video: www.blog.cifor.org/16627/snakes-thieves-and-falling-nuts-...
Photo by Marco Simola/CIFOR
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Miller's (2,450 square feet)
948 J Clyde Morris Boulevard, Newport News, VA
This location opened in fall 2000, replacing an older 1960s-built Shell/Miller Mart #66 that sat on the same site (known as "Bayberry Shell").
When our last grapevine wreath lost their shells one by one, I started looking for a replacement substrate. Of course reading my favorite mosaic groups (MASGO) I decide on stryofoam. Then I spread prepmade thinset all over the wreath, sprinkled cushed shells and sand on a table, rolled the wreath in the shells(kinda like baking)and waited for them to dry. Next step .glued the inside of the wreath with smaller seashells. Some were "glued" with thinset, some were done with Dap. Nest step was doing the top part of the wreath, same way. The last part was tricky and I had to wait several days in between as I "glued" shells around the outside of the wreath. After the wreath was dry, I filled in any blank spaces with teeny tiny shells.
DH bought some really cool nautical rope at Home Depot and hung it for me. To keep from the wreath banging against the door we used that foam that is used around fireplaces etc if you have kids in the house.
I'm quite happy with the results and it fits in well with our Welcome..
Dr. Phil Nudelman and his wife, Sandra, recently donated a one-of-a-kind collection of more than 100,000 shells to the Burke Museum. It's not only incredibly beautiful but also holds great research value. Read more on our blog: bit.ly/12YJQeS
Our tables were named after beaches, and they used these shells for place cards. The bows tell the servers what we're eating: Anne is having Soylent White, and my mom is having Soylent Green
I confess I did bring home just a couple of shells - these are so tiny (the yellow one is about the size of my little finger nail) that they would have been lost in one of my usual beach shots, so I brought them home to capture. Markings are so pretty.
I *may* have also found an abalone (my first whole one ever!)
Love these, but can't remember where I picked them up. These days I tend to just take photos and leave the shells on the beach
Dr. Phil Nudelman and his wife, Sandra, recently donated a one-of-a-kind collection of more than 100,000 shells to the Burke Museum. It's not only incredibly beautiful but also holds great research value. Read more on our blog: bit.ly/12YJQeS
The inside of each Abalone Shell, away from where it attaches to the shell, is polished by the mollusc itself as it moves.
#13 Shell/s for 116 pictures in 2016
The unknown story of the broken sea shells collectors
At Uadaypur 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 100 (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
Images of Bengal, India