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Shell extracted from a pine board. Base is made of walnut with pegs of ebony. Thanks to Steve Garrison for his imagination and his book on how to make one of these! I will surely do some more experimentation with alternate materials and angles.
have a good sunday everyone.
it is raining madly here.
but i like it.
after this storm a think a little stroll by the seaside is in other to see if any shells got washed up.
it is election day in honduras today. pray for peace.
Walk-by shooting, tonight. Too many trees to see the old fashioned Shell design. Must return in Winter.
I found the owls on sale several years ago and finally decided to use the crushed shell on them. Since the picture I dry-brushed a light gray paint around the edge of the head so that it shows up better from a distance. Several others have aqua stars and glitter tile pieces within the shell. They are kind of funky fun! :)
A macro of some interesting sea shells for sale.
Some more photos of Silver Beach at Beihai in southern China's Guangxi province.
The Monarch Islands are off the west coast of North Uist. Uninhabited by people but home to so many seals. There were dark patches on the beach which on closer inspection proved to be areas of shells that had only partly been broken down by the waves to make the glorious white sand that makes up the stunning beaches the Hebrides are known for. Why were they in these clearly defined patches? I don't know, but the shapes and colours of these fragments fascinate me.
random birds egg fragments I've found in the last couple of months, and shells I found at the beach.
Today after a horrible drive to Rickney Amber and I met Tony for a walk on the marsh. The weather was cold misty and grey. But the peace and quiet was really wonderful. Not as much to see as on other visits but still we had a really great walk. So a running Fox Peregrines dive bombing some Lapwings and some Egrets. So only 11 images for today but as always great company and a great walk.
The origins of the Shell petrol brand are somewhat surprising, but certainly explain how it came to be called that and how its logo evolved. In 1833, a chap called Marcus Samuel opens a shop in London selling oriental seashells, which became popular decor. Indeed, going back earlier in time, but discovered in 1835, was the Shell Grotto in Margate, Kent, which is a series of underground tunnels adorned with millions of seashells arranged in intricate patterns and symbols. Anyway, I digress.
In the 1970s, the sons of Marcus Samuel, apparently called Marcus Jr and Samuel (surely not!) expanded the business into Japan selling kerosene and other goods, and thus establishing the company's foundations in petrol. In 1897 the Shell Transport and Trading Co was founded in the UK. In 1907, and to be able to properly compete on the international market, the company merges with Royal Dutch Petroleum Company to form Royal Dutch Shell. By 1904 the instantly recognisable shell logo was introduced, based on a scallop shell, an earlier logo based on mussel design had been dropped.
By 1924 the company had its first refinery in Stanlow, Cheshire. In 1932, and to cope with the effects of the great depression, the Shell Mex-BP group was formed for UK operations and lasted up to its eventual break up in 1975-1976.
Bit by bit the company grew and grew into pretty much every part of the world and just over a century later there is hardly a place in the world where one doesn't see a Shell petrol station.
For many years of its operation, the word Shell did not need to appear on the signs as the logo was so iconic by then that pretty much everyone knew the brand.
For a much more comprehensive history of the company look here
www.shell.com/who-we-are/our-history/our-company-history....
I've collected quite a few Shell branded keyrings, featuring a few of their post war logo variations.
After discovering these interesting shrubs, we walked around them for awhile and suddenly found this unbelievable flower - almost like a miniature orchid bursting out of what we thought was the blossom!! Turns out the gorgeous pink structure is only the precursor to these small but magnificent flowers. In studying this image on the computer, the subtle pink shading in the outer leaves became apparent - so delicate and lovely. Also notice what appear to be small water droplets inside the next pink structure to the right of the blossom. But what really surprises me is the fact that the flower is yellow and red!! Not what I would have expected with all the soft pink. Truly one of Mother Nature's loveliest creations. :-)
January 22 - 22/365
Another last minute cop out shot I'm afraid.
But I've not been very well this week, I've been recovering from a chest infection that seems to be getting worse now not better :(
I just want to get outside and take some outdoor shots, I'm rapidly running out of things to photograph inside. My daughter has a box of shells that she's picked up on trips to the beach, I haven't a clue what sort of shell this is, or what lived in it, but it came in handy for todays shot.
This day in 2008..... www.flickr.com/photos/weeping-willow/2213048394
Shell Bay is across the water from the famous Sandbanks peninsula and takes its name from the fact that........it is a bay.........and there are lots of shells!!! So I thought I'd represent it in picture form!
I ripped these photos out of a MS magazine several months ago, and finally got around to photographing them. It's pretty amazing what people can do with shells.
Shell Beach is a beach in the Shark Bay region of Western Australia, 45 kilometres south-east of Denham.
Shell Beach is not your everyday sand beach. It's a beach made of trillions of tiny shells, all from one type of animal.
The shell, known as the Hamelin Cockle, lives in prolific numbers in the area because of the super salty water. The discarded shells have heaped into massive piles up to 10m thick! Tonnes of bleached white shells forming a beach up to 1km wide and many kilometres long!
My wife’s crop from our two days on Sanibel Island. These shells will be incorporated in her artwork.
I made this over a long time, just for my darling heart. I could only glue a few shells at a time, then, when it was dry, would rotate the whole thing to do more. In secret. The bark is from Silver Birch trees. You can peel it off, if you're gentle, during the spring. It's so beautiful (the barrk). I've glued it to rice paper, then crocheted the edges. It's very delicate and warm and pretty.
I was concerned about the thin pieces, but as it happens, they look the best when the light is on. In fact it's a gorgeous thing. We all love shells huh? So pretty and shiny!
The base is an Op Shop purchase. An ugly lamp I transformed into lovliness! The shade was an awful dirty pink. I pulled the fabric off and just used the frame.