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These collograph prints are part of a print series based on my collection of bags. I experimented with chine-collé and with creating texture through adding fabrics and varnishes.
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 Shell Grotto, Pontypool | Groto Cregyn
The Shell Grotto was originally constructed circa 1794, although many improvements were made by Molly, the wife of Capel Hanbury-Leigh around 1830.
Molly is credited with the interior design and it is known that she subscribed to the publication "Follies and Grottoes".
The Shell Grotto is circular, built of rough stone with a conical stone tiled roof. The ceiling is vaulted and supported by six pillars decorated with stones and shells. The floor is reputed to be made from deer bones but closer inspection reveals a variety of bones and teeth from a number of different animals.
The Shell Grotto was always a popular attraction for sightseers but was, unfortunately, allowed to fall into decay around thirty years ago. However, it's structure rose from the ashes in 1996 when it was painstakingly restored with funding from Cadw and European Aid.
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
There are a few casuarina trees on the coast around Diggers where people have placed shells. Some of the days were quite smoky but this day wasn't one of them :-) Explored briefly #498
While waiting for some peeps to show up, I was bored and shot this. One of many empty snail shells left on the shore - food source for the many migrating shorebirds.
On a sturdy piece of wire shaped in a heart I threaded chunky broken shells from the beach. It's going to move in from of a window soon!
Collected at Grandview the other night. Remind me of angel's wings. Harsh shadow, yes, but had to shoot it then & there!
The Shell-leased icebreaker MSV Fennica passes through the St. Johns Bridge in Portland, Ore., July 30, 2015, after police removed 3 of 13 activists who climbed under the bridge In an attempt to prevent the ship from passing under the bridge to join Shell's Arctic drilling fleet.
Ghost in the Shell - Scarlett Johansson marquee poster Theatre in New York City 2017 - NYC standees robot android sci-fi science fiction scifi android film movie action adventure revenge Blade Runner like space future futuristic city Metropolis Beekman Upper East Side 2nd Ave 66th Street April Fools Day 04/01/2017 Blade Runner ish - Who ya gonna call - Ghost in the Shell Busters
Another view of the strange twisty shell fragment that was left by person or persons unknown ( We have our suspisions !)
Shell pattern and cables from Alice Starmore's Cape Cod in "Fishermen's Sweaters" but otherwise my own, Yarn: Rowan Felted Tweed. Needles 3.5 mm (US 4). Knitted in 2006.
Drove the loop Santa Barbara - Ojai - Carrizo Plain - Morro Bay - Santa Barbara yesterday. Certainly no "superbloom" at Carrizo Plain this year - the condition is best be described as "no bloom at all". Shell Creek Road was the only notable display of wildflowers we encountered.
Second floor mantel. Even though the house was started about 1790, much of the interior was not finished until the early 1800's. That's how it got it's name. They said they were living in a shell of a house. This mantel is in one of the rooms that was finished later. It looks to be more Federal than Georgian.
Shell Bensinstation, Drottninggatan 44-46, år 1939 och idag!
Foto: Carl Larsson, Gävle
Mats Fallqvist, Länsmuseet Gävleborg