#shell

[acrosscenturiesandgenerations]

▪︎ Album of seaweed specimens, in scallop shell binding.

Place of origin: Great Britain

Date: mid-19th century

[eskwander]

Sayat-Nova, aka The Color of Pomegranates (1969)

[electricnik]

Going retro. I was tidying up in the garden and found this shell that had a leopard slug living inside it.

[zegalba]

Long-spined limpet shell

[ryry-0-0]

Gilded Tides ✨Opulent Atlantis

Insta : @ illusorybeauty

[letmeinimafairy]

A second try, it finally turned out the intended way! A Piranesi-inspired miniature, carved shell, moss and resin. It will be a pendant for a long necklace, and daaaaamn I want to make like a thousand of these.

Available

[theancientwayoflife]

~ Skull Necklace.

Culture: Aztec

Period: Late Postclassic

Date: A.D. 1200-1520

Medium: Shell

[iloveabortions]

Filipino artist, Gregory Halili, carves intricate skulls into mother of pearl shells.

[nuveau-deco]

Stamp Seal with a Toadstool Base. Manufactured in the 2nd half of the 19th century, presumed Russian origin. Materials are vermeil (silver gilded with gold), enamel paint and shell. From the Musée d'Art et d'Histoire, Geneva, inventory number: 018080.

(Source: mahmah.ch)

[vampyrgrl]

marielle necklace by vampyrgrl

[thedeadbelle]

René Lalique's 1936 perfume bottle design for Trésor de la Mer

[svndvn]

wandering underwater, hoping to find some magical items.. 

[zegalba]

[nemfrog]

The nautilus. The hungry eye. 1956.

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[letmeinimafairy]

Experimenting with carving, shells and resin inspired by Piranesi. The colour turned out too dark, and I'll need a uv resin for these to avoid bubbling, but I liked making it.