Cone shell spiral
(4 PICTURES)… Cone shells are spiral shaped and their molluscs are carnivores. They are very beautiful, but very dangerous. They shoot poison barbs into their prey, but they will also […]
Author: Verena
Shell tower
(4 PICTURES)… I followed the shell prints on the beach and collected a handful of scallop shells… then I placed them on top of one another, until it grew into […]
Twisted Ark shell
(6 PICTURES)… The fascinating Twisted Ark shell is a bivalve shell. Usually, this means two mirror imaged halves, hinged together. But these are not mirror imaged and they seem to […]
Yellow shell abstract art
(2 Pictures)… Waves of yellow clam shells and fans of twisted ark shells abstract art. Twisted ark shells are bivalve shells but seem to have three sides.
Urchin and Frangipani
(5 PICTURES)… Beach flowers and ocean treasures blend together perfectly, just like the Urchin and the Frangipani.
Jingle shells
(2 PICTURES)… A mixture of jingle shells, worm shells, scallop shells, murex shells and moon shells complete this piece of abstract art, with a hint of gold.
Message in a bottle
(4 PICTURES)… A bottle filled with tiny ocean treasures and a crystal ball showing life at the ocean.
Purple sea urchin vase
(4 PICTURES)… Purple sea urchins make perfect vases for cute little purple flowers from the garden.
Green sea urchin vase
(4 PICTURES)… Green sea urchins make perfect vases for tiny yellow flowers from the garden.
Razor clam art
(5 PICTURES)… The Straight Razor Clam is a long convex tube made up of two identical halves and each half looks like a very long finger nail. It’s mollusc is […]
Jelly fish and worm shells
(5 PICTURES)… The interesting little worm shells remain cemented to rock or coral their entire lives. They look like noodles, either twisted, twirled, spiralled, bent or straight. In my seashell […]
Beach art
(3 PICTURES)… Spiral and floral designs on the beach, including an oyster blossom and a desert flower.
Dragonfly
(3 PICTURES)… Most bivalve shells form perfect wings, to shape butterflies and dragonflies. In this case, the wings are flat, large, bright yellow bivalve shells, and very beautiful.
Calendar for 2018
(2 PICTURES)… Colours of the Capricorn Coast 2018 calendar, now available from www.etsy.com/shop/shelltreasuresstore .
Golden crown
(2 PICTURES)… A golden crown for the marine snail kingdom.
Colour storm
(5 PICTURES)… Nature’s colourful creations in the shape of spirals, swirls and circles…
Ocean bells
(3 PICTURES)… Bells of the ocean grow on tentacles with many branches… They wave gently in the ocean currents and produce beautiful under water melodies…
Sand lily
(3 PICTURES)… The sand lily, created with purple bivalve shells and a sundial in the centre.
Sea urchin architecture
(2 PICTURES)… Sea urchins are also called sea hedgehogs, because of their spines when they are alive. These clever little molluscs can convert carbon dioxide into raw material for building […]
Fascinating marine snails
(1 PICTURE)… Marine snails or molluscs are the true architects of these amazing seashells, so fascinating…
The broken Nautilus
(3 PICTURES)… I found my very first Nautilus shell, but sadly, it was only half a shell. It still has an amazing golden zebra pattern though, and simply has to […]
Sunset coloured shell ball
(3 PICTURES)… These curved bivalve sea shells were stacked, one on top of the other, until they completed a full circle and supported themselves. No glue was used here, it […]
Shell ink
(5 PICTURES)… Magical sea shells. I’ve used seashells to illustrate my books, calendar, postcards and many different pictures as well as created characters for stories… Like ink, pencils, watercolours, paint…
Limpet shells
(4 PICTURES)… There’s an amazing and beautiful variety of Limpet shells. They are herbivores and live on rocks where they scrape off algae at high tide, for food.