| Title | : | Shells |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.85 (740 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 088363595X |
| Format Type | : | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages | : | 310 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 1998-07-28 |
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Nature has created an almost infinite variety of life in the sea, and seashells are the prize of this vast environment. From the extradordinary architectural detail of the chambered nautilus to the varied hues of the senatorial scallop, Shells: Treasures of the Sea boasts more than 300 color photographs of shells from all over the globe in all their striking diversity. 300 full-color photographs.
Editorial : From Publishers Weekly
Hill, a marine biologist and authority on shells, has teamed with nature photographer Pete Carmichael to produce this exquisitely lovely survey of the world's shells, combining hundreds of spectacular color photographs, many taken underwater, with a richly informative text. Beginning with mollusks' evolution from flat worms more than 600 million years ago, they explore the genetics of shell coloration and patterning, shell architecture, the biology and reproduction of mollusks. Special sections are devoted to a history of shell collecting; freshwater mussels of U.S. rivers and their close association with fish; shell money ranging from the Solomon Islands to Native American wampum; and pearls. Along with astonishing photos of exotic specimens, there are many examples of shells used in art, ritual and everyday life, for example, Victorian thimble-holders made from cut nautilus, an Ethiopian dance belt, the sacred chank shell of India, blown as a trumpet to dr
She lays out the processes and the science in an accessible but not dumbed-down way, and doesn't pad the text with "Make Your Own Shibori Scarf!"-style projects as some otherwise useful arts-n-crafts dye books do.
The appendices in it are great as well--glossary, a list of auxiliaries and their uses, a worldwide list of suppliers divided by country/region, and a decent index though not comprehensive (that's another beef i have with many art-dye books: no index).
The section that i find most dear to my heart, though is the step-by-step instructions for making what Kinnersly-Taylor calls a Dustbin Steamer--essentially, how to make your own pipe steamer from a trash can and a coffee samovar! Bricolage at its finest. Girl turns out to have the three things in place to allow her to "play a poor hand well".. In reality, he has elsewhere shown that dates frequently disagree by an order of magnitude or more. Art history. I often slouch when flying and driving, which is a
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