Sentences with phrase «abalone shells»

I have always loved the luminous blue - green colors of the ocean in the mother - of - pearl that can be found on the inside surface of abalone shells.

It's made out of baby abalone shells and it's a beauty.

Dozens of white iridescent baby abalone shells are linked together on a matte silver metal frame to make this stunning signature piece.

The interplay of much black and white media in the exhibit — the large wall drawing Head and Tales, 2007, which consists of dark marks made using spray paint and abalone shells cast from charcoal — arguably accentuate this.

Warman makes all of her necklaces, earrings, bracelets and anklets by hand, using natural materials she finds in her environment like mother - of - pearl and abalone shells; freshwater pearls; precious and semi-precious gemstones such as opal, jade, onyx, garnet and turquoise; metals of copper, brass and sterling silver; and 100 % pure cotton cord.

Wine bottles, whale bones, and abalone shells border paths meandering through the sheltered garden.

The remarkable aspect of this find was uncovering two abalone shells used as vessels for the preparation of the ochre.

Benyus says the strategy has already yielded a wide range of new products that may replicate nature's successes: ceramics with the strength and toughness of abalone shells, self - assembling computer chips that form by processes similar to the way that tooth enamel grows, adhesives that mimic the glue that mussels use to anchor themselves in place, and self - cleaning plastics based on the structure of a lotus leaf.

The kits included a pair of abalone shells holding paint made from a red dirt known as ocher.

In addition to pieces of ochre that appear to have been engraved — the oldest such abstract art in the world — archaeologists have found tool kits that included abalone shells used as containers to mix ochre with crushed bone, charcoal, quartz and other material to make paint.

Smudging involves burning material like sage or cedar in an abalone shell, tin can, or other container that will hold the ashes safely.

An abalone shell and other ochre - related artifacts are among the many finds from Blombos Cave in South Africa.

If you take an example of again, an abalone shell, certain kinds of shells, they put two different crystal structures of calcium carbonate side by side naturally.

Avant garde shaped plastic abalone shell sunglasses from Anne Marie Perris dating to the 1980's.

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If you're excited by the colors of a rainbow or a beautiful sunset, you'll be psyched by these one - of - a-kind abalone shell earrings.

The Art Deco - inspired design of the Manhattan skyline, which runs around the entire interior of the Range Rover, is executed in over 5,500 individual pieces of veneer, Abalone shell and stainless steel.

Embedding themselves within the global supply chain of the abalone shell, Zheng Mahler, a collective based in Hong Kong, explore the history and politics of the porcelain trade through a collection of small - scale objects.

«Chariot (The Day After the End of Days),» 2005 - 06 (Polish hay cart, scrap wood, T111 plywood, fluorescent lights with colored lenses, bronze, 20 state flags, wool, scorched wood, buttons, abalone shell, mother of pearl, Powell Peralta skateboard, bucket, purple resin, Black panther 10 point program and Stanton's Declaration of Independence) by Matthew Day Jackson.

Nacre, or Mother of pearl is the iridescent lining you see on the inside of an oyster, mussel, or abalone shell.

In the living room, the vintage sofa is upholstered in a Clarence House velvet, the abalone shell — inlaid lacquer cocktail table is by Tony Duquette, the circa - 1953 Louis XV — style desk is by Maison Jansen, and the Barcelona stool is from Knoll; the curtains are of a silk taffeta from Brunschwig & Fils.

For the mosaics of stone and crushed abalone shell used throughout the house, the designers commissioned Xavier Llongueras, an artist who relocated to L.A. from the South of France, and gave him carte blanche to install mosaic «carpets» as well as a mosaic ceiling in the master suite.

Unless you have experience with resin, I don't advise this to be your first project as you could ruin the abalone shell.

Not exact matches

Because abalone is known for their colorful shells and mother of pearl almost as much as for their taste, other farms try to have it both ways.

She wrote her doctoral thesis on how abalone grow their rough outer shells and pearl - like inner shells, the main difference between the two being a simple shift in protein sequences.

In their experiments, the researchers extracted the protein perlucin from abalone (Haliotis) shells and combined it with green fluorescent protein (GFP), a trick which enabled them to convert the insoluble perlucin to a water - soluble form.

Bracelets, anklets and necklaces are all made by hand using natural materials including shells like mother - of - pearl and abalone; freshwater pearls; precious and semi-precious gemstones, metals; and 100 % pure cotton cord.