Sentences with phrase «like oyster shells»

She takes treasures that she finds outside, like oyster shells, empty wasps» nests, broken coral, and models them into molds and objects that eventually become wearable items — no doubt also alluding to ancient traditions that used such natural objects as currencies, and for personal beautification or ritual purposes.

As Canon Streeter exclaimed, «What shall we say of the Power behind the universe, if it treats the individuality of heroic souls like oyster shells at a banquet, whisked from the table to make room for the next course?»

One can understand why: Glancing around, there are experiments like an oyster shell filled with glass; tin - foil trays of gem - colored wax; or a life - size, speckled glass apple.

Not exact matches

Like the true oysters they have a central adductor muscle, and thus their shells have a characteristic central scar marking its point of attachment.

«These results will allow us to identify where and when shell - forming organisms like oysters will thrive or suffer in the future.»

That doesn't bode well for sea creatures like oysters, corals and plankton that grow hard shells made of a chalky mineral called calcium carbonate.

«We used to have about 18 chickens when I was growing up (including a few roosters) and they only got corn, spelts and oats that we grew and ground for them, oyster shell, and then all sorts of meat - type goodies they found (like insect larva in cow pats, and even the occasional calf placenta!)

I love the elegant details like the handmade oyster shell book to hold the handwritten vows by Paperweight and the lush bouquet by L&S Design Co., which further completes the coastal look.

Two thirds of its water sank into a blue - black no different from the deep water offshore; the other third, on the south side of the city, shone a wonderful turquoise blue, lit from below by a shallow bed of rock and coral that caught the sun like the inside of an oyster shell.

In its shell right now, Oyster currently has one of the Big Five — HarperCollins — as well as other big publishers like Melville House, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, and Workman.

The second type of fixed clam can cement its shell to a hard surface like some oysters or extrude a tough fibrous material (byssal thread) that attaches it to a hard surface.

One of his most famous works, the Tate Thames Dig, was executed in three phases: an archeological dig, the cleaning and classifying of objects, and the display, which consisted of «Cabinets of Curiosities» consisting of items like plastic toys, oyster shells, and clay pipes, challenging institutional and museological discourses.

Vevers... jewel - like paintings are laced with references to Illuminated manuscripts, the 12th Century practice of painting shells, Kai - awase, Mexican Ex-Votos, Pre-Renaissance Italian paintings, Irish Folklore, Scrimshaw, and Miniatures, and are executed on a wide array of materials including ivorine, vellum, tin, and found clam, oyster or scallop shells.

When we think about a lot of marine organisms — things like corals, clams, oysters, things like hard shells, those shells are made of calcium carbonate.

When carbon dioxide dissolves in the sea, it becomes more acidic, making it hard for creatures like oysters, mussels and coral to build shells.

Its trees and the shells of its oysters that flourished on its shores still come up in dredges and trawls in now deep water, with the oysters looking like they were shucked yesterday.

Tabby, which was used on the home's exterior, is a mixture of crushed oyster shells that dries like concrete and was often used by early settlers because its ingredients were readily found along the coast.