Shell Operculum Wire Wrap Tri-Dangle landscape-like patterning

landscape-like patterning

these 6mm tan-hued-peach gemstone beads shimmer with the smooth sheen for which moonstone is famed

This remarkable coin is made of solid bronze

symbolic of a mother and daughter

This silverwork displays a braided interior with a delicate border of tiny beads

Shell Operculum Wire Wrap Tri-Dangle landscape-like patterningHand wrapped with 24 36in. of . 999 fine silver wire by Jim Rice. This unique piece is made from the trap door of a sea snail, polished to clearly show the remarkable natural spiral against the white background of this material. The operculum served as a defense mechanism for the snail that formed it. When threatened, the snail would close the opening of its shell with this trap door, blocking its body from predators while the bumpy surface of the