3D Shell Art - Blending Art and Nature
   
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SUNCATCHERS MADE FROM BAY OF FUNDY SHELLS

 (DIMENSIONAL CASTING)

Sheel Art

Capturing the essence of light in a painting is key. But letting your "canvas" do it for you is intriguing.The canvas I have chosen for my art are the various seashells I find walking the many beaches here along the Bay of Fundy shores near Yarmouth Co. Nova Scotia. Seashells are found laying all around the shoreline hereabouts. Anything from scallop shells to clam shells and crab shells(as long as they have the right structure and strenght) become my canvas. The natural luminescence of a seashell is vital in the process of dimensional casting, in fact it is the key to these hand painted seashells success as a suncatcher.

  Dimensional casting, in this sense, is the process of painting individual layers on top of one another.  The rest is left up to the shape, curve, and the luminescent characteristics of the sea shell. By using seashells as your "canvas", and incorporating the process of dimensional casting, each work takes on an aura of its own that would have a completely different result if cast in a different sea shell.
Unlike painting on a flat solid surface where the illusion of light is created by the stroke of the brush and colors used, the very build of the seashell takes light itself and creates an effect that is unique to each peice of work. Scallop and clam shells have different "personalities".
So the resulting image is determined by the curve of the shell, and its abilty to refract the light passing through its body. By controlling the amount of light you allow to pass through the shell, you in fact control the result. Each painting is done in black and white, so any colors you see come only from the combination of natural light and the shells own luminescence. Once complete, these seashell suncatchers are so unique, it's been said they have their own personality, changing moods for instance on a sunny day compared to an overcast day  Depending on where you decide to hang your suncather the peice will display an entirely different mood.
This is blending art and nature

  Dimensional casting, in this sense, is the process of painting individual layers on top of one another.  The rest is left up to the shape, curve, and the luminescent characteristics of the sea shell. By using seashells as your "canvas", and incorporating the process of dimensional casting, each work takes on an aura of its own that would have a completely different result if cast in a different sea shell.
Unlike painting on a flat solid surface where the illusion of light is created by the stroke of the brush and colors used, the very build of the seashell takes light itself and creates an effect that is unique to each peice of work. Scallop and clam shells have different "personalities".
So the resulting image is determined by the curve of the shell, and its abilty to refract the light passing through its body. By controlling the amount of light you allow to pass through the shell, you in fact control the result. Each painting is done in black and white, so any colors you see come only from the combination of natural light and the shells own luminescence. Once complete, these seashell suncatchers are so unique, it's been said they have their own personality, changing moods for instance on a sunny day compared to an overcast day  Depending on where you decide to hang your suncather the peice will display an entirely different mood.
This is blending art and nature
  Dimensional casting, in this sense, is the process of painting individual layers on top of one another.  The rest is left up to the shape, curve, and the luminescent characteristics of the sea shell. By using seashells as your "canvas", and incorporating the process of dimensional casting, each work takes on an aura of its own that would have a completely different result if cast in a different sea shell.
Unlike painting on a flat solid surface where the illusion of light is created by the stroke of the brush and colors used, the very build of the seashell takes light itself and creates an effect that is unique to each peice of work. Scallop and clam shells have different "personalities".
So the resulting image is determined by the curve of the shell, and its abilty to refract the light passing through its body. By controlling the amount of light you allow to pass through the shell, you in fact control the result. Each painting is done in black and white, so any colors you see come only from the combination of natural light and the shells own luminescence. Once complete, these seashell suncatchers are so unique, it's been said they have their own personality, changing moods for instance on a sunny day compared to an overcast day  Depending on where you decide to hang your suncather the peice will display an entirely different mood.
This is blending art and nature

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