{"title":"The Shell Work Collection","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Shell Work Collection is a celebration of giving forgotten things a second life.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEach piece begins with a thrifted or vintage frame, canvas, or shadowbox that I find and reimagine by hand. Rather than allowing these pieces to be forgotten, I rejuvenate them—transforming them into one-of-one works of coastal art using seashells that I have personally found and collected.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEvery shell has its own natural shape, texture, color, and imperfections, and every vintage frame carries a history of its own. I bring the two together intuitively, allowing the materials to guide each design rather than trying to recreate the same piece twice.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe result is something that can never truly be duplicated: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eone-of-one handmade shell art that gives new life to something old while preserving a little piece of the coast.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFrom intricate shell-covered frames and shadowboxes to large statement canvases, every piece in The Shell Work Collection has been found, restored, transformed, and created by hand.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFound by the shore. Saved from being forgotten. 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The mix of shells, starfish, color, and texture turns the piece into a miniature collection—almost like opening an old curiosity cabinet filled with treasures gathered over time.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe frame itself was thrifted and repurposed, giving a previously loved piece an entirely new life as a work of coastal art.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNo two shells are exactly alike, and because I work with what I personally find and repurpose, this piece can never be recreated exactly.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHandmade in Florida with personally found shells,sharkteeth and seaglass.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eShadow Box\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mood and Mercy","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48385849655485,"sku":null,"price":85.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7784\/0317\/files\/IMG_2458.jpg?v=1788541551"},{"product_id":"a-thousand-little-discoveries","title":"A THOUSAND LITTLE DISCOVERIES","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA THOUSAND LITTLE DISCOVERIES\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAn original, one-of-one work created to capture what I see when I sit along the shoreline and comb through Florida’s shell beds.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis piece took more than 15 hours of gluing alone to complete—and I genuinely couldn’t tell you how many trips to the beach it took to find and collect all of the shells that went into it. Each shell and fragment was personally found by me and individually placed by hand.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThroughout the work, you’ll find several different motifs and smaller compositions hidden within the larger piece. My vision was to translate the experience of searching through a shell bed onto canvas: the way your eye moves from one tiny discovery to another, noticing unexpected colors, shapes, textures, fossils, and fragments among hundreds of shells.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMixed throughout the piece are fragments of fossilized shark teeth as well as fossilized stingray vertebrae, adding pieces of Florida’s ancient natural history among the shells of its present-day shoreline.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThere is no designated top or bottom. 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