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Published: 2010-07-01 09:56:31 +0000 UTC; Views: 330; Favourites: 15; Downloads: 3
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Description I thought you might like to see the shell garden I made a few years ago. Ever since I was a little girl, I have loved to collect shells. I would come home with them in my pockets, in bags, I had them every where For years they just lay round, I didn't know what to do with them. Then after being on holiday to Jersey, I visited a beautiful garden a wonderful old man had made, and I then knew how to use my shells. When I got home, I wrote to the Colin and told him how much his garden had inspired me, and how I planned on doing something similar, but on a smaller scale. He was so nice and wrote back, and sent me a wonderful box of shells to help me, a gift from him. All this was years ago, before I had a computer. I haven't heard from Colin in years, I don't even know if he is still alive, I do hope so. So this picture is dedicated to Colin a wonderful man who was a true artist and a very kind man


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Comments: 11

Elste83 [2014-12-01 10:32:00 +0000 UTC]

Looks awesome! Really great work!

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Koumori-Jin [2010-07-01 16:37:50 +0000 UTC]

Interesting story, Ive never seen anything like this. Kudos to a new idea and the use of nature as an art. The only thing that bugs me is that in the top left hand corner of the picture, a large shell is missing in the top line. Lol

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Heylormammy In reply to Koumori-Jin [2010-07-01 17:03:19 +0000 UTC]

Yes I only noticed that after I took the photo. Sometimes a shell falls off,mainly due to frost in the winter. I will have to go stick it back on

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Koumori-Jin In reply to Heylormammy [2010-07-01 17:16:07 +0000 UTC]

Oh please do. If not I may have to for you. XD

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Heylormammy In reply to Koumori-Jin [2010-07-01 17:21:06 +0000 UTC]

well if you don't see a new pic, you may have to come do that for me

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RainySkyz [2010-07-01 16:04:31 +0000 UTC]

You are SOOOOOOOOOOOOO talented!!!!!!! This is AWESOME GORGEOUS FABULOUS I WISH I HAD IT AND A GARDEN FOR IT AND I'M YELLING BECAUSE I LOVE IT THAT MUCH! I do. I really do. I'm a shell person, too. Oh how fun it must have been to make it. The design is supurb!

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Heylormammy In reply to RainySkyz [2010-07-01 16:23:30 +0000 UTC]

I had decided on the design before I actually started, and laid the shells down flat on the ground in front of the wall, so as to see if the pattern would work. I then put plaster on the wall and started to stick on the shells into the wet cement. But the day I was making it, was so hot the plaster was drying faster as I could stick them on, so I had to get Dad to come put on the plaster while I stuck shells as fast as I could go

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RainySkyz In reply to Heylormammy [2010-07-01 18:36:00 +0000 UTC]

But what a beautiful results!

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Heylormammy In reply to RainySkyz [2010-07-02 05:51:17 +0000 UTC]

Thank you

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candysamuels [2010-07-01 15:46:47 +0000 UTC]

wow, that's awesome...great work...bet that took a lot of patients...

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Heylormammy In reply to candysamuels [2010-07-01 16:24:26 +0000 UTC]

Well it took all afternoon doing that one wall, and I had already laid out the pattern before I started It was fun to do

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