The Story behind the Seashell Collection January 10, 2021 10:23

For me, most of the inspiration for my bead and jewelry collections starts with a theme word or picture. In the case of the Seashell Collection, this Jacyn Damera photo from his and Paty's trip to the Turks & Caicos in 2019 has been percolating in my mind. 

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2019 (C) Jacyn Damera @hookedonpixels

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Then Paty brought out a batch of pink and orange flowers which triggered me to go back to the conch shell and zoom in on the colors. 

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2019 (C) Jacyn Damera @hookedonpixels

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So I pulled out my pink, cream, and orange beads from my stash of finished beads and laid them out together. One of my interior designer/fashionable friends saw the color combo and said, "ooh, I LOVE that color combination! Let me know when you create that collection!" And that catapulted the collection into existence.

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Spending time at the beach almost requires collecting shells. The discarded homes of these little mollusks are endlessly fascinating and beautiful. I love stumbling on beaches that are awash in seashells. This pristine beach in Whakatane, New Zealand with these black sand beaches was stunning. I loved the navy blue and white shells I found there.

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Florida beaches are usually combed clean of seashells as they are frequented by a lot of people. But sometimes you can stumble on a fresh deposit of seashells after a high tide like below. 

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I knew one day I would need to do seashell collection. It took me six years. Now it’s the foundational collection of my jewelry offerings.