Giant clam shells make great Seashell Bowls and Seashell Planters, and look stunning by themselves too. It's a good thing that most of the giant clam shells used for decor are resin or stone cast, because they are being over harvested as is for food, decor and the aquarium trade. Here's a list Where to Buy Faux giant Clam Shells.
How creative! This resin clam shell is anchored in a Bathroom over the tub and planted with Dendrobium orchids.
In Ali Wentworth's Home in Washington DC, you find one in the fireplace.
Filling the space underneath a side table. Via Martha Stewart.
A seashell planter helps soften a bedroom done by Phoebe Howard.
Designer Barry Dixon placed a giant seashell in an enclosed shower.
Tobi Fairley created a center piece with an elegant white Orchid. See here.
And to answer Erin's question (see comments), you can have a shell sink custom made at Jupiter Granite.
And here's an example of a sink via House Beautiful.
And here a few interesting facts about Real Live Giant Clam Shells via National Geographic:
The giant clam gets only one chance to find a nice home. Once it fastens itself to a spot on a reef, there it sits for the rest of its life.
These bottom-dwelling behemoths are the largest mollusks on Earth, capable of reaching 4 feet (1.2 meters) in length and weighing more than 500 pounds (227 kg). They live in the warm waters of the South Pacific and Indian oceans.
Giant clams achieve their enormous proportions by consuming the sugars and proteins produced by the billions of algae that live in their tissues. In exchange, they offer the algae a safe home and regular access to sunlight for photosynthesis, basking by day below the water's surface with their fluted shells open and their multi-colored mantles exposed.
Giant clams have a wildly undeserved reputation as man-eaters, with South Pacific legends describing clams that lie in wait to trap unsuspecting swimmers or swallow them whole. No account of a human death by giant clam has ever been substantiated.
13 comments:
So fab! Now I want one.
Those are cool! I love it when they are used as planters! Love the one with the orchid. Those are some interesting facts about giant clams. 4 feet long and 500 pounds! That's huge!
Have a great day!! Beth. :)
I need a giant clam shell!! Love these images...
I'm so glad to know they don't eat people! I do love them though. Wish I had a home that would support it.
i have some quahog shells that are very large... need some inspiration for those!
I see if I can find some inspiration for our native Quahog Shells!
the shell under the side table has a mosaic of Botticelli's painting of the birth of venus.
in the painting she is emerging from a giant shell like the one below the painting. nice touch.
I was thinking about Botticelli's Venus when I wrote the post for A Beach Lovers Place (see link), but didn't put two and two together with that picture. It is a very nice touch indeed. Thanks for pointing it out!
Fabulous images- and in some, I admit my eye was drawn to other places so it was fun to see how the giant shell was worked in! I think I need one!
I've always wanted a clam shell sink for my bathroom. The best I could find online are plaster or glass and they aren't realistic. Anyone know of a place that makes these into sinks? Or a place that does replicas? Thanks!
Erin, I added a picture for you of a shell sink that looks pretty real to me. So it can be done. This company is in Jupiter Florida, but I'm sure there are others too.
Thanks so much Maya! That is exactly what I was looking for. It's perfect and I actually visit Jupiter often. Much appreciated!
I know of one case back in the late 50's at New Port Beach, CA., where a scuba diver got his hand clamped down by a abalone. The surf beat him back and forth on the rocks and he was lucky to get out with the help of two other men. He was cut up pretty good. So maybe the clam won't eat you, but he might close on a limb and hold you under. :) Now where is Mody Dick when we need him?
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