{"id":4068,"date":"2011-01-03T23:44:14","date_gmt":"2011-01-04T04:44:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/?p=4068"},"modified":"2011-01-03T23:44:14","modified_gmt":"2011-01-04T04:44:14","slug":"pen-shell-art","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/2011\/01\/03\/pen-shell-art\/","title":{"rendered":"Pen Shell Art"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"Pen Shell fish\" href=\"http:\/\/static.iloveshelling.com\/uploads\/2011\/01\/Pen-Shell-fish.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-4070\" title=\"Pen Shell fish\" src=\"http:\/\/static.iloveshelling.com\/uploads\/2011\/01\/Pen-Shell-fish-231x300.jpg\" alt=\"Pen Shell fish\" width=\"231\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/Pen-Shell-fish-231x300.jpg 231w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/Pen-Shell-fish.jpg 494w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 231px) 100vw, 231px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">People amaze me. A very creative person had a huge canvas of\u00a0beach and\u00a0oodles of PEN SHELLS to use as their medium to design this way cute shell-fish. Check out the clam shells for teeth!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"Pen Shell Fish eating\" href=\"http:\/\/static.iloveshelling.com\/uploads\/2011\/01\/Pen-Shell-Fish-eating.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-4071\" title=\"Pen Shell Fish eating\" src=\"http:\/\/static.iloveshelling.com\/uploads\/2011\/01\/Pen-Shell-Fish-eating-300x224.jpg\" alt=\"Pen Shell Fish eating\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/Pen-Shell-Fish-eating-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/Pen-Shell-Fish-eating.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Look what he&#8217;s eating&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"Cockle alligator\" href=\"http:\/\/static.iloveshelling.com\/uploads\/2011\/01\/Cockle-alligator.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-4069\" title=\"Cockle alligator\" src=\"http:\/\/static.iloveshelling.com\/uploads\/2011\/01\/Cockle-alligator-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Cockle alligator\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/Cockle-alligator-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/Cockle-alligator.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">A COCKLE \u00a0shell gator!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"pen shells and beach stuff\" href=\"http:\/\/static.iloveshelling.com\/uploads\/2011\/01\/pen-shells-and-beach-stuff.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-4076\" title=\"pen shells and beach stuff\" src=\"http:\/\/static.iloveshelling.com\/uploads\/2011\/01\/pen-shells-and-beach-stuff-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"pen shells and beach stuff\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/pen-shells-and-beach-stuff-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/pen-shells-and-beach-stuff.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">So many PEN SHELLS were at Gulf Side City Park, they could have made even more sculptures.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"Pen Shell mermaid\" href=\"http:\/\/static.iloveshelling.com\/uploads\/2011\/01\/Pen-Shell-mermaid.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-4077\" title=\"Pen Shell mermaid\" src=\"http:\/\/static.iloveshelling.com\/uploads\/2011\/01\/Pen-Shell-mermaid-217x300.jpg\" alt=\"Pen Shell mermaid\" width=\"217\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/Pen-Shell-mermaid-217x300.jpg 217w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/Pen-Shell-mermaid.jpg 463w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 217px) 100vw, 217px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">This seashell mermaid is getting swept back into the sea where she belongs.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"Stiff Pen Shells with water\" href=\"http:\/\/static.iloveshelling.com\/uploads\/2011\/01\/Stiff-Pen-Shells-in.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-4073\" title=\"Stiff Pen Shells with water\" src=\"http:\/\/static.iloveshelling.com\/uploads\/2011\/01\/Stiff-Pen-Shells-in-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Stiff Pen Shells with water\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/Stiff-Pen-Shells-in-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/Stiff-Pen-Shells-in.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">The first day we see PEN SHELLS on a beach, we see it as a good sign of good shelling days ahead. They are usually the first shells that get stirred up and brought to shore so there are usually good shells like CONCHS and WHELKS to follow.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/static.iloveshelling.com\/uploads\/2011\/01\/Stiff-Pen-Shell.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-4075\" title=\"Stiff Pen Shell\" src=\"http:\/\/static.iloveshelling.com\/uploads\/2011\/01\/Stiff-Pen-Shell-300x220.jpg\" alt=\"Stiff Pen Shell\" width=\"300\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/Stiff-Pen-Shell-300x220.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/Stiff-Pen-Shell.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">This is an example of a <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/shellmuseum.org\/shells\/shelldetails.cfm?id=188\" target=\"_blank\">STIFF PEN SHELL<\/a><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\">.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\"> <a href=\"http:\/\/static.iloveshelling.com\/uploads\/2011\/01\/Saw-tooth-Pen-Shell.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-4074\" title=\"Saw-tooth Pen Shell\" src=\"http:\/\/static.iloveshelling.com\/uploads\/2011\/01\/Saw-tooth-Pen-Shell-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Saw-tooth Pen Shell\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/Saw-tooth-Pen-Shell-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/Saw-tooth-Pen-Shell.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\">This is what the inside of a <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/shellmuseum.org\/shells\/shelldetails.cfm?id=189\" target=\"_blank\">SAW-TOOTH PEN SHELL<\/a><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\"> looks like. Beautiful iridescent colors!<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\"><a title=\"building sand castles\" href=\"http:\/\/static.iloveshelling.com\/uploads\/2011\/01\/building-sand-castles.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-4072\" title=\"building sand castles\" src=\"http:\/\/static.iloveshelling.com\/uploads\/2011\/01\/building-sand-castles-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"building sand castles\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/building-sand-castles-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/building-sand-castles.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\">Here are the Raymond boys building Sand Egypt with pyramids and a sphinx. Hmmm&#8230;. will they add PEN SHELLS to adorn it? I saw the PEN SHELLS art after I met the Raymond boys so I have no idea if they were the creators of the shell fish and mermaid. Maybe?<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>People amaze me. A very creative person had a huge canvas of\u00a0beach and\u00a0oodles of PEN SHELLS to use as their medium to design this way cute shell-fish. Check out the clam shells for teeth! Look what he&#8217;s eating&#8230;. A COCKLE \u00a0shell gator! So many PEN SHELLS were at Gulf Side City Park, they could have [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2039,67,1979,8],"tags":[768,767,633,444,69,2050,764,766,765,763],"class_list":["post-4068","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-decorate-with-shells","category-algiers-beach","category-pen-shell","category-sanibel","tag-beach-art-shell-art","tag-beach-sculptures","tag-gulf-side-city-park","tag-island","tag-pen-shell","tag-sanibel","tag-saw-tooth-pen-shell","tag-shell-fish","tag-shell-mermaid","tag-stiff-pen-shell","et-doesnt-have-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4068","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4068"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4068\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4566,"href":"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4068\/revisions\/4566"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4068"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4068"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4068"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}