The purplish shells of quahogs, treasured in the past by Native Americans, now appear alongside gold, mother-of-pearl and onyx. By Jill Newman For centuries Native Americans treasured quahog shells, ...
Designers from Glenn Spiro to Silvia Furmanovich are turning shells into fine jewelry. By Jill Newman On a recent vacation in Careyes, Mexico, Sara Beltrán scoured the beach looking for beautiful ...
On a recent humid afternoon in January, Li Shasha stood listlessly behind the counter of her handicraft shop on southern China’s Hainan island. Many of the shelves behind her are bare without the ...