Ah, the shell sculpture, a staple of thrift store tchotchkes.
Standard bad shell fare usually looks something like this:
But some go above and beyond call of tacky kitsch duty.
I’m deeply confused by this image. A mini trash basket? A dysfunctional basketball hoop?
Nice multimedia effort.
A gaggle of wrong:
Who’s bluffing at the poker table?
Breathtaking, isn’t it?
Beep beep…here comes the Shellmobile!
A small failure:
SheWalksSoftly 
4 responses to “Thrift Horror Week: Disgraceful Shell Art”
Ugg. You have no idea how much shell art terrifies me. 🙂 That clown could give me nightmares for a month!
But… but…
I _want_ clam poker. Clam poker cries to me as a work of great kitsch.
I believe the trash bin thing is meant to look like it was made out of twigs or something similar. At least, that’s what mine’s supposed to look like.
I feel bad! I used to have the *amazing* shell art disgrace. It was a tiger portrait that my friend spent weeks on. (I didn’t have the heart to tell her it was horrid) I’ll have to find it…
wow…I didn’t realize that shell sculpture was as popular as macrame! Your picture comments cracked me up even more than the art! “Nice multi-media effort” “A gaggle of wrong” and “Breathtaking isn’t it” have me chuckling as I sit here writing this!
And I wanna know what lonely, depraved person took the time to design and glue together that dinosaur shell monster? If that thing attacked Tokyo, I surely would be shittin’ shells!