3 Responses to “Shell figure in hula skirt”

  1. Allee Willis

    I absolutely love figures made out of shells especially when it’s as awkward as this one is. Is that a huge shell that he/she is mounted on? The fringe is, of course, a nice touch, looking like it was swiped off of a drape at the last minute when the artist couldn’t quite attach their shells together elegantly enough without a cover of some sort. Is that fringe tucked in front of his/her feet? Are those protruding shells just a lumpy stomach? Is that a baby coming out or what?

    I’m not so sure that it’s a figure in a hula skirt. It looks more like a little Chinese Emperor or something to me and the fringe is meant to add to his/her regalness.

    Confusion in shell art is a good and kitschy thing.

  2. Kyle Dayton

    It reminds me of the hookah-smoking Caterpillar from Alice in Wonderland, but without the hookah.

  3. denny

    This is great even though the little figurine looks as if the arms were cut off at the elbow.