Seashells tend to appear quietly. After the tide pulls back, they are just there, mixed into the sand, sometimes whole, sometimes worn thin. They do not look like remains at first. More like leftovers ...

You can see it in the logarithmic whorl of a nautilus. The milky iridescence of an abalone. The spiked turret of a queen conch. Precision, elegance, strength. The seashell is a consonance of form and ...