Shell-stringing is the cultural practice of collecting, preparing and stringing shells to make necklaces and bracelets. This knowledge is passed from mothers and grandmothers to their daughters and ...

Jeanette James combed remote Tassie beaches as a child, collecting tiny iridescent maireener shells with her family. Decades later she celebrates the importance of this ancient cultural practice. “My ...

Some of Jeanette James’ earliest childhood memories involve combing remote Tasmanian beaches and collecting tiny iridescent maireener shells with her family. She always enjoyed the process, but it ...