Dichroic Glass Hermit Crab Nautilus Gallery Sculpture

Note: Item is Much Better Than Pictured and Does Not Reflect the True Beauty of the Brilliant Sparkling Dichroic Glass Color, Iridescence and Reflections of this Stunning Gallery Quality Art Piece; An Absolutely Gorgeous Creation in my Opinion! Brand New, Never Used Ocean-Life Replicated Dichroic Glass Sculpture with Natural...

Note: Item is Much Better Than Pictured and Does Not Reflect the True Beauty of the Brilliant Sparkling Dichroic Glass Color, Iridescence and Reflections of this Stunning Gallery Quality Art Piece; An Absolutely Gorgeous Creation in my Opinion! Brand New, Never Used Ocean-Life Replicated Dichroic Glass Sculpture with Natural Nautilus Shell. Design: Hawaiian White-Spotted Hermit Crab Inside Nautilus Shell; VIOLET-BLUE #1; Cutout, Two-Tone Lampworked Glass and Dichroic Glass, Hand-Cut, Hand-Shaped, Tapered Rounded Body, High Textured Details, Realistic Life-like Detailing, Smooth Polished Surface Glass Finish; Measures: This Sculpture Measures Approx. 7.0" Wide X 10 1/2" Long X 7.0" High; Color: Blended 2-Tone Metallic Glass with Green Dichroic Glass Body; Weight: 2 Pounds, 0.4 Ounces. Features: In Hawaiian, the Words "Mea punihei i n? mea ?iwaiwa" Means "Mystical", "Nani makamae" Means "Exquisite", and "Nani e makahehi 'ia ai" Means "Alluring", All of Which Describe This Exceptional Glass Sculpture Design Exactly! This Absolutely Gorgeous Gallery Quality Sculpture is Superbly Hand-Created with a Smooth, Surface Polished Glass Background. This Very Labor-Intensive, Cutout Piece of Art is Intricately Lampworked, Hand-Cut and Hand-Shaped by Skillful Glass Artists Into a P?pa`i Iwi P?p? Loko ka `Aumoana (Hawaiian Hermit Crab Inside a Nautilus Shell) Creation Using 2-Tone Mixed Semi-Opaque and Semi-Translucent Metallic Glass, Clear Glass and Dichroic Glass (Please See Details Below). This Gallery Qualty Sculptured Art Piece Takes Approx. 12-14 Man-Hours to Create and is Crafted with Approx. (146) Separate Sections, Including the Shell, to Ultimately Create the Overall Sculptured Hermit Crab Design. This Hermit Crab Features High Detailing that Includes a Tapered, Rounded Thorax (Mid-Body) Shape with Textured Segments and Body Spines, Three Pairs of Postured Walking Legs with Spikes, Extended Large Left Cheliped (Grasping Claw) and Small Right Front Claw with Spines, Pair of Large Extended Antennae with Smaller Extended Pair of Antennule and Two Extended Eyes on Compound Eyestalks to Enhance the Detailing. These Features are All Created Using a Blended, Mixed Opaque and Semi-Translucent Metallic Glass Pieces. The Hermit Crab's Eyes, Antennae, Antennule, Walking Legs and Body-Legs-Claw Spines and Spikes are All Crafted With Blended Semi-Opaque and Semi-Translucent Glass Consisting of Navy Blue, Royal Blue, Burgandy, Purple, Violet, Lavender and Brown Rust Colors with Creamy Blue, Creamy Violet, Creamy Pink, Creamy Mauve, Creamy Lime and Creamy Tan Overtones to Produce an Overall 2-Tone Appearance. The Crab's Extended Hand-Shaped Front Cheliped and Small Right Claw are Crafted Using a Clear Glass. Each Purple, Lavender and Burgandy Color Textured Beads are Individually Hand-Dropped and Fused Onto the Surface of the Crab's Body and Claws. The Crabs Walking Legs are Textured with Individually Hand-Shaped Clear Glass Spikes. The Upper Portion of the Crab's Tapered and Rounded Shape Thorax is Crafted with a Reflective, Sparkling Green Dichroic Glass Color Background with Royal Blue, Lime and Subtle Yellow Overtones. The Dichroic Glass Portions are Created with a Three-Layered Sandwich Process. The Uppermost Top Layer Portion is a Clear Glass Coat that Conforms to the Shape of the Body or Piece, The Inner Middle Layer Portion is Created by Using a Sheet of Colored Dichroic Glass and the Bottom Layer Portion (Foundation) is Created by Stroking a Heated, Colored Glass Rod Against the Back to Create a Dark-Colored Background, Which Enhances the Reflective-Effects and Appearance of the Dichroic Glass? Iridescence and Also Produces Overtone Colors that Surround the Main Color of the Dichroic Glass. The Upper Portion of the Crab's Carapace (Protective Outer Shell Body) is Hand-Shaped with Horizontal Textured Lines to Add a Dimensional Effect of Body Segments. The Crab's Lower Abdomen Portion is Fixed Inside a Natural Nautilus Shell. The Tapered, Spiraling Curved-Shell Features a Lower-Portioned, Off-White Flared Opening With Natural Brown and Khaki Tan Stripes on the Upper Portion of the Shell. The Inner Most Upper-Portion of the Shell Entering Into the Chamber's Opening Displays a Nice Iridescent Nacre (Mother of Pearl) Reflection. The Overall Crab's Standing Pose with Upward Segmented and Curved Walking Legs Protruding Out of the Nautilus Shell is Just Superb! The Nautilus Shell is 100% Natural (Not Color Treated) and is a Perfect Specimen with No Noted Cracks or Chips. A Magnificent and Overall Highly Detailed Piece of Gallery Quality Workmanship! The Color Backgrounds of the Dichroic Iridescence Changes its Tones and Colors When Indoors or Outdoors to Accentuate the Overall Appearance. A Unique, One of a Kind Artistic Creation that Exudes Pride of Ownership! About the White-Spotted Hermit Crab: This beautiful crustacean is the second largest hermit crab in Hawai`i and one of the world's rarest. The upper parts of the body are buff or creamy-white in color, the carapace is marked with darker orange areas and lines, and the under surface of the body and legs is almost white in color. The front left claw is larger than the right claw. The legs of this crab are covered over their upper and outer surfaces with spines and tufts of stiff orange hair. The antennae are a bright orange-red color. The body of this crab measures more than 8-12 inches in length. At present this crab is known to occur only in Hawai`i and Madagascar, although it undoubtedly occurs over much of the intervening area. This crab is rarely seen because it inhabits the deeper water on the outside of the reef. Specimens from Hawai`i are usually captured at depths beyond 100 ft. This species typically inhabits the Giant Tun, Triton?s Trumpet shells or similarly large unoccupied shells. There are about five hundred known species of hermit crabs in the world, most of which are aquatic and live in saltwater at depths ranging from shallow coral reefs and shorelines to deep sea bottoms. There are over six species of hermit crabs found in Hawai`i, each is quite distinguishable by the colors of its eyes, antennae, legs, and claws. Like all arthropods, hermit crabs have jointed limbs and segmented bodies. As members of the Subphylum Crustacea, the most prominent arthropod group in the ocean, hermit crabs share several features with their closest relatives, the shrimp, lobsters, and true crabs: they all have three body regions, a head, thorax (mid-body), and abdomen; 2 pairs of antennae; crushing mouth parts called mandibles; and a hard external skeleton. Hermit crabs and their relatives are called anomurans and are different from the "true crabs" because they have a reduced and softened abdomen. Hermit crabs protect this vulnerable part of their body by using an empty snail shell as extra armor. The hermit crab's abdomen is curved to fit the shell and small hook-like limbs anchor the crab's body within the shell. Hermit crabs have 5 pairs of legs, the first pair is modified into claws and the last two pairs helps them hold onto the shell. When a hermit crab outgrows its shell, it must find another larger one. While hermit crabs may pull one another from desirable shells, it is rare for them to kill a snail to obtain a shell. When a hermit crab locates a shell, it carefully checks the inside and outside of the new prospect with its antennae and claws. Then, releasing its anchoring limbs from the old shell, it slips its abdomen out of the old shell and into the new one. If the fit is good, the hermit is on its way, if not, it quickly transfers back to the old shell. Despite the protection of their borrowed shells, they are preyed upon by larger hermit crabs, box crabs, octopus, as well as wrasses and other reef fishes with jaws for crushing shelled invertebrates. Hermit crabs only have a hard exoskeleton on the appendages and must conceal their soft body parts within empty gastropod shells. They will exchange shells as they grow and may need to fight other crabs to do so. They are especially active at night and may be seen by the hundreds in shallow tide pools. Common in shallow and deeper water. Only Hawaiian specimens have orange bands, others regions are turquoise. A number of other species, most notably king crabs, have abandoned seashells for a free-living life; these species have forms which are more similar to true crabs. The Functional Beauty of the Nautilus: Nautilus, from the Greek word for "Sailor", is the common name of any marine creatures of the cephalopod family Nautilidae. Having survived relatively unchanged for millions of years, Nautiluses represent the only living members of the subclass Nautiloidea, and are often considered to be "living fossils." Living Nautilus are now found only in the waters of the tropical Western Pacific, where they live in a poorly-known marine environment, the deep slopes of coral reefs. Capable of migrating from depths of 1,500 feet to within 300 feet or less of the surface, Nautilus have a depth range seen in few other marine organisms and seem capable of tolerating dramatic changes in both temperature and pressure. The external shell of the Nautilus is produced by mantle tissue as in their distant relatives, the snails. But, unlike snails, the Nautilus shell is divided into compartments (about four in newly hatched specimens, 30 in mature individuals), and the animal occupies only the outer-most "living chamber." As the Nautilus grows, its body moves forward in the enlarged shell and produces a wall to seal off older chambers. In contrast, snail shells are not usually compartmented and the snail's body extends back to the smallest parts of the spiral shell The Nautilus shell protects and supports the soft body of this mollusk; the animal can withdraw completely into the shell and close the opening with its leathery hood. But the shell's most important function is providing this swimming animal with neutral buoyancy. The older, sealed chambers of the shell contain gas which compensates for the weight of the animal's tissues and shell, keeping the Nautilus neutrally buoyant so that it neither sinks nor floats and can move freely in the water. Nautilus swim in a see-saw motion generated by "jet propulsion." They alternately pull water into the mantle cavity within the shell and blow it out the muscular siphon beneath the tentacles. By directing the jet of water with the flexible siphon, the Nautilus can swim forward, backward or sideways. Like many animals that live in open water or above the reef, Nautilus show a form of camouflage coloration called countershading. The upper surface of the shell is darkened by irregular stripes that mask its outline when viewed from above, and the light underside of the shell blends with the water surface when viewed from below. END Notes. Retails in Fine Waikiki Boutiques, Gift Shops, Galleries and Mall Stores for $1,100.00. Makes a Great Gift or Treat Yourself to Start or Add to Your Collection of Fine Replicated Hawaiian Glass Sculptures. Made with "aloha". This Item Only Ships Within the 50 United States. Please Allow an Extra 4-5 Days Delay for Shipping to Ensure This Piece is Securely Protected with Special Packaging Materials Before Shipping. The winning buyer pays $25.00 USPS Priority shipping and packaging, with Delivery Confirmation, which takes 5-8 days to arrive. 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