The earrings are only a couple of inches long, but the masterfully carved salmon look like they’ve leaped from the water to whisper in the wearer’s ear. Their glowing red hues and iridescent ...

Sitting in front of a cutting wheel in his studio full of seashells, artisan Jin A'shan takes a few pieces, fashions them into different shapes and quickly polishes them. Within minutes, ordinary ...

Hunched over a tank inside the Bodega Marine Laboratory, alongside bubbling vats of seaweed and greenhouses filled with algae, Kristin Aquilino coaxed a baby white abalone onto her hand. She held out ...

Shell artist Jin A'shan works on his peacock shell painting at his studio in Dalian, a coastal city in Northeast China's Liaoning province. [Photo provided to China Daily] Sitting in front of a ...