The Past and the Present

I photographed the pile of sea scallop shells on South Uist in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland in 2005, my first trip to Scotland.  I brought home a few of them and this weekend I transformed one into my version of a Sailor's Valentine.  I used pink marbled tissue paper to line the inside of the shell and edged it with gold.  My biggest challenge was figuring out how to hang it.  I might make a couple more with the two remaining shells if I can find more vintage images that would suit.  I saw my first sailor's valentine on a trip to Nantucket in 1970 and although this is very different from the shell creations they made, it is a reminder of my first trip to Scotland and that works for me.