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Originally Posted by nycfem
I once painted and glazed dried cicada shells in Ohio and strung them on a necklace. It was a surprising success! Only available every seven years!
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Really? Because there are cicadas 'hatched'-whatever it's called-every year, so you should be able to find shed shells every year. Yeah, I used to collect them as a kid. But I had never thought of using them like that. That is way cool. I have seen beautiful stuff done on textiles though, with some types of beetle casings-the back the is so colorful and pretty on some. I can't remember now, but I think there was at one time, a particular textile done in some region of India, doing that.