Lombok Ornament Large

Four great scallops rise from the rim like waves frozen mid-roll.

This Lombok Ornament Large is by Oly, cast in resin. Its form follows the giant clam, a shell long prized in the tropics as a basin, a planter, or simply a showpiece. The cast captures the shell in detail: deep fluted ridges on the outside, rough and chalky as if just pulled from a reef, and a smooth, milky white interior with a gently undulating lip. Pale gray and cream tones run through the crusted outer surface. It is 40 inches long, 20 deep and 15 high.

The sea made the first one. Resin handled the rest.