| Even the broken shells are used whenever possible.
Sometimes I will crush chicken shells of different colors, mix the pieces,
then glue them to part of a non-metal egg stand to give texture and visual
contrast. I can also sometimes use parts of broken shells to make
multiple shell creations. Earrings and other small items are made
from the thicker shells.
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of the goose egg shells that I use arrive in a large box (50 to a box).
They come from a hatchery where the infertile eggs are sold. They
are then cleaned and disinfected and shipped to me. I get my eggs
from all over the country. The Araücanna and Buff Orphington
chicken eggs that I use are from range chickens near my home. These
eggs are beautiful as they vary from very pale to dark in browns, greens
and blues. An interesting fact about the olive green eggs is that
nearly all of them are sky blue inside! The photo shows colored chicken
eggs in the cartons, an ostrich egg, rhea eggs, an emu egg and packaged
goose eggs.
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YES!
The egg shells that I work with are very breakably real. Many people
ask if the eggs are made of paper or some other material. While I
am working with the egg shells I break about 10% of them. I have
even broken a completely finished egg shell because I knocked it against
the door frame as I was bringing it in from spraying on the finish coats
outside!