Detail: Swirls of Scallops on Antique Tin Trunk

Found, at the back of a wonderful old room that’s now used for yoga by those who love the full light that streams in through windows on three of its four walls: An antique, tin-decorated trunk.

Swirls of scallops circle and repeat across the tin strips on the lid, a dance of four shells times eight, times 36, and more… I offer a sampling of their dance, in this detail from the trunk.

Scallop shell patterns repeat across decorative tin, in this detail of an old trunk. © SB Copyright Shelley Banks, all rights reserved.
Scallop shell patterns repeat across decorative tin, in this detail of an old trunk. © SB

Some time after editing this photo, I was looking for an image to place on business cards, and came back to these scallops, which feel symbolic of life and creativity to me.

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Shelley Banks

Writer, editor, photographer.