Of all the living beings existing in the Universe, Sea Shells are certainly among the most spectacular living forms in nature. The beauty and stunning architecture of shells goes beyond Human understanding... It is not just a set of incredible natural facts, it is something more sublime and divine. Something that fills us with pleasure, in the subtlety of perfection, of the almost impossible thing to be more perfect... I have been collecting shells for over 30 years and still today I am as dazzled with the natural beauty of shells as at the beginning of my collection...

  In nature, many animals have bizarre shapes, bright colors, or varied ornaments, whose purpose is most often related to sexual attraction between individuals of the same species to perpetuate their genes, or in the case of flowers, to attract insects that promote pollination. In shells, these fantastic characteristics are simply gratuitous, or at least that's how it seems... these subtleties don't seem to fit the purpose or objective that other species have... Most molluscs have very poor vision, some of them live in cavernous zones or in depths where light is almost or completely non-existent.

  Many other species spend most of their lives buried in sand or muddy zones, where activity related to alimentation or mating is almost always nocturnal. Most species live in more exposed zones and with daytime activity, are completely camouflaged with limestone encrustations, or encrusted by various living organisms, which generally completely surround the shell. Theoretically, in the nature of everything that exists, there is a purpose... nature does not waste energy in creating subjectivities, that does not have a concrete objective. Some species of marine shells seem to challenge this theory totally...