2015-12-14 fire? things are not always as they seem
Yesterday when I tried to load the images from a camera to the computer, the USB cable started to burn. My reflex was to extinguish the fire, and not to take a picture, still this quickly discovered electrical fire has led me to the present image.
A few days ago I stumbled upon pictures of a South African based graphic designer and artist, who likes to capture visual misperceptions of everyday objects appearing as something completely different. What appealed to me most was an illusion of lava. For this he lit Paua shells from the inside with artificial light and the semi translucent shell and the worn textures and patterns over it's surface make this fiery illusion. As I have a couple of Paua shells (most of you will call them Abalone Shell or so) on hand (see above = every day objects), I gave it a try. Not really lava yet, but at least some very interesting fire-like patterns I never ever expected before I have seen his pictures.
Important to know: All my Paua shells have been found without the residents or owner. As every other shell, skull, bone, feather, etc. I have in my collection.
Interesting for me: Pāua is the Maori name given to three species of large sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs which belong to the family Haliotidae. These large sea snails survive the strong tidal surges by clinging to rocks using their large muscular foot. They feed on seaweed.
I've never heard of a USB cable catching fire -- sheesh. They'll be banning USB cables next, right after the hover boards. I'd say you're getting pretty close to a lava look with your experiment here.
