Jul 11: Sepia - Up close and personal

Because cuttlebone is able to withstand high temperatures and is easily carved, it serves as mould-making material for small metal casting for the creation of jewellery and small sculptural objects.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuttlebone

What a great opportunity to whip my USB Microscope out...

Top left: The outside wall of the Cuttlebone

Top right: A cross section (well you would be if you had been snapped in half

Bottom left: Close up of the cross section

Bottom right: Close up of the close up of the cross section

Todays Sepia Sepia Shot: http://365project.org/bulldog/365/2013-07-11

[Kathryn Marshall]

Cool collage and closeups. I had no idea that cuttlebone was used in jewelry making.

[❀ Lynn]

It has interesting textures...great collage...I only ever gave it to my birds...never knew about the jewellery thing either!

[Kitti Nelson]

Great info and very cool close-ups - always seemed strange to me that we give cuttle-bone to Budgies - I couldn't quite see squid as their natural prey!