Crabitats — artificial shells for hermit crabs

There is in the nature of a paradox as crabs-hermits — special crustaceans that are born without a shell, and therefore forced to look for shells of various shellfish, to protect his life from enemies. So, for these unusual animals designer Robert Degrange (Robert DuGrenier) and created a faux shell Crabitats.





Now the glass opens up unprecedented horizons! It used to be they had a lifetime to blow the same products, the design of which came to them from time immemorial. In our days they can vengeance be creative, coming up with almost every day new products and product forms, for example, a table bell, aquarium for fish, climbers or architectural decanters. New creation of modern glass blowers are artificial shells for hermit crabs Crabitats.





Caribbean crabs hermit is quite popular in our time, the inhabitants of the aquarium. The owners of these crustaceans are specifically buying for them, shells of various molluscs. Robert Degrange also proposes to use for this purpose he created glass products.

To start Du Grenier blew the first batch composed of fifty different glass spiral shells of different colors and shades. Some of them even decorated with gold and silver plating. Of course, by the crabs that gilded nothing, but their owners — a delight to the eyes.





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