This is for all the bellydancers who love the look of cowrie shells, but have ethical concerns about the real thing.* This tutorial will be edited as needed for improvements, to add photos, etc. Written by me (Suli) and originally posted to the Vegetarian Bellydancers tribe.

Here is a rough guide to how I did it. This might sound complicated at first, but once you get the hang of it, the covering/sculpting will only take a minute per shell, and the painting is totally up to you. The suppli... read more