Shell Oracle Featured by Bored Panda
Shell Oracle recently appeared in a dedicated feature by Bored Panda, following a conversation with the publication about the artists, the origins of the project, and the way its shell-based works have developed over time.
The feature places Angie and Yoori at the center of the story.
Angie studied cultural heritage restoration, a background that shaped her sensitivity to materials, structural stability, and precise handwork. Over time, she developed her own approach to metalwork and soldering, allowing metal to become not only a structural element, but part of the visual language of the pieces.
Yoori came to the project with around twelve years of art training and a background in fashion design. Eyes, spiders, unusual silhouettes, and emotionally charged forms had already appeared throughout her earlier work.
Shell Oracle did not begin with a finished visual system.
Angie first approached Yoori, and the two began experimenting together. Through discussion, failed attempts, adjustments, and repeated making, the first shell-eye works gradually emerged. Natural shells, human eyes, metal, pearls, and other materials began to form a shared language that neither artist had fully planned at the beginning.
What eventually became recognizable as Shell Oracle grew from that process.
For us, one of the most interesting things about the Bored Panda feature is seeing so many works brought together outside our own shop, website, or studio archive. Individual pieces are usually encountered one at a time. Seen together, the variations become clearer: different shells, different gazes, different structures, and different ways the same basic idea can continue changing without becoming fixed.
Shell Oracle has since grown beyond the original two-person collaboration into a small studio, but the physical works remain rooted in Angie and Yoori’s handmade practice.
We are grateful to Raquel Teixeira and Bored Panda for taking the time to look beyond the unusual appearance of the pieces and ask about the people, process, and development behind them.