Steve Garrison made this conical spiral cedar shell with segmented construction from twenty four wedge-shaped pieces of wood.  Each segment is cut individually with a saw from patterns that he designs.  The segments are glued together in groups of four, and the interior is smoothed during the assembly until there are two halves with twelve segments each.  The halves are then milled flat using a table-mounted router to remove any error, and then glued together.  The exterior of the shell is then shaped and smoothed.  This shell was finished with boiled linseed oil, and then waxed. The length of the shell is nine inches. You can hold the shell to your ear and hear the forest.

 

Garrison says that he would like to see hand-made wood shells become a more common item in shops and retail galleries made by others.  They are a lot of fun to make, profitable, and they always get a great reaction.  Visit his website to see and shop the growing list of patterns available.  http://www.spiralsbysteve.com/new-style-shells.php