Displaying shells and fossils

annR

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Does anyone know how I can display a shell and fossil collection. One idea would be to mount and frame some larger ones separately, any tips on how to do this? Or anyone know a framer who has done this for them?
 
I framed a large dung beetle (bout the size of a cadburys cream egg) myself a few years back, I bought a box frame that had some kind of generic picture in it, opened it up, removed the existing pic, glued down some cream coloured linen type curtain material as a backing and then glued my beetle down onto it. Closed the whole thing back up and it looked great! Beetle still in place 4 years later.

At the time I got the box frame in Banana Tree - but Im sure youd find similiar in many places that sell frames.
 
I agree with the box frame suggestion, if you are any ways handy you can make yourself a nice box frame using thin sheets of mdf cut to size..