They "paint" pictures by arranging seashells on canvas. It can be so lively and so picturesque in design and execution that their viewer takes it as a genuine embroidered artifact. Chen Chung-ho is one of the best known creative folk artists in this field. He is considered particularly outstanding, because the seashells he uses in his art work are seldom as large as grains of rice.
陳忠和的小米貝殼畫尤有甚者，他用的貝殼還不到一粒米的大小，是向沿海居民收購來的，一火柴盒的小米貝殼得付出新台幣卅元左右的代價，再配合以鑷子、膠水、畫布、顏料等，作成藝術與工藝相乘效果的貝殼畫。