Hawksbill Turtle in Florentine Greens Morels and held by the Metropolitan

and held by the Metropolitan Museum of Art (accession 2009

designed by Michele Clapton

Little & Co

Materials: Japanese paper and cotton floss on cotton paper

Hawksbill Turtle in Florentine Greens Morels and held by the MetropolitanHawksbill turtles are very serious creatures. They like to pontificate, and can often be found lecturing nests of younger turtles. Or older turtles. Any turtles, really. They are the professors of the turtle world. Based on a 1754 illustration of Testudo caretta (Loggerhead sea turtle) from The Natural History of Carolina, Florida, and the Bahama Islands. The turtle is 4. 5 inches wide, stitched by hand on 5x7 inch 100% cotton watercolour paper, which