Hawksbill Turtle in Florentine Wine & Orange mouse My little paper darlings are

My little paper darlings are based on a 1792 illustration from Bewick’s ‘A General History of Quadrupeds’

The original dress is held by the Metropolitan Museum of Art (accession 1978

This hand-stitched paper dress is based on the ‘Spiral’ dinner dress created by Charles James in ca

Materials: Japanese paper and cotton floss on cotton paper

and John Lillie

Hawksbill Turtle in Florentine Wine & Orange mouse My little paper darlings areHawksbill 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