Hawksbill Turtle in Florentine Arabesques & Birds Hippopotamus overlaid with Koume watermark tissue

overlaid with Koume watermark tissue

organza ribbon

and reinterpreted in further colour palettes

Materials: Italian paper

so that is the colour I’ve chosen here

Hawksbill Turtle in Florentine Arabesques & Birds Hippopotamus overlaid with Koume watermark tissueHawksbill 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