Green Turtle in Silver Filigree on Pink Sloth Materials: Nepalese paper and cotton

Materials: Nepalese paper and cotton floss on cotton paper

This parasol is based on a design from Bloomingdale Bros

The original dress is held by the Metropolitan Museum of Art (accession 1981

with pale blue Mizutama watermark tissue laid over a pale shimmering green to imitate the silk of the original dress

Little & Co

Green Turtle in Silver Filigree on Pink Sloth Materials: Nepalese paper and cottonThe green turtle may seem morose, but thats just the way nature designed them. They can be found happily hanging out (though you wouldnt know it to look at them) in shallow lagoons, nibbling on sea grasses. The only thing that makes them sad is that they are endangered. For that reason (and also, you probably dont have a lagoon), you cant take them home as pets. How about consoling yourself with one of my stitched paper green turtles, instead? Based