Description of work: Finished piece will be approximately 30"H x 36" W. Adelita is a loggerhead sea turtle featured in the PBS documentary, "The Voyage of the Lonely Sea Turtle". She was held in captivity for most of her life in a 10' tank, before she was released into the wild with a tracking device. Researchers discovered that she swam 9,000 miles from Baja, Mexico to the coast of Japan. She swam for 368 days straight, without resting. Adelita proved that loggerheads actually do swim great distances to lay their clutches of eggs. Shortly after returning to the beach where she was born to lay her eggs, she was caught in a fishing net and drowned. Unfortunately, turtle deaths by fishing nets and long lines are an all too common fate. It is my intention to create a mosaic which juxtaposes Adelita against a coral reef; looming in the background is a net. I hope that people will come away from my mosaic with an appreciation for the beauty of marine life and a desire to protect it. |