Atropa Belladonna
Saoirse Wren, Age 12
Atropa belladonna is the Latin name for deadly nightshade. This recycled-plastic sculpture tells the sad story of plastic bags which are mistaken for jellyfish by sea turtles, which eat them. I wish to showcase this and send a message to help stop deaths to sea life. To create the piece, I collected washed-up plastic from Brighton beaches and crocheted it into the jellyfish.