PICTURES BY MIRELLA MONESI
Pencil drawings on cardboard for watercolours. Colour spread with marten brushes and liquid acrylic colours. Some parts of the background were made with the airbrush technique, creating cardboard “masks” and films.
FATRO calendar 2002
ENDANGERED SPECIES Camelus bactrianus FATRO "WILDLIFE" COLLECTION The camel, very widespread in its domesticated varieties, has long been one of the fundamental factors in the survival of desert communities.In the wild state, around 500 still survive in the Gobi desert, plus a few small scattered groups in China.Notwithstanding its protected status, the wild camel now seems to be destined for rapid extinction. DOWNLOAD PDF
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FATRO calendar 2001
ENDANGERED SPECIES Loxodonta africana FATRO "WILDLIFE" COLLECTION It is the largest land animal in existence, with tusks which can exceed 3 metres in length. It is hunted relentlessly for its ivory: it is estimated that around 500 tons are exported from Africa every year, representing the slaughter of 25,000 - 50,000 animals. The African elephant population has fallen in the last ten years from 1,300,000 to 750,000 individuals, and is in continual decline. DOWNLOAD PDF
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FATRO calendar 2000
MYTHOLOGICAL ANIMALS Dragon FATRO "WILDLIFE" COLLECTION Dragons are to be found in mythologies all over the world. Their meaning is ambivalent since, being winged, they symbolize celestial creative power, while from the dragon's mouth pours the fire of destruction and regeneration. This symbolic dualism is overcome, according to western tradition, by the dragon's death at the hands of a hero saint (the triumph of light over darkness). The East, instead, has the dragon dance which brings on the rain (union of sky and earth). This is why the dragon is also a symbol of exaltation and good fortune.We dedicate the dragon to the coming year of the turn of the millenium. DOWNLOAD PDF
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FATRO calendar 1999
ENDANGERED SPECIES Carcharodon carcharias FATRO "WILDLIFE" COLLECTION Although sharks have always been considered the terror of the seas, they figure among the endangered species of the world. Many of the 370 species known, including the great white shark, risk extinction. More than 4 million sharks are killed every year. DOWNLOAD PDF
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FATRO calendar 1998
ENDANGERED SPECIES Geronticus eremita FATRO "WILDLIFE" COLLECTION This ibis is very rare. It is gradually disappearing as a result of the restriction of areas of water.It is extinct in Europe and there are colonies in Morocco and Algeria. In Eurasia, the last colony was Birecic, in Turkey, to which, in recent years, no ibis has returned. DOWNLOAD PDF
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FATRO calendar 1996
ENDANGERED SPECIES Caiman latirostris FATRO "WILDLIFE" COLLECTION This caiman risks extinction. It lives in the swamps and rivers of the tropical regions of South America. The largest of these specimens are two and a half metres long. Although it is protected in a number of countries, it is hunted both for its meat and valuable skin.DOWNLOAD PDF
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FATRO calendar 1995
ENDANGERED SPECIES Haliaeëtus leucocephalus FATRO "WILDLIFE" COLLECTION The mountain gorilla is the largest and rarest of the three gorilla sub-species. It lives in the mountain forests of the Virunga vulcanoes between Zaire, Uganda and Rwanda. It is very close to extinction, 400 of these animals survive. DOWNLOAD PDF
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FATRO calendar 1994
ENDANGERED SPECIES Ursus maritimus FATRO "WILDLIFE" COLLECTION Legendary bird of prey of North America.Although it is among the most studied and protected species in the world, this eagle risked extinction at the turn of the century due to hunting, and still risks extinction today due to pollution, which has made many couples infertile. DOWNLOAD PDF
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FATRO calendar 1993
ENDANGERED SPECIES Ursus maritimus FATRO "WILDLIFE" COLLECTION The polar bear lives in all areas surrounding the North Pole.Although, years ago, it was hunted extensively it is now a protected species, numbering about 20.000 animals, but it is a vulnerable species. DOWNLOAD PDF
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