How does a lobster grow?
An adult female lobster will produce approximately 10,000 eggs when she is fertile. Each egg is the size of the head of a pin. As they grow, the eggs are held under the mothers tail with a special glue-like substance. The female will carry her eggs for almost a year. Then the eggs are released as larvae. It has been estimated that less than 1% of the eggs will survive to grow into an adult.
Lobsters grow by molting, or shedding their shells. Just after they molt, they are soft and fragile until their new shell has hardened. During this time, the lobster buries itself in the mud to hide from its natural enemies. When they are young, an immature lobster will molt several times each year. It takes approximately seven years for a lobster to grow to legal harvesting size (1-1 1/4 lb.). At this age, they molt just once a year, usually during the summer months. Each molt will increase their size by 1/4 lb. on average. When lobsters get older, they will often skip years, and molt less frequently.
Gilda says: “The shows look at different aspects of textile art and what inspires the work.”She explains that her family “always had a sewing machine in the house” and by the age of 12 she decided to go to technical college to study wholesale dressmaki“My parents didn’t want me to end up working in a factory,“ Gilda recalls, “but I was obstinate and decided to do what I wanted to do.”At 15, Gilda was making sketches for bridal gowns. She went on to teach fashion, and 14 years ago started doing landscapes using batik, appliqué, plus hand and machine stitching.Gilda Baron<span>“I didn’t go to art school, so I didn’t consider myself to be an artist but people keep telling me my work is good, so I do think of myself as an artist now.”
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