Elephant Crap

I recently ordered some paper made from pachyderm poop. I am not kidding. There are companies that take elephant dung and recycle it into paper and sell it. The proceeds go to elephant conservation.

It's not a great surface for artwork. Too porous for my taste. But I'm getting used to it. Mostly because I like the idea of sending art to friends and let them know that it before it passed through the postal system, it passed through a sphincter.

The tiger is for a friend that regular sends me Starbucks gift cards, knowing my penchant for Chai. Yup, I barter art for tea.

(Original images are about 4x6")