An Elephant a Day 2.0

A daily dose of art and elephants

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Elephant No. 89: Guest Artist Sipho Mabona

White Elephant by Sipho Mabona, 2014 Source: http://www.mabonaorigami.com/en/galleries/latest-work.html

Today’s post features the life-sized origami White Elephant and other work by artist Sipho Mabona To read more, along with a story about a baby elephant rescued by train passengers, visit www.elephantaday2.blogspot.ca. To view the blog that started it all, visit www.elephantaday.blogspot.com Submissions of your own elephant creations in any medium or art practice—and/or the creations of others—are also welcome, as are anecdotes and news from the world of elephants. For information on how to submit, visit us on Facebook.

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Elephant No. 88: Get Well Card

Today’s post features a get well card I made for a friend. To read more, along with a story about how to tell if an elephant is sick, visit www.elephantaday2.blogspot.ca. To view the blog that started it all, visit www.elephantaday.blogspot.com Submissions of your own elephant creations in any medium or art practice—and/or the creations of others—are also welcome, as are anecdotes and news from the world of elephants. For information on how to submit, visit us on Facebook.

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Elephant No. 87: Elephantasies by Friedrich-Karl Waechtner

Today’s post features images from the 1966 book Elephantasies by Friedrich-Karl Waechtner. To read more, along with a story about pink elephants, visit www.elephantaday2.blogspot.ca. To view the blog that started it all, visit www.elephantaday.blogspot.com Submissions of your own elephant creations in any medium or art practice—and/or the creations of others—are also welcome, as are anecdotes and news from the world of elephants. For information on how to submit, visit us on Facebook.

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Elephant No. 86: Guest Artist Neena Singhal

Today’s post features a cross-stitched elephant parade by Neena Singhal. To read more, along with a story about another kind of elephant parade, visit www.elephantaday2.blogspot.ca. To view the blog that started it all, visit www.elephantaday.blogspot.com Submissions of your own elephant creations in any medium or art practice—and/or the creations of others—are also welcome, as are anecdotes and news from the world of elephants. For information on how to submit, visit us on Facebook.

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Elephant No. 85: Tea Cozy

Today’s post features my attempt at making a felted tea cozy. To read more, along with a story about an elephant invited to tea in Sydney, Australia, visit www.elephantaday2.blogspot.ca. To view the blog that started it all, visit www.elephantaday.blogspot.com Submissions of your own elephant creations in any medium or art practice—and/or the creations of others—are also welcome, as are anecdotes and news from the world of elephants. For information on how to submit, visit us on Facebook.

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Elephant No. 84: Feature Artist Lindsay Pichaske

Pecking Order by Lindsay Pichaske, 2011. Low-fire ceramic, sunflower seeds, beet dye and acrylic paint. The sections dyed red indicate vulnerable areas on an elephant. Photo: Lindsay Pichaske Source: http://craftcouncil.org/magazine/article/intimate-knowledge

Today’s post features the work of artist Lindsay Pichaske. To read more, along with stats on the number of muscles in an elephant, visit www.elephantaday2.blogspot.ca. To view the blog that started it all, visit www.elephantaday.blogspot.com Submissions of your own elephant creations in any medium or art practice—and/or the creations of others—are also welcome, as are anecdotes and news from the world of elephants. For information on how to submit, visit us on Facebook.

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Elephant No. 83: Anonymous Scratchfiti at the Elmdale Tavern

Today’s post features a piece of what I call "scratchfiti" at a local tavern. To read more, along with a story about ivory false teeth, visit www.elephantaday2.blogspot.ca. To view the blog that started it all, visit www.elephantaday.blogspot.com Submissions of your own elephant creations in any medium or art practice—and/or the creations of others—are also welcome, as are anecdotes and news from the world of elephants. For information on how to submit, visit us on Facebook.

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Elephant No. 82: Guest Artist Riley Robb-Cheney

Today’s post features a card by seven-year-old artist Riley. To read more, along with a story about playful elephants at the David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust, visit www.elephantaday2.blogspot.ca. To view the blog that started it all, visit www.elephantaday.blogspot.com Submissions of your own elephant creations in any medium or art practice—and/or the creations of others—are also welcome, as are anecdotes and news from the world of elephants. For information on how to submit, visit us on Facebook.

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Elephant No. 81: Guest Artist Heather Wilcox

Today’s post features a little drawing by Heather Wilcox. To read more, along with a story about Alice the elephant and her shipboard adventures, visit www.elephantaday2.blogspot.ca. To view the blog that started it all, visit www.elephantaday.blogspot.com Submissions of your own elephant creations in any medium or art practice—and/or the creations of others—are also welcome, as are anecdotes and news from the world of elephants. For information on how to submit, visit us on Facebook.

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Elephant No. 80: Guest Artist Lynn Owen

Ellie by Lynn Owen iPad sketch, 2013 Image courtesy of Lynn Owen

Today’s post features the work of artist Lynn Owen. To read more, along with a story about mines named for elephants, visit www.elephantaday2.blogspot.ca. To view the blog that started it all, visit www.elephantaday.blogspot.com Submissions of your own elephant creations in any medium or art practice—and/or the creations of others—are also welcome, as are anecdotes and news from the world of elephants. For information on how to submit, visit us on Facebook.

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Elephant No. 79: Mini-Baby Blankie

Today’s post features a mini-baby blankie/toy. To read more, along with a story about blankies for orphaned baby elephants, visit www.elephantaday2.blogspot.ca. To view the blog that started it all, visit www.elephantaday.blogspot.com Submissions of your own elephant creations in any medium or art practice—and/or the creations of others—are also welcome, as are anecdotes and news from the world of elephants. For information on how to submit, visit us on Facebook.

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Elephant No. 78: Feature Artist Christopher Griffin

Bronze elephants by Christopher Griffin cast in India. Photo: Christopher Griffin. Image courtesy of Christopher Griffin.

Small elephant in drainpipe along Rideau Canal, Ottawa. Photo: Christopher Griffin. Image courtesy of Christopher Griffin.

Small clay elephants on top of Nuit Blanche elephant by Christopher Griffin. Photo: Christopher Griffin. Image courtesy of Christopher Griffin.

Today's post features the art of Christopher Griffin. To read more, along with a story about Precolumbian elephants, visit www.elephantaday2.blogspot.ca. To view the blog that started it all, visit www.elephantaday.blogspot.com Submissions of your own elephant creations in any medium or art practice—and/or the creations of others—are also welcome, as are anecdotes and news from the world of elephants. For information on how to submit, visit us on Facebook.

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Elephant a Day is Changing...

Leaf Collage Elephant by Sheila Singhal (Elephant No. 50)

Van Gogh Elephant by Sheila Singhal (Elephant No. 9)

New contracts and preparations for Christmas are taking all of my time these days, so I've decided to take a break from daily blogging about elephants. I'll still be sharing the work of anyone who sends me an elephant image or story—and even occasionally posting elephants of my own—although perhaps not on a daily basis for the foreseeable future.

Rather than renaming the blog An Elephant Once in a While, I'll be keeping the Elephant a Day name since, as someone pointed out, that's the way this whole thing started. And who knows: at some point I may go back to daily blogging—although hopefully not daily making, so that I can concentrate on producing more finished art.

In addition to viewing new posts via this site, you can track the blog via Tumblr, via the Elephant a Day website, via Facebook, and via Twitter. You can also view the crazy 366-day blog experience that started it all here.

In the meantime, don't forget to support worthy elephant charities. Elephants are critically endangered in many parts of the world, due to poaching, habitat loss and human-elephant conflict. If you love elephants, please consider making a small donation to one of the organizations working so hard to ensure that elephants have a future.

See you soon!

http://elephantaday2.blogspot.ca/2013/11/elephant-day-is-changing.html

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Elephant No. 77: Art by Elephants

Aquatic Serenade by Jenny the elephant

They're Building Over There by Wanalee the elephant

For Day 77 of Elephant a Day 2.0, I featured art produced by elephants. To read more, visit www.elephantaday2.blogspot.ca. To view the blog that started it all, visit www.elephantaday.blogspot.com Submissions of your own elephant creations in any medium or art practice—and/or the creations of others—are also welcome, as are anecdotes and news from the world of elephants. For information on how to submit, visit us on Facebook.

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Elephant No. 76: Glass Canes

For Day 76 of Elephant a Day 2.0, I glued together some weird glass bits to make an elephant. To read more, along with a story about elephants in stained glass, visit www.elephantaday2.blogspot.ca. To view the blog that started it all, visit www.elephantaday.blogspot.com Submissions of your own elephant creations in any medium or art practice—and/or the creations of others—are also welcome, as are anecdotes and news from the world of elephants. For information on how to submit, visit us on Facebook.

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Elephant No. 75: From the Archives—Thaumatrope

For Day 75 of Elephant a Day 2.0, I brought back my original post on thaumatropes. To see the toy in action, along with a story about elephant escape artists, visit www.elephantaday2.blogspot.ca. To view the blog that started it all, visit www.elephantaday.blogspot.com Submissions of your own elephant creations in any medium or art practice—and/or the creations of others—are also welcome, as are anecdotes and news from the world of elephants. For information on how to submit, visit us on Facebook.

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Elephant No. 74: Bunting

For Day 74 of Elephant a Day 2.0, I made party bunting. To read more, along with a story about an elephant celebration in Thailand, visit www.elephantaday2.blogspot.ca. To view the blog that started it all, visit www.elephantaday.blogspot.com Submissions of your own elephant creations in any medium or art practice—and/or the creations of others—are also welcome, as are anecdotes and news from the world of elephants. For information on how to submit, visit us on Facebook.