Tuesday, February 26, 2008
Daisy Dreamer in Thailand
The March issue of Chickadee magazine is out!
The theme for this issue is art, and the Daisy Dreamer comic takes place in Thailand. Daisy and her pals are visiting an elephant park, where the elephants make art.
I based the idea for the story on some real places where elephants create art. They run with help from the Asian Elephant Art & Conservation Project. For years, loggers in Thailand have used elephants to help them in their work. Just like loggers in North America once used horses and oxen to pull logs out of the woods, in Thailand people used elephants to help move lumber.
But what happens to those elephants when they can't work any more? There are elephant conservation areas in Thailand where these elephants can live comfortable lives. The Asian Elephant Art & Conservation Project allows elephants to create artwork. The money they raise from selling the paintings goes towards helping to care for the elephants.
You can see some of the paintings by the elephants here.
The theme for this issue is art, and the Daisy Dreamer comic takes place in Thailand. Daisy and her pals are visiting an elephant park, where the elephants make art.
I based the idea for the story on some real places where elephants create art. They run with help from the Asian Elephant Art & Conservation Project. For years, loggers in Thailand have used elephants to help them in their work. Just like loggers in North America once used horses and oxen to pull logs out of the woods, in Thailand people used elephants to help move lumber.
But what happens to those elephants when they can't work any more? There are elephant conservation areas in Thailand where these elephants can live comfortable lives. The Asian Elephant Art & Conservation Project allows elephants to create artwork. The money they raise from selling the paintings goes towards helping to care for the elephants.
You can see some of the paintings by the elephants here.
Labels: Art, Daisy Dreamer, Elephants, Neat stuff
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