Tapir Caper II - 2010's project link

Tapir Caper II - 2010's project for World Tapir Day can be seen here:

http://www.tapircaper2.blogspot.com/

World Tapir Day!

What a great day. Everything went so well and I had a great time with my oh-so-generous friends who have participated in the whole project with exactly the right spirit and sense of fun. You can see these wonderful people at
http://picasaweb.google.com/chinaplatefarm/TapirPeople?pli=1#5329532121595281746

There's a few last things to do by way of wrapping up the project (at least this part of it).

I will take all the donations and covert it into US funds to give to the Tapir Preservation Fund. I have asked that they tell me where the money goes (to which project) so you who have been so kind, will know where your money went.

I have created a photo gallery and will add the 'outside-of-Ottawa-people-who-wanted-tapirs' when I get their pictures.

I will put some thought into what I will do for next year's World Tapir Day.

Finally, a really big thanks to all friends who participated in today's events, thanks not only for your patience with my obsessions but also your tolerance and good spirit ... I had a blast!

Finished! Ready for World Tapir Day tomorrow

The final job was to make a box - a box big enough to take 30 tapirs. I took a ready-made box and decorated it with stamps. I cut the shapes out of thin foam that I can overprint and overprint. The great thing about this method is the random texture you can achieve. Gives the whole thing a 'rough' look I like. Yesterday I received my first contribution .... Jenn, my neighbour across the street, she runs Capital Worm Ranch - a wonderful eco-friendly enterprise

http://www.capitalwormranch.com/servlet/StoreFront

The link/plug is in case I don't have a tapir left to give her! Go there, check it out!

Tapirmon

One of Cait's friends donated a Digimon card .... a tapir ..... who knew. 5 days to go!!!!!

Eight days to go - A little book of tapirs

After a while, I didn't think it was enough to just give wooden tapirs in return for donations for World Tapir Day. I felt there was a need for a little bit of info about these wonderful creatures. SO! a book will be attached around ever tapir neck. The books show the four types/species of tapirs, their dimensions and also some salient facts.

There's a way of folding one sheet of paper to produce an eight page little booklet .... thanks go to my wife Cath who uses this technique to produce books for her kindergarten students.

Tapirs fall down

I accidentally knocked the board holding the half painted tapirs - they all fell over. But what an interesting texture. A Tapir Texture.

Ghosts of the rainforest

Just before I finish the painting (they will be Malayan tapirs - broad white band around middle with black front and rear ends) I thought I would photograph these 'ghosts'. Seems appropriate after reading an article about how Tapirs, amongst other forest dwellers, are responsible for the dispersion of seeds. So fewer tapirs mean fewer varieties of flora.