Friends of the National Zoo – ZooFari 2010 Online Auction
Auction Ends: May 16, 2010 09:00 PM EDT

Home & Garden

Elephant Memories Art Quilt

Item Number
261
Estimated Value
1200 USD
Opening Bid
400 USD

Item Description

Decorate your home with this innovatively designed and inspired Elephant Memories quilt. Elephant Memories is a collage of intricate cloth patterns and elephant photographs taken in Tanzania and Kenya in 1989. The quilt is designed to represent a strong statement regarding the devastation of a magnificent species. In 1900, it is estimated that elephants in Africa numbered between 5 – 10 million, today the estimate is about 500,000. Keep the hopes of conservation in your thoughts every day with this remarkable reminder of what is happening to Earth's most beautiful creatures.The artist, Patricia Gould, creates unique fiber landscapes incorporating unusual fabrics, threads, paints, beads, buttons and other embellishments. Each creation is one-of-a-kind and entirely designed and produced by her in her studio.

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