The Stone Elephant

by Liliana Stafford

The Stone Elephant has been in the world since the beginning.

The air moves her and she moves the air.

The sun and the moon give her light and shadows.

The rain and the wind bring news of the world.

When we take the time to listen to nature we learn about ourselves. This book explore this theme for me and I take from it what I need to know. I hope others are able to do the same.

The pictures are done in chrystaline tissue paper. I made the paper, then tore it into small pieces and used it to create a collage. Over the top of some parts of the pictures I put encaustic wax.The fruit is gold foil. It was great fun.

This title was selected for exhibition at the Fremantle Children's Literature Centre term two 2008

About the author:

Liliana Stafford is an author/illustrator of twelve books. She began writing seriously after the death of a welsh mountain pony ridden by her daughter Hermine.