Friday, March 11, 2005

American bison droppings

Idahofalls Idaho: "Dung and Dunger: a chip off the old bison Two Idaho artists have founded a company called Dung and Dunger that makes paper art from American bison droppings. Victor Bruha and Daniel Hidalgo say they plan to market their hand-made creations to tourists, KIFI-TV, Idaho Falls reported. "It's interesting because it's a local handmade product and ... A lot of tourists are looking for something that has a local flavor and by doing this we are upping the entire process -- making the paper, making the prints, selling the art work, it's all done right here," said Hidalgo. The artists say the process of making paper out of bison chips has been around for years. A single bison chip can yield 20 to 25 sheets of rustic paper that can be used for printing art. The artists said they plan to make Christmas ornaments from bison dung once the holiday season rolls around. I Live about 45min. Drive: From Idaho falls, guess I'll just have to check this out... Not sure how I feel about using paper made from animal..sh#t?...What's next human dung? Makes me think twice, about sticking paper in my mouth's next time... Yuck!!"