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Did anyone else attend the Faery Ball & Fair in Penzance, UK this weekend? I had the most amazing time. I saw Brian, Wendy and Toby Froud just hanging out at the Ball, which was a lovely event, hundreds of Faery fans in mythical dress and music courtesy of Woodland.
The Faery Fair was also a great event, lots of stalls with tarot card readers, books, cards, crystals and art for sale. My other half bought me a Froud print of a hedge pixie for my birthday!
There were also lots of talks, I attended 2, by Brian and Wendy respectively. Wendy discussed working in films such as star wars and the dark crystal, and showed pictures of her dolls and puppets.
Brian talked at wondrous length about his art and his connection to Faery. Specifically the importance of the Singers, which has really helped my connect with these tricky cards. How they are a high part of the faery hierachy, but the connection between them and other fae is smooth and seemless....how they appear to him as 'pillars of light'....and how we, as people, try to interpret beings of energy by giving them human characteristics.....he knows it is hard for people to connect to the singers straight away, so created Good Faeries/Bad Faeries (on which the Oracle is based) with both human looking faeries and the Singers as a way of helping people connect to them.
Also he told us how he sees and communicates with Faeries, and the difference between this psychic experience and his artistic inspiration.
He showed the Qntal music video he created, and also slides for a film he had hoped to make, a modern day version of Tam Lin. Sadly Hollywood would only make it if it was cheesy, and he would rather not make it if it compromised his vision for the Faeries. He stated that he hopes to make an Oracle based on the feminine divine 'to remind women that they are goddesses'. Wow! He didn't mention any further plans for a Runes of Elfland Oracle, but I'm still hoping.
I feel so happy and inspired to have met him, and hopefully I will understand my Faeries better as well!
The Faery Fair was also a great event, lots of stalls with tarot card readers, books, cards, crystals and art for sale. My other half bought me a Froud print of a hedge pixie for my birthday!
There were also lots of talks, I attended 2, by Brian and Wendy respectively. Wendy discussed working in films such as star wars and the dark crystal, and showed pictures of her dolls and puppets.
Brian talked at wondrous length about his art and his connection to Faery. Specifically the importance of the Singers, which has really helped my connect with these tricky cards. How they are a high part of the faery hierachy, but the connection between them and other fae is smooth and seemless....how they appear to him as 'pillars of light'....and how we, as people, try to interpret beings of energy by giving them human characteristics.....he knows it is hard for people to connect to the singers straight away, so created Good Faeries/Bad Faeries (on which the Oracle is based) with both human looking faeries and the Singers as a way of helping people connect to them.
Also he told us how he sees and communicates with Faeries, and the difference between this psychic experience and his artistic inspiration.
He showed the Qntal music video he created, and also slides for a film he had hoped to make, a modern day version of Tam Lin. Sadly Hollywood would only make it if it was cheesy, and he would rather not make it if it compromised his vision for the Faeries. He stated that he hopes to make an Oracle based on the feminine divine 'to remind women that they are goddesses'. Wow! He didn't mention any further plans for a Runes of Elfland Oracle, but I'm still hoping.
I feel so happy and inspired to have met him, and hopefully I will understand my Faeries better as well!