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Wendy Froud, is to receive the lifetime achievement award at the Portland Film Festival this September. Wendy fabricated the infamous ‘Yoda’ in the movie, Star Wars, a character that has truly stood the test of time for his zen-like wisdom and ability to use the ‘force’!
Wendy will be present at a special screening of the Dark Crystal on Wednesday 2nd September as a part of the festival schedule.
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You can also catch Wendy and husband, Brian Froud at the Avalon Faery weekend on 24th and 25th October at Glastonbury Town Hall. See www.faeryevents.com for details or follow the Facebook event page.
According to the BBC website, hundreds of fairy doors have been attached to the bases of trees in Wayford Woods, Crewkerne.
It is claimed the doors have been installed by local people so children can “leave messages for the fairies”.
But trustee Steven Acreman said: “We’ve got little doors everywhere. We’re not anti-fairies but it’s in danger of getting out of control.” READ MORE HERE
FAE’s Editor in Chief, Karen Kay, will be talking live on BBC Local Radio throughout the UK to Mark Forrest about Fairy Doors and why they are so important.
Karen says “As long as the doors are created from natural and biodegradable materials, I believe it is a beautiful thing to do, plus it gives hope to the youngsters, and older ones too!”
Our friends over at the Fairyland Trust say they do not want to discourage making Fairy Houses, “indeed we do it at the Fairy Fair and other events but agree that a balance needs to be struck to make the developments sustainable, and not damaging to the woods.”
They have issued these Fairy Planning Guidelines regarding the installation of Fairy Doors:
1. Avoid using plastic and metal in any Fairy construction, including silver foil, or any non water-based paints. Fairies do not appreciate these artificial materials. Instead try to use natural materials which can be nibbled by creatures like Wood Mice, and in the end, grown on by mushrooms and toadstools. Untreated wood, twigs, hessian, and natural string (eg jute twine) are all good.
2. Magical creatures know that humans provide slides and chairs and other garden furniture with good intentions (at the Fairy Fair we’ve noticed some fairy jacuzzis) but we don’t really use them. We bathe in Fairy Basins for example (also known as buttercups) and like to sleep on banks of moss and in Cowslip Bells, and shelter from the rain in Wood Sorrel blossoms – so please leave those for us. A few snail shells are good as garden ornaments, as are acorn cups, beech-mast and other tree seeds.
3. We noticed that Wayford Wood is an Ancient Woodland, the very best type for Fairies. It also has lots of lovely Bluebells. Please never ever trample on these (keep to the paths). Not only do they look beautiful and smell fantastic but they are vital Fairy equipment. You may have read of folklore that says Fairies ring the Bluebells at midnight to call one another to their revels (parties). As parties are important, we’d appreciate protecting the Bluebells. We are unlikely to use any doorways where Bluebells have been squished.
4. Don’t use cement, nails or screws to fix doors to trees. The trees don’t like it.
FAE NEWS: Angelina Jolie and Elle Fanning looking very happy at the European Press Conference for Disney’s ‘Maleficent’ on May 9, 2014 in London.
Photo by David Dettmann
More enchantment than you can shake a faery wand at!FAE Magazine – Faeries and Enchantment
A new series with Warwick Davis ‘Weekend Escapes’ is starting on 11th April on ITV at 8pm – AND the Willow Appreciation Society peeps are appearing in the first episode!!!
…..The family’s first stop is the middle of an enchanted wood in Launceston where they meet a group of locals dressed up as fairies, pixies, wood elves, merfaes (half mermaid and half fairy) and other woodland creatures. The Willow Appreciation Society meet up regularly in costume to keep the area’s legends and mystical stories alive.
Warwick says: “Cornwall isn’t all about cream teas and scrumpy it’s a county brimming with magic, mystery and plenty of strange surprises if you scratch beneath the surface.”
You’ll find FAE magazine‘s Editor Karen Kay in the woods with Warwick Davis and his family.
The existence of fairies has long been dismissed and resigned to the realm of children’s books and Disney films.
However Manchester Metropolitan University lecturer John Hyatt claims he now has proof the creatures are real and are residing in the Rossendale Valley.
And he is on a mission to get more adults to believe and ‘bring a bit of magic into their lives.’
John Hyatt, Director of Manchester Institute for Research and Innovation in Art and Design (MIRIAD) at Manchester Metropolitan University snapped images of what he claims are the tiny winged creatures whilst out photographing the Lancashire landscape over the last two years.
Source: Manchester Evening News
As part of the Frome Festival (SW UK), Students of all local schools, their families, friends and everyone in Frome are invited by The Frome Times, Kumon Frome Study Centre and Absolutely Fabulous Costume Hire to attempt the Guinness World Record for the Greatest Number of People Dressed as Characters from the Wizard of Oz.
The attempt to beat the current record of 446 will take place on Sunday 13th July 2014.
The registration fee is only £1 per participant and all money raised will be used to buy books for participating schools. A free assembly with local author, David Gatward, on the theme of the Wizard of Oz is available for all schools taking part. At these sessions characters from the book will also appear! These will be great events to tie in with World Book day in March 2014. Schools will be provided with flyers and a poster to help promote the event. A number of other events to promote this Guinness World Record attempt will also be running in Frome, including art sessions, reading sessions and the showing of the original film at the Westway Cinema after the record attempt.
Visit www.funtodressup.co.uk for updates and details
COVER COMPETITION!
The last time we ran a cover competition we were inundated with entries, so we are really looking forward to seeing your ideas once again! We are slightly changing the rules this time, so please ensure you read the RULES carefully before sending your submissions.
COVER COMPETITION RULES
The themes are Spring – Summer – Autumn or Winter
You may send a photo or photo art for any or all of the seasons.
Please make sure you have high resolution images (300 dots per inch).
If your photo is part of a set – please feel free to send the set.
Photos must be original and not have been published or pending publication anywhere else (that includes facebook and other social networking sites)
You must either own the copyright of the photo, or provide us with written permission from the copyright holder (this is usually the photographer)
Please familiarise yourself with our previous photographic covers so you can see the type of artistic style we are looking for.
Your photo must be original, high quality and eye catching, and be suitable for a cover. Photoshopped images are also acceptable.
TERMS – IMPORTANT PLEASE READ:
No correspondence shall be entered into, and the editors decision is final. By sending in your photo you agree for it to appear on the cover, or inside the magazine. We reserve the right to feature your photo as part of any future FAE magazine promotions.
EMAIL YOUR PHOTOS TO info@faemagazine.com
Closing date for submissions is MONDAY 20th January 2014
and finally … GOOD LUCK!!!
Disney’s Maleficent Official Teaser Trailer starring Angelina Jolie. The film is to be released in summer 2014 – watch this space for more!
Part of Karen Kay’s Faery Events: Avalon Faery weekend in Glastonbury, UK
There will be TWO DEBUT UK performances with RAPALJE
For the first time one of Holland’s finest musical exports ‘RAPALJE’ will be performing in the heart of Avalon. Celtic folk band Rapalje are to play on Friday 25th October at the Glastonbury Assembly Rooms, plus GOBLIN MARKET: With Elizabeth-Jane Baldry & Maxine Fone ‘Goblin Market’ is a performance for spoken voice and golden harp of Christina Rossetti’s celebrated and disturbing narrative poem – a unique combination in British literature of the grotesque, the fairytale, the erotic and the moral. A night of faery culture.
Their second gig will be at the infamous Avalon Faery Ball on Saturday 26th October at Glastonbury town Hall, this time they will be playing with their UK friends, The Dolmen! So that will be TWO amazing headline acts on the same night! A night of real faery delight!!!
Tickets for Friday 25th October cost £15.
Tickets for Saturday 26th October cost £25
Or get a special discount and buy tickets for both nights for £35 from www.thefaeshop.com
Sign up for the free newsletter at www.faeryevents.com for further details
Both events are sponsored by FAE Magazine
FAE Magazine would like to share some very happy and joyous news, and give a very warm faery welcome to new faery baby, Sebastian Froud! and huge congratulations to Mother Sarah and father Toby Froud, and of course the very proud Grandparents Brian and Wendy Froud, and Sarah’s parents too.
As reported on Facebook today by close friend of the Froud’s, Terri Windling-Gayton:
“There’s a brand new Froud amongst us! Hooray! Welcome to our beautiful, maddening, inspiring and amazing world, Sebastian Froud. And congratulations to parents Sarah and Toby, to grandparents Wendy and Brian, and to his other grandparents and relatives too. He is certainly a baby surrounded by deep magic and love. (The picture here, by the way, was painted by Brian, before Toby was born.)” – Terri Windling-Gayton via Facebook.
