Great Book of Fairy Patterns E-Book

Lora S. Irish

• Herausgeber: Fox Chapel Publishing
• Kategorie: Lebensstil
• Sprache: Englisch
• Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2004

Seitenzahl: 108

Beschreibung

Create your own fairy art from more than 70 patterns! Fairies have captured the imaginations of artists for eons. Here, in this guide for artists, fairy aficionado and artist Lora Irish shares tips, techniques and all the information you need to get Get started on your next fairy painting, carving, illustration or other project. Bring the magic of fairies to your art. Dozens of original fairy patterns, along with tips and techniques for artists and craftspeople working in all mediums.

Leseprobe

Great Book of

Fairy

Patterns

by Lora S. Irish

© 2004 by Fox Chapel Publishing Company, Inc.

Great Book of Fairy Patterns

is an original work, first published in 2004 by Fox Chapel Publishing

Company, Inc. The paintings/illustrations and patterns contained herein are copyrighted by the author.

Readers may make three copies of these patterns for personal use. The patterns themselves, however,

are not to be duplicated for resale or distribution under any circumstances. Any such copying is a viola-

tion of copyright law.

ISBN 978–1–56523–225–9

eISBN 9781607658870

For a printable PDF of the patterns used in this book, please contact Fox Chapel Publishing at

[email protected], quoting the ISBN and title of this book, as well as the pattern

or patterns required.

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We are always looking for talented authors to

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Please send a brief letter describing your idea to Acquisition Editor,

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Because making the artwork shown in this book inherently includes the risk of injury and damage,

this book cannot guarantee that creating the projects in this book is safe for everyone. For this rea-

son, this book is sold without warranties or guarantees of any kind, expressed or implied, and the

publisher and the author disclaim any liability for any injuries, losses or damages caused in any way

by the content of this book or the reader’s use of the tools needed to complete the projects pre-

sented here. The publisher and the author urge all artists to thoroughly review each project and to

understand the use of all tools involved before beginning any project.

Publisher's Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Irish, Lora S.

Great book of fairy patterns / by Lora S. Irish.

p. cm.

ISBN 978-1-56523-225-9 (pbk. Perfect bdg.: alk. paper)

1. Handicraft 2. Fairies in art. I. Title.

TT157.I74 2004

745.5—dc22

2003069610

Dedication

This work is dedicated to two special, tiny Fairies, for they have graced my life with their love,

laughter and charming antics: Andie Jane and Courtney. Although they now grace a flower garden

in the midwestern prairies far from my home, they are forever in my heart. With love, from their

Aunt Susie.

Acknowledgments

Special thanks go to Alan, Ayleen, Jon and everyone at Fox Chapel Publishing who worked on

this project. Their encouragement and support throughout the creation of this book has been

indispensable. It has, once again, been a delight for me to work with such a well-organized,

creative team.

© Lora S. Irish

From the Author and Artist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Chapter One:

Fairy Art . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

OR How Do I Use This Book in my artwork?

Chapter Two:

A History of Fairies in Legends . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

OR How did Fairies, Faes and Flutterbyes come to be?

Chapter Three:

Fairy Families and Their Wing Patterns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

OR Who’s who in the Fairy realm?

Chapter Four:

Changing Your Fairy’s Pose . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

OR How can I turn one Fairy pattern into a dozen?

Chapter Five:

Creating New Wing Styles. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

OR

Should my Fairy have butterfly, bee, bat or dragonfly wings?

Table of Contents

Page 6

Page 13

Page 15

Chapter Six:

Altering Your Fairy’s Outfit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

OR How do I dress my Fairy in the best and brightest fashions?

Chapter Seven:

Placing Your Fairy in a New Scene . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

OR What else can my Fairy do besides sit on flowers?

Chapter Eight:

Patterns. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

Guardian Angel Fairies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

Child Fairies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

Flower Fairies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

Modern Fairies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95

Pagan Fairies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110

Pixies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124

Traditional Fairies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .135

Miscellaneous Fairies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146

Appendix A - Manikin Patterns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .178

Appendix B - Color Charts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180

Index. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182

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G

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ATTERNS

From the Author and Artist

Growing up in a family full of craftsmen and artisans, I had no doubt that I would focus my attention

on the arts. It seemed that there was always something being created in my childhood home. The dining

room table was often full of newly cut quilt pieces, ceramic bisque and glazes, or plans for the most recent

woodworking furniture endeavor. I can remember the pieces of an old muzzle-loading rifle submerged in

a butter tub of oil, waiting for restoration, while the barrel hung from the patio door curtain rod coated

with bluing and the gun stock sat ready to be woodcarved.

Arts and crafts filled my childhood home. Not hidden in some basement or workshop, all the creating

seemed to happen right in the living room or dining room. Wonderful smells are associated with these

memories: turpentine and linseed oil, cedar wood and walnut for carving, newly bought calico fabrics, and

the makings for strawberry jelly on the stove.

Family get-togethers quickly turned into “show and tell” time as each uncle or aunt brought out his

or her latest craftworks. My uncles brought photos of wood furniture, cabinetry work and welding proj-

ects. My aunts brought appliqué quilt tops, weaving projects fresh off the loom and petit point. Mom

shared a variety of arts including knitting, oil painting and pictures of her latest prize-winning flower

arrangement.

My house, just like my Mom’s, is filled with art and craft supplies. A basket of cloth and thread sits on

the floor next to my living room chair. The yarn ball basket rests across the room in the corner with

needles and hooks ready for the next afghan to be started. My studio area is stuffed with boxes and totes

full of paints, canvases and papers, glue, scissors and accessories.

When Fox Chapel offered me the opportunity to create the

Great Book of Fairy Patterns

it seemed to

be the perfect format. It has been my experience that few artisans do just one craft or one style of art.

Many of us enjoy a wide variety of creative endeavors. And many of us already have a strong understand-

ing of our favorite art; all we really need are new ideas and patterns with which to express that art.

So, go grab your baskets, totes and boxes of art and craft supplies, and let’s get started.

— Lora S. Irish

About the Author

: Twelve of Lora S. Irish’s purebred dog breed oil canvas paintings have been published as limited editions. She is the

author of a series of woodcarving and craft pattern books including

Landscapes in Relief, Wildlife Carving in Relief, North American Wildlife

Patterns for the Scroll Saw, World Wildlife Patterns for the Scroll Saw

and

The Great Book of Dragon Patterns

.

Working from their home studio, Lora and her husband and webmaster, Michael, are the owners of two internet websites: www.muttart.

com and www.carvingpatterns.com. Their online art gallery, Fine Art Dog Prints, features the works of over 60 canine artists. Classic

Carving Patterns is their internet woodcarving studio focusing on online tutorials, projects and patterns created exclusively by L. S. Irish for

the crafter and artisan.

F

AIRY

A

RT

OR How do I use this book in my

artwork?

airies have become a popular and favorite theme for arts and crafts no

matter what medium you use. A Flower Fairy in a field of daisies is a beau-

tiful subject for tole painting, glass etching or ceramics. A Water Nymph

is ideal for those who enjoy working with needle, thread and woven cloth in

hand. If right now you are stretching paper for your next watercolor work, you

may want to consider a Fairy with brightly colored dragonfly wings.

Woodburners and woodcarvers might do well to consider a Forest Pixie to

adorn a jewelry box or other work in progress. Maybe it’s a Fairy that you want

to adorn the pages of your newest photo scrapbook or to accent a set of scroll

sawed garden stakes for your backyard flowerbed. A Fairy may just be the per-