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Dancing with DandelionsFantasyWire2014-07-21 | This is the original. I will be making a 1 off special copy which will be sold on ebay when its completed. __________________________________________________________________________________________ You can see more information about Robin Wight and FantasyWire ltd on our website: fantasywire.co.uk
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I thought that Flora was a fitting name for this sculpture as she looks as if she is spreading the spring as she is literally spreading seeds as she goes wearing her flower skirt. Her arrival marked the moment when slumbering nature stirred, when leaves rustled and flowers unfurled their petals. She carried with her the sweet sounds of birdsong and the delicate fragrance of blooming blossoms.
This sculpture was made by Adam Wight (me). I have been learning my father Robin Wight’s method of wire sculpture and making them to his standard. Although this one is completely my design and creation.AdmeteFantasyWire2024-08-24 | Admete (pronounced Ad-met-A) is a FantasyWire stainless steel fairy with a copper dress enjoying the feeling of the wind.
The dress is made from dozens of hand made individual copper leaves, which are polished on the dress lining side and verdigris on the outside. The dress has then been lacquered to make it weather proof and suitable for outdoors.
When designing Admete, I wanted to capture a particular emotion and feeling: The feeling you get when your alone, on top of a hill enjoying the wind as it envelops you. That noise and the sensation that leaves you no choice other than to smile and live.
I knew when I started that she would quite a challenge to make. That dress probably took longer than making the fairy herself, but it was worth it. I wanted to show the contrast of the inside and outside of the dress which reflects her personalty: She glows on the inside, but hides it from the world if it wasn’t for the wind. I’ve agonised over her name since I started making her. The dress is so dominant in this fairy sculpture, and I searched for names that were related to dresses and dress making, but dressmaking is not what this fairy is about.
Admete is ancient greek and means untamed and unbroken. Don’t be mistaken into thinking, wild or feral. Admete is very intelligent and fully in control. She simply lives her life on her terms, free from the petty concerns of what others think.
My general fan base love the fairies I make with dandelions in cute poses. I love them to, but I prefer the more adult strong feisty characters. I personally think, she’s one of the most beautiful fairies I’ve made and she joins the list of a few fairies, I’d be happy not to sell.Little GemFantasyWire2024-08-23 | Little Gem is a classic FantasyWire Fairy with a dandelion, living her best life.Dancing with Dandelions Weathervane by FantasyWireFantasyWire2024-07-30 | These were designed by ourselves at FantasyWire and based on Robin Wight's famous Dancing with Dandelions fairy sculpture. This is by far Robin's most popular Fairy and now is your chance to get your very own. Part of her charm is that she turns so freely in the slightest breeze making her the perfect design for these beautiful weathervanes.
We have spared no expense on manufacturing these as we are only interested in producing the highest quality products. This weather vane is exactly that. They are first laser cut from 2mm stainless steel plate, then hand assembled here in the UK. They are then electropolished to provide a chrome like finish. As the whole weathervane is stainless steel they are completely weather proof and won't rust.
The weight of the fairy rests on a ballbearing, making the whole thing virtually frictionless, so spins beautifully in the wind. (see video below)
What we’ve designed we hope is a cost effective option allowing many more people to own they very own Dancing with Dandelions.This MomentFantasyWire2024-05-22 | We spend most of our waking lives thinking or worrying about something in the future or the past. We are very rarely present in the moment and yet the only thing we truly own is the very moment we’re living in.
I’m guessing that around 99% of the surface of the UK is either property, infrastructure or agriculture. I’m so lucky to live in part of the remaining, untamed 1%. I live in the middle of a nature reserve. The terrain is a steep sided, deep valley with a brook running through it. It’s dense ancient woodland and the trees have all grown hundreds of feet tall competing for a share of precious light from a such a small sky. This is nature at its spectacular best. It creates a natural, green, cathedral of light which is quite ethereal. I’ve said in the past that this is a place where fairies ought to live. It’s truly magical and is very much a major source of the inspiration behind my fairies.
This fairy sculpture is my homage to the place I live and represents a frozen moment when magic materialises from untamed nature.
For a interview recently, I was asked what takeaway do I want people to gain from my work?
For this piece: By placing a shiny unnatural anomaly in such a landscape, I want to grab their attention so they don’t just zone out and miss the spectacle. I want them to STOP, take in the whole cathedral of light and I want them to experience and remember “THIS moment”.Check out this fairy sculpture Robin has completed recently! #fairy #sculpture #sculptureart #artFantasyWire2024-05-16 | ...FantasyWires latest batch of new fairiesFantasyWire2024-05-11 | This video features four new fairies. Due to circumstances we ended up finsihing all four at the same time.
Tickettyboo: a fairy blowing a kiss Jinn: a action hero spider like fairy Anahi IIx2: I’ve been teaching my son to make fairies, using my method and to my standard. The reason the two exist is that we made them together, wire by wire so I could advise and influence every detail of the build. I’m extremely proud of Adam and the resulting fairy that he created is near identical to mine. We tested the quality by asking visitors and staff if they could tell which one was made by me or Adam. No-one could tell.6 May 2024FantasyWire2024-05-06 | ...PixelFantasyWire2024-01-07 | Pixel is FantasyWire stainless steel fairy in the pose of a fairy tip-toeing as not to be seen or heard. She is wearing a flower hat and skirt made from copper which is lacquered to retain its finish outside.
Pixel was actually made to be a centre piece for the Christmas display at Blenheim Palace 2023. The theme for the display was Sleeping Beauty and the company who dress the palace for Christmas contacted me asking if I could supply a fairy sculpture to meet the brief.Dancing with Dandelions nov 2023FantasyWire2023-12-16 | This is a 7 minute documentary film about Robin Wight and FantasyWire Over a few months in 2023 I’ve been working with Jeff Mansell and Howard Bagshaw, both keen AV producers from Staffordshire. They’ve made several visits to my workshop, filming me and the making of a fairy (Buttons shown in the film who will be on display at Blenheim Palace over Christmas 2023).
They entered their resulting seven minute film into the 2023 Royal Photographic Society International AV Festival and was awarded a FIAP Silver medal for "Best Production”.
I think they've made a fantastic job and the silver medal is so well deserved.Pure FunFantasyWire2023-12-08 | I did consider naming her Zephyr which means the West Wind, but the phrase thats stuck with all along is “Pure Fun”. There is no deep meaning behind her, she’s simply a happy little fairy having fun, doing a handstand on top of a dandelion.
Theres a couple of noteworthy features: The dandelion has the most detail is the the most accurate in terms of seed to head scale of any I’ve made to date. Although the pose looks simple, its was incredibly tricky to add the detail in her back due to the confined space. I think the pose works exceptional well and as time goes on I’m sure I get some great photos, but I’m also very pleased with the quality of body shape and she looks fantastic close up. Almost a shame to put her in a garden.Freedom IIFantasyWire2023-10-26 | Freedom II is inspired by a fairy I made in the early days. Its not a remake as the pose is more exaggerated to add drama and emotion.
For me she evokes a since of a sprit with a light heart, free for cares and simply loving the moment she living in.Creating LepidopteraFantasyWire2023-08-29 | Lepidoptera
There’s normally a trade off in design, where some fairies take great photos and some fairies are more difficult to photograph but are so good in their physical presences. I’m not sure where Lepidoptera will end up as she a bit of a crazy design and stands nine foot tall, but she’s so spectacular when you actual get to walk around her. She needs to command the centre of a space and have people walk around her.
I’m continually pushing what can be achieved with wire and I’m always looking for gravity defying illusions. I’ve wanted to made a life-sized fairy for sometime and I think butterflies and fairies are a good combination. I drew two potential ideas, one with her hair lifted by butterflies and one where she was lifted on a vortex of butterflies. Social media feedback was to make both, so I combined them into a single design.
Back story:
The inspiration for this fictional backstory is my followers comments that followed a question I asked on social media “what do butterflies mean to you?”
Some myths surrounding butterflies and the majority of comments suggest that seeing a butterfly is a sort of visitation from the souls of relatives or friends who have passed on. Lepidoptera is of fairy blood and thats not quite how it works.
We all see butterflies from time to time, but pay no attention to them. It’s the odd ones that are out of context, the ones that find themselves in the house, or land on us, that gain our focus and attention. These are the interesting ones.
The easiest reference to Lepidoptera was in hieroglyphics in the tombs of agent Egypt. The Egyptians believed in other realms outside of human existence which includes but not exclusively the afterlife. Lepidoptera was known to them as “The Messenger” who always appeared in the form of a butterfly. Its hard to explain how the message is / was actually conveyed. No words or information is ever exchanged. The very presences of the out of context butterfly triggers an automatic understanding of the message and its meaning. Its almost as if the message was pre-planted in our brains awaiting the trigger to release it.
This may indeed be how souls that have passed on let you know you are still connected, or it may be how the fairies let you know they are watching over you and steering events in the direction of your hearts desires. What we can be sure of is that a visit from Lepidoptera is always good news. But you knew that already!Introduction to Robin Wight’s FantasyWire new sculpture Lepidoptera.FantasyWire2023-08-28 | Lepidoptera
This is all complete fiction. The source of inspiration for this backstory is your comments that followed a question I asked on social media “what do butterflies mean to you?”
Some myths surrounding butterflies and the majority of your comments suggest that seeing a butterfly is a sort of visitation from the souls of relatives or friends who have passed on. Lepidoptera is of fairy blood and thats not quite how it works.
We all see butterflies from time to time, but pay no attention to them. It’s the odd ones that are out of context, the ones that find themselves in the house, or land on us, that gain our focus and attention. These are the interesting ones.
The easiest reference to Lepidoptera was in hieroglyphics in the tombs of agent Egypt. The Egyptians believed in other realms outside of human existence which includes but not exclusively the afterlife. Lepidoptera was known to them as “The Messenger” who always appeared in the form of a butterfly. Its hard to explain how the message is / was actually conveyed. No words or information is ever exchanged. The very presences of the out of context butterfly triggers an automatic understanding of the message and its meaning. Its almost as if the message was pre-planted in our brains awaiting the trigger to release it.
This may indeed be how souls that have passed on let you know you are still connected, or it may be how the fairies let you know they are watching over you and steering events in the direction of your hearts desires. What we can be sure of is that a visit from Lepidoptera is always good news. But you knew that already!The making of Gaias Secret from start to finish.FantasyWire2023-04-29 | The whole process of creating the wire sculpture “Gaias Secret’FantasyWire statement about ScammersFantasyWire2023-03-24 | I’m Robin Wight and I create the wire fairy sculptures.
For the past 2 years scammers have been using my images claiming to be me and claiming to sell my fairy sculptures.
Its a very complicated problem but I need to make a few things very clear.
I am not going out of business
I have not given anybody permission to use my images to sell fairies
I have not sold my designs to anyone in China
I only make about 10 fairies each year and I sell them all personally.
If you think you are buying a fairy sculpture and you are not in direct communication with me personally via fantasywire.co.uk, I guarantee you are being scammed.
When it first started, I spent about two months solid attempting to shut them down and made ZERO progress.
All law enforcement and even the UK government have simply said “outside of our jurisdiction you are on your own”.
There are tens of thousands of scams using my images across every social media and online selling platform.
The scammers and every tech company view you as cash cows to be milked.
The tech company business model is to use algorithms to get your attentions. They sell your attention to the scammers in the form paid ads or a percentage of the sale.
I would estimate that if we could remove fraud from these platforms, their revenue would be cut in half.
So the tech companies rely of the scammers to make their billions.
They prioritise profit over user safety every time.
They do not want to lose the scammers business
They pretend to care and have to provide some means for users to report fraud in order to create they legal defence.
But they make reporting fraud as painful as possible and frustrate any attempt to get them involved with any case bigger than a single ad.
In my opinion: Facebook are by far the worst and I would go so far as to say they are the most corrupt immoral company on this planet.
eBay completely ignored me for weeks until the BBC contacted them. They removed ever single ad the same working day proving that it can be done. But as soon as the program aired they insisted that I report and justify my ownership of every single image.
To be fair, at the peak, Amazon were helpful and were removing approx 1000 fake products a week that were using my images.
I am well aware of the scale of the problem.
I’m very grateful to everyone who helps me report them. Its the only thing we can do until these companies are regulated.Gaias Secret ShortFantasyWire2023-03-20 | My sculpture is called “Gaia’s Secret:. She represents mother nature, but she carries a secret that can only be unraveled by close examination in person.
Gaia is Mother Nature
The world is an huge holistic ecosystem where every single life-form has some dependancy and consequences on every other. Each life-form consumes energy and creates emissions. The climate is just as much a part of the ecosystem as the lifeforms. The system self-regulates: I.e. if a predators kills too much of their prey, the predator numbers drop and the prey numbers recover. Thats a very simplistic example, the truth is that some relationships are invisible to us and the consequences of a minor change can be an extinction event for some lifeforms along the dependency chain. Every change carries a cascade of consequences.
Evolution is based on a random gene change to a life-form that creates an advantage, which in turn has a cascading impact throughout the ecosystem. The law of self-regulation can mean that an advantage to one may lead to extinction for another.
Humans broke the rules (or did we?). We are the only life-form to develop record keeping which allows the next generation to pick up where the previous left off. Without this we would still be sat around camp fires telling personal stories and lessons to our children who in turn would do the same. We would live is villages only consuming the local resources necessary to survive. We would live shorter lives that would be filled with danger but also adventure. Technologies would never have developed. Medicine would be based on foraging local plants and science would not exist. Humans would still be part of the self regulating ecosystem.
Science is brilliant but also arrogant and myopic. It holds itself up as definitive, factual and inarguable, yet it continues to attempt to solve an holistic vast dependancy problems with isolated point focus.
Scientists believe that humans are special and that all things will be understood in time if we continue to pick up where the previous generation left off. They look to space and indulge themself in fantasies of living in space or on other planets.
We evolved to live own this planet along with all the other life-forms. Our bodies can only stand this temperate, this pressure and we can only breath this atmosphere. We struggle to ward off the pathogens from this world never mind some unknown alien strain. Science will never understand everything because there is no evolutionary need to understand more than surviving on this planet.
The media is flooded with “we must save the planet”. What this really means is: can science do something about it, my cappuccino is getting cold.
The planet is not in any danger, we are!
Gaia represents Nature, the Ecosystem that is the Earth.
Gaia is not angry with us. Gaia is simply continuing to do what she’s always done. Self regulation is happening and the consequences of every action are cascading. If we fail to change, Gaia will shed humans as easy as shedding a layer of dead skin and the removal of such a resource hungry predator will signal the reemergence forests and new biodiversity evolved to live and thrive in the conditions we leave behind.
My sculpture is called “Gaia’s Secret:. She represents mother nature, but she carries a secret that can only be unraveled by close examination in person.Gaias secretFantasyWire2023-03-17 | The making of a FantasyWire sculpture called Gaia's Secret The sculpture has a secret that will only be revealed if you can examine her close up in person.The Story of Dancing with DandelionsFantasyWire2023-01-12 | DWD didn’t start off as a finished design, she evolved
I started making dandelions with the seeds blowing away. I then thought it would be a good idea to make a fairy blowing a dandelion.
It struck me that if a fairy was the size everyone imagines, the dandelion would be much bigger, so blowing it wouldn’t look right, but hanging on to one in the wind would work and it also allowed me to have the hair blowing away from the body to avoid spoiling the figures outline.
The first attempts were called “Blown Away” but I wasn’t bold enough with the pose. I shied away from bending the wings in the wind and it looks a little like she running with a dandelion rather than fighting it.
To refine the idea I created the first one in the familiar pose, but I called it 1 o’Clock wish which was based on the fact that children blow dandelion clocks to make a wish or supposedly tell the time by how many blows it takes to clear the head of seeds.
1 o’clock wish was the first fairy to spin in the wind.
Photos vs video: I found it difficult to get good photos so I thought if I could allow it to spin on a bearing, I could get some nice video of it turning.
I didn’t think it would move because they are so heavy, but the slighted breeze moves her. I guess nature knew what it was doing when it invented the dandelion.
A progressing from 1 o’clock wish was Wishes at Trentham Gardens. She was the first life sized fairy I’d made. She’s based on 1 oclock wish, but she was too heavy to have standing on one leg based on the way I ,made them then. I attempted to exaggerate the wind effect even more and the pose demonstrated an even stronger wind force.
FantasyWire went viral in 2014 which was triggered by a photo of Wishes. Once word spread our website and Facebook page were inundated with comments and requests. I posted a little video of 1 o’clock wish freely spinning in the wind. It was entitled “Living the Dream”. It was the photo that triggered the event, but it was the video that actually got shared to a viral level.
Because we had so many undiscovered photos and videos of my fairies, the world media seemed to have a field day writing articles about me and the fairies. The name of “Dancing wit Dandelions” was not my doing. I came from several headlines at the time which included “Fairies Dancing with dandelions” which somewhere in the mayhem got attributed to the video and it stuck.
To this day 99% of all requested for a sculpture want a copy Dancing with Dandelions. Before going Viral Fantasywire logo was a silhouette of The Thief. DWD was clearly a winner, so I registered DWD silhouette as a company trademark.
I’m always trying new designs but I’m not sure I’ll ever better DWD. She’s got layers of design features which deliver the perfect idea. The pose shows the force necessary to resist the wind, the dandelion seeds show the wind, the hair show the wind. The pose also conveys the story and the struggle she’s putting up. And the fact that a sculpture moves in the wind in not new, but they are usually some abstract kinetic form not a figurative subject.
I think I nailed it with this design.
Given that I get so many requests, the question has ti be why don’t I make more?
I’m not motivated by money. I never have been. I enjoy creating new ideas.
That said, I do make copies when I think I’ve Improved and can do a better job. The demand came when very few people knew who I was. I could tell by the response that this design is special. So if I am to go on and develop a profile in the art world and have my work command a higher price, I need to reserve that special design and the only way to do that is to limit the numbers.
To date there are only six DWD’s in existence DWD 1 One o’clock wish (original) DWD 2 eBay (Viral response) DWD 3 Isle of Man (commission to solve a dilemma after went viral) DWD 4 2017 Life Sized made for exhibition (tried to price myself out of the sale: Russia) DWD 5 2021 wasn’t indented to sell, but got put into the mix of a bigger deal DWD 6 Nouveau exhibition piece for Trentham to make the tenth anniversary, not intended for sale.Wind Dancer RevealFantasyWire2022-12-21 | The original Wind Dancer was made in 2017 and has always been on of my favourites. I originally drew her been covered in leaves blowing past her, but it wasn’t feasible at the time to make the leaves, so she had long copper hair instead. Its the pose / body shape that I like, its pure feminine lines and movement that I like so much.
Wind Dancers are elemental fairies, they don’t need winds as they live in/on the wind. A wind dancer has a symbiotic relationship with air, she needs the wind and the wind needs a wind dancer. If you listen closely to the wind you can hear them singing.Nephele 11 Bringing her to LifeFantasyWire2022-11-21 | ...Nephele 10 Little Red DressFantasyWire2022-11-21 | In this episode Robin Wight creates a leaf dress for the fairy from scratch out of copper.
Back in the 16th century is was very common for people to believe in fairies, but they didn’t think they were eight inches tall, necessarily good or even sporting wings. For instance, if a baby was born with physical or mental defects, people referred to them as changelings and claimed that fairies had replaced them. Fairies were magical but were feared as more malevolent beings.
In was in the early 1900’s, probably as a result of the Peter Pan story, that the pretty little friendly female magic being became the common image of a fairy. It was about the same time that the Cottingley fairy photos hit the headlines and took the world by storm. This new image persisted for some time and when Disney released the animated film of Peter Pan in 1953, Tinkerbell cemented that image as the de-facto description of a fairy into the worlds psyche.
I’m happy to go along with the magical female bit and even the force for good, but I’d like to promote a new, more contemporary image of a fairy: Fairies can be delicate, feminine with whimsical character traits who collect dandelion seeds and grant wishes for humans. I love making these characters, but they can also be strong sexy action heroes that exist to protect the world from evil. __________________________________________________________________________________________ You can see more information about Robin Wight and FantasyWire ltd on our website: fantasywire.co.uk
Back in the 16th century is was very common for people to believe in fairies, but they didn’t think they were eight inches tall, necessarily good or even sporting wings. For instance, if a baby was born with physical or mental defects, people referred to them as changelings and claimed that fairies had replaced them. Fairies were magical but were feared as more malevolent beings.
In was in the early 1900’s, probably as a result of the Peter Pan story, that the pretty little friendly female magic being became the common image of a fairy. It was about the same time that the Cottingley fairy photos hit the headlines and took the world by storm. This new image persisted for some time and when Disney released the animated film of Peter Pan in 1953, Tinkerbell cemented that image as the de-facto description of a fairy into the worlds psyche.
I’m happy to go along with the magical female bit and even the force for good, but I’d like to promote a new, more contemporary image of a fairy: Fairies can be delicate, feminine with whimsical character traits who collect dandelion seeds and grant wishes for humans. I love making these characters, but they can also be strong sexy action heroes that exist to protect the world from evil. __________________________________________________________________________________________ You can see more information about Robin Wight and FantasyWire ltd on our website: fantasywire.co.uk
Back in the 16th century is was very common for people to believe in fairies, but they didn’t think they were eight inches tall, necessarily good or even sporting wings. For instance, if a baby was born with physical or mental defects, people referred to them as changelings and claimed that fairies had replaced them. Fairies were magical but were feared as more malevolent beings.
In was in the early 1900’s, probably as a result of the Peter Pan story, that the pretty little friendly female magic being became the common image of a fairy. It was about the same time that the Cottingley fairy photos hit the headlines and took the world by storm. This new image persisted for some time and when Disney released the animated film of Peter Pan in 1953, Tinkerbell cemented that image as the de-facto description of a fairy into the worlds psyche.
I’m happy to go along with the magical female bit and even the force for good, but I’d like to promote a new, more contemporary image of a fairy: Fairies can be delicate, feminine with whimsical character traits who collect dandelion seeds and grant wishes for humans. I love making these characters, but they can also be strong sexy action heroes that exist to protect the world from evil. __________________________________________________________________________________________ You can see more information about Robin Wight and FantasyWire ltd on our website: fantasywire.co.uk
Back in the 16th century is was very common for people to believe in fairies, but they didn’t think they were eight inches tall, necessarily good or even sporting wings. For instance, if a baby was born with physical or mental defects, people referred to them as changelings and claimed that fairies had replaced them. Fairies were magical but were feared as more malevolent beings.
In was in the early 1900’s, probably as a result of the Peter Pan story, that the pretty little friendly female magic being became the common image of a fairy. It was about the same time that the Cottingley fairy photos hit the headlines and took the world by storm. This new image persisted for some time and when Disney released the animated film of Peter Pan in 1953, Tinkerbell cemented that image as the de-facto description of a fairy into the worlds psyche.
I’m happy to go along with the magical female bit and even the force for good, but I’d like to promote a new, more contemporary image of a fairy: Fairies can be delicate, feminine with whimsical character traits who collect dandelion seeds and grant wishes for humans. I love making these characters, but they can also be strong sexy action heroes that exist to protect the world from evil. __________________________________________________________________________________________ You can see more information about Robin Wight and FantasyWire ltd on our website: fantasywire.co.uk
Back in the 16th century is was very common for people to believe in fairies, but they didn’t think they were eight inches tall, necessarily good or even sporting wings. For instance, if a baby was born with physical or mental defects, people referred to them as changelings and claimed that fairies had replaced them. Fairies were magical but were feared as more malevolent beings.
In was in the early 1900’s, probably as a result of the Peter Pan story, that the pretty little friendly female magic being became the common image of a fairy. It was about the same time that the Cottingley fairy photos hit the headlines and took the world by storm. This new image persisted for some time and when Disney released the animated film of Peter Pan in 1953, Tinkerbell cemented that image as the de-facto description of a fairy into the worlds psyche.
I’m happy to go along with the magical female bit and even the force for good, but I’d like to promote a new, more contemporary image of a fairy: Fairies can be delicate, feminine with whimsical character traits who collect dandelion seeds and grant wishes for humans. I love making these characters, but they can also be strong sexy action heroes that exist to protect the world from evil. __________________________________________________________________________________________ You can see more information about Robin Wight and FantasyWire ltd on our website: fantasywire.co.uk
Back in the 16th century is was very common for people to believe in fairies, but they didn’t think they were eight inches tall, necessarily good or even sporting wings. For instance, if a baby was born with physical or mental defects, people referred to them as changelings and claimed that fairies had replaced them. Fairies were magical but were feared as more malevolent beings.
In was in the early 1900’s, probably as a result of the Peter Pan story, that the pretty little friendly female magic being became the common image of a fairy. It was about the same time that the Cottingley fairy photos hit the headlines and took the world by storm. This new image persisted for some time and when Disney released the animated film of Peter Pan in 1953, Tinkerbell cemented that image as the de-facto description of a fairy into the worlds psyche.
I’m happy to go along with the magical female bit and even the force for good, but I’d like to promote a new, more contemporary image of a fairy: Fairies can be delicate, feminine with whimsical character traits who collect dandelion seeds and grant wishes for humans. I love making these characters, but they can also be strong sexy action heroes that exist to protect the world from evil. ________________________________________________________________________________________________ You can see more information about Robin Wight and FantasyWire ltd on our website: fantasywire.co.uk
Back in the 16th century is was very common for people to believe in fairies, but they didn’t think they were eight inches tall, necessarily good or even sporting wings. For instance, if a baby was born with physical or mental defects, people referred to them as changelings and claimed that fairies had replaced them. Fairies were magical but were feared as more malevolent beings.
In was in the early 1900’s, probably as a result of the Peter Pan story, that the pretty little friendly female magic being became the common image of a fairy. It was about the same time that the Cottingley fairy photos hit the headlines and took the world by storm. This new image persisted for some time and when Disney released the animated film of Peter Pan in 1953, Tinkerbell cemented that image as the de-facto description of a fairy into the worlds psyche.
I’m happy to go along with the magical female bit and even the force for good, but I’d like to promote a new, more contemporary image of a fairy: Fairies can be delicate, feminine with whimsical character traits who collect dandelion seeds and grant wishes for humans. I love making these characters, but they can also be strong sexy action heroes that exist to protect the world from evil. __________________________________________________________________________________________ You can see more information about Robin Wight and FantasyWire ltd on our website: fantasywire.co.uk
Back in the 16th century is was very common for people to believe in fairies, but they didn’t think they were eight inches tall, necessarily good or even sporting wings. For instance, if a baby was born with physical or mental defects, people referred to them as changelings and claimed that fairies had replaced them. Fairies were magical but were feared as more malevolent beings.
In was in the early 1900’s, probably as a result of the Peter Pan story, that the pretty little friendly female magic being became the common image of a fairy. It was about the same time that the Cottingley fairy photos hit the headlines and took the world by storm. This new image persisted for some time and when Disney released the animated film of Peter Pan in 1953, Tinkerbell cemented that image as the de-facto description of a fairy into the worlds psyche.
I’m happy to go along with the magical female bit and even the force for good, but I’d like to promote a new, more contemporary image of a fairy: Fairies can be delicate, feminine with whimsical character traits who collect dandelion seeds and grant wishes for humans. I love making these characters, but they can also be strong sexy action heroes that exist to protect the world from evil. __________________________________________________________________________________________ You can see more information about Robin Wight and FantasyWire ltd on our website: fantasywire.co.uk
Background: Back in the 16th century is was very common for people to believe in fairies, but they didn’t think they were eight inches tall, necessarily good or even sporting wings. For instance, if a baby was born with physical or mental defects, people referred to them as changelings and claimed that fairies had replaced them. Fairies were magical but were feared as more malevolent beings.
In was in the early 1900’s, probably as a result of the Peter Pan story, that the pretty little friendly female magic being became the common image of a fairy. It was about the same time that the Cottingley fairy photos hit the headlines and took the world by storm. This new image persisted for some time and when Disney released the animated film of Peter Pan in 1953, Tinkerbell cemented that image as the de-facto description of a fairy into the worlds psyche.
I’m happy to go along with the magical female bit and even the force for good, but I’d like to promote a new, more contemporary image of a fairy: Fairies can be delicate, feminine with whimsical character traits who collect dandelion seeds and grant wishes for humans. I love making these characters, but they can also be strong sexy action heroes that exist to protect the world from evil.
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Back in the 16th century is was very common for people to believe in fairies, but they didn’t think they were eight inches tall, necessarily good or even sporting wings. For instance, if a baby was born with physical or mental defects, people referred to them as changelings and claimed that fairies had replaced them. Fairies were magical but were feared as more malevolent beings.
In was in the early 1900’s, probably as a result of the Peter Pan story, that the pretty little friendly female magic being became the common image of a fairy. It was about the same time that the Cottingley fairy photos hit the headlines and took the world by storm. This new image persisted for some time and when Disney released the animated film of Peter Pan in 1953, Tinkerbell cemented that image as the de-facto description of a fairy into the worlds psyche.
I’m happy to go along with the magical female bit and even the force for good, but I’d like to promote a new, more contemporary image of a fairy: Fairies can be delicate, feminine with whimsical character traits who collect dandelion seeds and grant wishes for humans. I love making these characters, but they can also be strong sexy action heroes that exist to protect the world from evil.
Be sure to subscribe to see if he can turn this fairy concept into a full sized wire sculpture.
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Robin has helped to design the FantasyWire Whimsy's Pride bundle so that it's as easy as possible for to create your very own Whimsy's Pride. This includes one of our FantasyWire craft kits and all of the accessories necessary to recreate an 8" or 16" version of Whimsy.
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The small wish makes the perfect addition to the 8" kits where as the large wish would be perfect for 16" kit.
Approximate sizes: Small: 7 inches (18cm) long x 4 inches (10cm) diameter. Large: 23.5 inches (60cm) x 8 inches (20cm) diameter.
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For a fairy to have any chance of granting a wish: Firstly the wisher has to believe in fairies and secondly the wish has to be spoken (not necessarily out loud, in your head will do), but it has to be explicit and start with, “I wish…”.
J.M. Barrie (author of Peter Pan) said “Every time you say you don't believe in fairies, a fairy dies”
There are fewer fairies around these days, mostly because fewer people believe in them. Fairies love granting wishes. Every wish they manage to make come true increases their magic powers and they glow brighter.
Fairies are indeed wonderful but they don’t work alone. They need the physical wishes as a carrier for the magic which comes in the form of dandelion seeds. Not all dandelion seeds are wishes. Magic wish seeds only come from a special dandelion called a “Meadow Lady”.
Through human eyes a Meadow Lady look exactly the same as a normal dandelion. Meadow Ladies are all elegant, mature and very wise. If the Meadow Lady likes the wish (which they nearly always do) they sacrifice they own magical seeds to ensure the fairies have the best chance of making the wish come true.
When all her seeds are used up the Meadow Lady dies happy in the knowledge that she gave her life so we could get our wishes.
Lady Tara a Meadow Lady.
So when you next make a wish, don’t waste it, it comes at a cost.
Tip: People say fairies come from a different realm. That’s not strictly true. They live in the same world as we do, but they live in a tri-flection (a reflection times three), which is a different visible reality. To see into their world, you would need look at a reflection, which is flipped upside down and even then everything would be backwards. You may catch a glimpse of a fairy in a mirror, but you wouldn’t get a clear view. But if you want to find a Meadow Lady, take a mirror, they glow in a reflection.
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Be sure to drop us a like and follow on our other socials: IG: instagram.com/fantasy_wire FB: facebook.com/Fantasywire Twitter: twitter.com/FantasyWireLtd Pintrest: https://www.pinterest.co.uk/fantasywi... TikTok: tiktok.com/@fantasywireltd Youtube: youtube.com/channel/UCivp4n7vjN26DgqYmXocuTgBuilding Beyond IthakaFantasyWire2022-03-22 | Beyond Ithaka is a commission piece in honour of NHS Organ Donation and is located in Trentham Gardens. The purpose of the sculpture is to: Promote awareness of organ donation. Help to start conversations that will breakdown the taboos around the subject. Provide a peaceful place of contemplation and reflection away from graves and hospitals.
I rarely take on commission work, but when Trentham asked me if I’d consider teaming up with them and the NHS in the middle of a pandemic, there was no hesitation.
The stone ball and plinth at the base of the sculpture are from the original Trentham hall (demolished decades ago). The basic concept of the design is something beautiful growing from the remnants of the past in the heart shape of the NHS organ donation logo.
There are layers and layers of symbolism build into every aspect of the design and the more you look, the more you will find.
The title of the piece is “Beyond Ithaka”
Ithaka is a Greek island. In Greek mythology Ithaka is the home land of Odysseus from Homers Odyssey. Odysseus had great adventures of discovery, he fought cyclops, and Poseidon. He longed to return to his home land. Over time Ithaka has become a recognised metaphor for the destination of life’s journey.
If you’ve found your place in life you’ve found your Ithaka. So this sculpture hints at a world beyond life's destination.
The average member of the public, would rather NOT confront the prospect of losing someone. As a consequence, they totally avoid the conversation.
There in lies the problem!
Not knowing how our loved ones felt about organ donation adds to the anxiety when faced with the decision. Nine out of ten relatives consent to organ donation when they have the comfort of knowing its what their loved ones wanted. A single organ donor can dramatically improve or save multiple other lives and the relatives gain a positive legacy which provides pride and comfort as time passes.
Through out this project I have become friends with two of the specialist nurses who work in organ donation. They have taught me about the subject and the benefits. The experience they have gained is forged in a career delicately handling people dealing with trauma. They are consummate professionals and I proud to know them.
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When I made her, I designed her to be standing on top of a stack of cotton reels with a needle levitating through a button as shown in the photo.
We recently exhibited a number of fairies and dandelions at the RHS Chelsea flower show. I wanted to include Buttons in the exhibition, but didn’t want the wooden buttons and cotton reels to exposed to the weather, so I made her a dandelion stand just for Chelsea.
This means that I can supply her with the buttons, the dandelion or indeed on her own.
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Be sure to drop us a like and follow on our other socials: IG: instagram.com/fantasy_wire FB: facebook.com/Fantasywire Twitter: twitter.com/FantasyWireLtd Pintrest: https://www.pinterest.co.uk/fantasywi... TikTok: tiktok.com/@fantasywireltd Youtube: youtube.com/channel/UCivp4n7vjN26DgqYmXocuTgFantasyWires ChelseaFantasyWire2021-07-03 | I’d like you all to meet Chelsea who has just entered the world. She’s called Chelsea because she will accompany FantasyWire at the RHS Chelsea flower show . The sound track was recorded by me at 3:45am this morning. I’m sure you have all heard of the dawn chorus, but have you physically heard a dawn chorus? I live in the middle of a nature reserve where the dawn chorus must be one of the true wonders of the natural world. In spring the birds start singing around 3:30am, just as the light lifts a fraction. First one bird will sing and gets a few verses out on its own. Then another starts and another and within a few minutes the whole woods erupt with the sound of what seems like every bird competing to out sing all the rest. No recording will ever do it justice. It's an experience that can never be captured and has to be experienced live in situ to be fully appreciated. Any recorded sound can only be experienced from the number of directions and distances that you have speakers. The true dawn chorus is to experience every single bird song independently coming from a different distance and a different direction, spread over maybe two square miles. The depth of sound experience is a miracle to take in. It's so loud and overwhelming it's like being in a different reality. It doesn’t last long, maybe 10-15 minutes. It's as if they all compete until they’ve woken themselves up, had a stretch and then, they simply cut off as if to say “time to get on with the day” and it fades as quickly as it started. The moral being: the very best things in this life can never be faked!
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