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2nd Gallery of visions of fairies.
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1st Gallery of visions of fairies.
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3rd Gallery of visions of fairies.
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4th Gallery of visions of fairies.
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Naturally, not everyone has a camera ready when a fairy appears.
In view of that, I have included a few renderings by various individuals. More often than not it is people under 10 years of age who report seeing fairies. |
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Interpretation:
Rebecca |
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Interpretation:
Maeve (this fairy is on the way down the basement stairs at Peaceable Kingdom) |
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Interpretation:
Laern (or sumthin') |
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Interpretation:
Rodney, Jacob & Lindsey |
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Interpretation:
John |
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Interpretation:
Anonymous (doesn't EVERYONE love the Bunny Fairy?) |
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PeZz Interpretation:
Jonathan |
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Interpretation:
Mariah |
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Interpretation of a Dutch kabouter:
Maurits |
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Interpretation:
Michelle, a former kindergartener from Kathleen's class |
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<< I found this in one of my MANY sketchbooks.
It was made back in August. |
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Once again, I discovered some curious files on my computer.
In addition an e-mail was forwarded from Amina age 10's father giving permissionto post her drawings on my web-site. So... I am (posting them). Below you can see a collection of drawings of urban fairies by Amina formerly age 9. |
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The Ark Fairy
by Amina age 10 |
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Peaceable Kingdom Fairy
by Amina age 10 |
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The Red Shoe Fairy
by Amina age 10 |
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Sweet Waters Cafá Fairy
by Amina age 10 |
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As you can see, Amina age 10 has meticulously rendered the fairies AND their respective doors (and windows).
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Voila Fairy
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4 of Amina's drawings were included in my book "Who's Behind the Fairy Doors?" and I was lucky enough to meet her at the Ann Arbor Book Festival on Saturday, May 19, 2007. >>>
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Kylie, age 8 of Virginia added her fairies to pages 56 & 57 of
"Who's Behind the Fairy Doors?" |
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Notes and drawings by Sophia and Lily
Sisters, I think. I was lucky enough to be at Sweetwaters on Saturday, May 15, 2010 when they were hunting fairies and fairy doors with their dad. |
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3rd Gallery of visions of fairies.
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4th Gallery of visions of fairies.
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This is where it (fairy doors) all began — the concept, the phenomenon. This site is all about the Fairy Doors in Ann Arbor, Michigan (the original fairy doors) and what illustrator, Jonathan b. Wright , certified fairyologist, discovers about them. It includes photographs of the Fairy Doors, comments in the Fairy Journals, Observations and speculations about the Fairies. Tiny Doors, Urban Fairies®, Faery, Faeries, Fairy, Fairies, miniature doors, tiny doors, little doors, tiny fairy doors, little fairy doors, little faery doors, tiny faery doors, weensy doors, Sweetwaters Coffee & Tea, Peaceable Kingdom, Jefferson Market, The Ark, The Ann Arbor Framing Company, Selo Shevel Gallery, Lakewood Elementary Kindergarten, Fairy ticket window, Found Gallery, Mott Children's Hospital, The Michigan Theater, Google Offices, Nicola's Books, Found Gallery, Flying Pumpkin Cottage, fairy entrances, fairy windows, fairy spaces, fairy store, fairy shop, Flat Fairies, Clarence the Bridge Troll, fairy droppings. The site will be updated frequently with new excerpts from the Fairy Journals, New fairy sightings, Specifics about each location a fairy map. Any new knowledge of the fairy activity will be passed along by Jonathan. Also on this site are some hidden fairy surprises and a list of Frequently Asked Questions about Fairies. There is a brief history of how Jonathan became involved with the Urban Fairies®. There are links to local publications about the Urban Fairy® phenomenon. Jonathan is currently writing several books on the fairies in collaboration with his wife, Kathleen, who coincidentally has found a fairy door in her kindergarten classroom. Hopefully it will be fun and informative to come back and see what's new with the Urban Fairies of Ann Arbor.
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