Brian Froud In the world above, as night draws close, the grasses turn in the wind. Flowers bend. Petals fall. (Wendy Froud)
by Terri Windling The Froud family's thatch-roof farmhouse sits buried in ivy down a quiet country lane in England's West Country. Its old front door, with a goblin door-knocker, is a doorway into Faerieland. Inside is the kind of enchanted house one usually finds only in fantasy books: full of...
12 Sep — 12 Oct 2014 at AFA Gallery of SoHo in New York, United States
© Brian Froud
by Brian Froud
Green Man by Brian Froud
12 Sep — 12 Oct 2014 at AFA Gallery of SoHo in New York, United States
12 Sep — 12 Oct 2014 at AFA Gallery of SoHo in New York, United States
I was tidying my studio the other day ( rare indeed) and I came across a folder of photos that I hadn’t seen in years! Lots of Dark Crystal photos and some Labyrinth ones as well. Since we are going to be introducing both films in the next two weeks, I thought it might be a nice time to share some more of these archive photos with you all. Jim Henson gave a huge masked ball in New York the Spring before we shot Labyrinth (which we shot in the U.K.). Brian and I got to test out two of the masks we were making for the ballroom scene and I’m wearing a dress I had made for this ball in particular. It’s turned up in Brian’s paintings since. So - this was pre-Labyrinth Ballroom, but with that scene in mind. Here’s a picture of the two of us in the Dark Crystal workshop in Hampstead. Brian is looking really bemused but I have no idea of what we were looking at. I expect there were many moments like these! These three photos are of some of the Dark Crystal creatures. It’s interesting to see them on a plain background, by themselves. They are so beautifully made and the detail is just astonishing. In the film, of course there is really no time to study any of the creatures that flash by so quickly. I don’t know for certain who made any of these - it wasn’t me!
Daily Angel Oracle Card: In Two Minds, from the Heart Of Faery Oracle Card deck, by Brian and Wendy Froud In Two Minds: “Internal Dialogue ~ Decision ~ Action.” “Should I? Shouldn…
Chaque vendredi, nous fêtons un artiste de Féerie en vous proposant quelques images de ses œuvres, dessins, peintures ou illustrations
Anne Bachelier
Image from here After flipping through this library book, the pictures of faeries and goblins looked familiar to me, because I recognized the artwork of Brian Froud, who was the conceptual artist for one of my all time favorite movies, Labyrinth (as well as The Dark Crystal, another Jim Henson). This movie isn't exactly for anyone, but if a bizarre 80s fantasy starring David Bowie, a young Jennifer Connelly, and Jim Henson creatures sounds up your alley...you've probably already seen it. (But if not, go watch it now!) Brian has researched fairy folklore and mythology, especially that around his home county of Devon, England, and according to his website, World of Froud, he believes in fairies and his artwork represents the fairies he's seen. World of Froud is a family affair, as his wife Wendy is also involved with creating fantastic artwork (she was one of the collaborators who created Star Wars' Yoda) and their son, Toby, who was the baby Toby in "Labyrinth," is now also interested in puppet making. Poor kid. (Fun fact: the baby's name was supposed to be "Freddie" all through the script, but Toby would only respond to his name.) Image from here "Dreamweaver Fairy" "Black Elf Woman" Above images copyrighted by Brian Froud The book ("Faeries") itself is a delightful read. The enchanting pictures are accompanied by text--some in regular type, some in handwritten script, which makes it seem more like a scrapbook or diary than a textbook, even though the stories written are actual lore. I love this excerpt from the Foreward- "And here we must make one thing very clear. The real faerie experience is very diffrent from the general view of faerie built up by clouds of sentimental fiction with legions of inevitable happily-ever-after endings. The world of "Once Upon a Time-" delightful as it is and highly as we value it, is not the real world of Faerie. Faerie represents Power, magical power, incomprehensible to humans, and hence, inimical. ...Faerie is a world of dark enchantments, of captivating beauty, of enormous ugliness, of callous superficiality, of humour, mischief, joy and inspiration, of terror, laughter, love and tragedy. It is far richer than fiction would generally lead one to believe and, beyond that, it is a world to enter with extreme caution, for of all things that faeries resent the most it is curious humans blundering about their private domains like so many ill-mannered tourists. So go softly-where the rewards are enchanting, the dangers are real." -Betty Ballantine
Book review of Trolls by Brian and Wendy Froud.
"Troll women are the wise and wonderful beings of this world," says Wendy Froud, a neighbor and good friend of mine who is something of an authority on trolls, for she and her husband Brian (whose paintings & drawings you...
Part I of the "Around the Table" chat with Brian & Wendy Froud is now up on the John Barleycorn blog...which includes a sneak peak at a page-spread from their forthcoming book, Trolls. Part II (with more art from the...
Published: Land of Froud, Bantam Books 1977 Provenance: BETTY & IAN BALLANTINE, FOUNDERS OF BANTAM AND BALLANTINE BOOKS, AND ICONS IN THE FIELD OF EDITING AND PUBLISHING Signed and dated lower right - Work is matted but not framed.
In Celtic lore, October 31st is Samhain (All Hallow's Eve, or Halloween): the night when Arawn, lord of the Dead, rides the hills with his ghostly white hounds, and the Faery Court rides forth in stately procession across the land....
Book review of Trolls by Brian and Wendy Froud.
Here's some Halloween reading, in case you missed any of it the first time around: "At the Death of the Year," the folklore of Halloween, Samhain, and the Days of the Dead On Tucson's "Day of the Dead," by Stu...
In Celtic lore, October 31st is Samhain (All Hallow's Eve, or Halloween): the night when Arawn, lord of the Dead, rides the hills with his ghostly white hounds, and the Faery Court rides forth in stately procession across the land....
