SteamPunk Fairies a wave of Victorian Gothic Sci-Fi the next fashion fad to hit the shelves with  fantasy. Myrea Pettit has designed images that will be featured in the book Fairies Art Studio to be published March 2010 . Steampunk Fairies will be all the rage in modern Fairy Figurines as collectibles for next season and as long as the fashion lasts.

The long awaited publication of ‘Fairies Art Studio’ March 2010 by David Riche for Fairy enthusiasts, Fantasy artists and particularly educational establishments, Libraries, and hobby shops world wide, all those eager to learn to use and enjoy digital computer technology as a new medium. This is simple teaching book and CD Rom has everything needed to hone the skills of image manipulation to perfection, making the learning curve easy with this ‘How To’ book with illustrations by Myrea Pettit and Yishan Li.

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NOT TO BE MISSED events in October in Magical Albion the home of Celtic and Faery Folklore. Both events close on the mystical Ley lines and Tors.

The Avalon Faery Ball in Glastonbury and the Annual Faery Ball at the Acorn Theatre in Penzance Cornwall, supported by renowned artists and performers, with art events.

Hello Myrea,
This is so weird. I lost my background page on my desktop which was of Dolphins, I accidentally deleted it. And thought I’d change it to Fairy pictures. Then I stumbled onto the Ora Moon picture’s which is so weird cause my name is Ora and my middle name is Marama which is translated into English is the Moon how weird is that, I couldn’t believe it when I found the site freaky. Well I just wanted to share that with you keep up the good work take care now and thanks.
Regards
Ora Nepe (e.mail address withheld)

Carri Keill from Nelson, New Zealand, designer of unique dresses and gowns for special occasions, sold worldwide through her on line shop, ‘The Dark Angel, created this exquisite Fairy Dress for Myrea Pettit to wear on London’s Fourth Plinth Art exhibition.  A one hour catwalk to share and match with Myrea’s art and her picture ‘The Messenger’ capturing the magic through a child’s  eyes with the first connection seeing fairies and fantasy for the first time and the spiritual energy to ‘Believe’

See this editorial from Nelson New Zealand here Once there was an Angel

Myrea Pettit Author and Artist of Flowers Fairies Butterflies and a Dodo flies the flag for Art as she stands proudly on the Fourth Plinth Antony Gormley Art Project in Londons Trafalgar Square Tuesday 8 September 2009.

Her theme was her ‘Messenger’ picture, featuring the eyes of childhood innocence and the first spiritual connection with Earth energies of Fairy. Her wings designed by herself and printed by Digetex UK , her dress designed by Carri Keill of The Dark Angel, Nelson, New Zealand. Sponsored by Fae Magazine.

You can see Myrea’s 60 minutes as a Fourth Plinther here.

Centuries of traditional British and Celtic folklore that has influenced generations of families will be celebrated with a real Fairy of the Fourth Plinth. Myrea Pettit renowned as one of the world finest detailed artists of the little people will represent not just herself but the strength of British fairy, Angel, and healing Art, which reaches a worldwide audience and artists of like mind whose talent and reputation is a shared interest. “It is important that I project with this Antony Gormley Art project that our folklore is a strong as it ever was and is a cultural heritage which is a mystical treasure, for visitors to the UK.”

Carri Keill dress designer extraordinaire, has from her home in Nelson New Zealand, designed Myrea Pettit’s Fairy Dress for when she stands on London’s Fourth Plinth, Antony Gormley Art Project in conjuction with Sky Arts
Tuesday 8th September 11:00-Noon

Carri Keill can be contacted here

Myrea Pettit will light up London’s Trafalgar Square  when she represents herself,  British Folklore and the Celtic Legends of Avalon with her Art. Said Myrea “I could not have done this without the help of so many lovers of the Fae particularly Karen Kay of Fairy and Enchantment Magazine, my husband and my many British Artist friends, for whom our folklore is so important, and for it to continue to be recognised Worldwide by the Art establishment into the Third millennium as one of the mystical charms of British Cultural Heritage

Nelson in New Zealand will be represented on Anthony Gormley’s Fourth Plinth. The dress designs of Carri Keill Designer and Managing Director of the Dark Angel Design Co Ltd  UK and Rivendell Design Ltd Nelson NZ where she lives will come alive on 19th August 2009 with an exquisite fairy dress specially made to represent the insight to Fairyland with the portrayal of Myrea Pettit’s ‘Messenger’.  Eyes worldwide will be focused outside London’s National Gallery in Trafalgar Square as fairy folklore becomes a key part of this Art Project which for centuries these Islands of Albion have been famed and now projected into the third millennium by one of the few of Britain’s leading Fairy Artists and an opportunity for Nelson New Zealand to be a part of this wonderful Art Project