Friday 28 November 2014

A folk-tale

                            Fig 1 ( Above): Detail of Folk Tale, Hazel Terry

I woke up in the middle of the night and scribbled something in the dark hoping I would be able to make sense of it in the morning.
The thought was a combination of fabric scraps, folk costumes captured by Charles Fréger in 'Wilder Mann' and the wolf.

I am half way through the picture (detail above) that hopefully I can share completely tomorrow. On this piece I have applied 'scraps', printed pieces of paper that have fabric patterns printed on them in red. My idea behind this was that I wanted to give the wolf back some ancient folk identity. My inspiration was the strange and wonderful European folk costumes and traditions captured by Charles Fréger and my own experience of the Burryman and Morris Dancers.

                                              Fig 2 (Above): Schnappviecher, Tramin, Italy (detail) by Charles Fréger
                                              Fig 3 (Above): Macinula, Cisiec, Poland (detail) by Charles Fréger 
                                                 Fig 4 (Above): Burryman of South Queensferry, Scotland by Hazel Terry
 Fig 5 (Above): Morris Dancers in Kent by Susan Brisco

References

Fig 1: Detail of Folk Tale, Hazel Terry
Fig 2 (Above): Schnappviecher, Tramin, Italy (detail) by Charles Fréger http://www.amazon.co.uk/Wilder-Mann-The-Image-Savage/dp/1907893237
Fig 3 (Above): Macinula, Cisiec, Poland (detail) by Charles Fréger http://www.amazon.co.uk/Wilder-Mann-The-Image-Savage/dp/1907893237
Fig 4 (Above): Burryman of South Queensferry, Scotland by Hazel Terry
Fig 5 (Above): Morris Dancers in Kent by Susan Brisco http://susanbriscoe.blogspot.co.uk/2013/05/mayday-in-east-sussex-and-kent-etc.html

http://www.charlesfreger.com/
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Wilder-Mann-The-Image-Savage/dp/1907893237

3 comments:

  1. I like the idea of the transformation going back and forth (perhaps): wolf to human (granny) and human to animal (the imaginative and savage slaying of the wolf). So many directions to play with in this story! And you are creative and tenacious enough to do it justice. Go Hazel.

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    1. Thanks Rob
      I enjoy playing with the different possibilities but haven't thought of trying to take it back to its Folk roots before this image.

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  2. Fun. Ideas and night scribbling. :-)

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