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ofmermaidstories · 4 months

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just learnt the artist of my favourite childhood books, shirley barber, has died. she was 88 years old and lived a full life but i am devastated at her loss. her books are the first thing i remember reading; the first thing i remember being enchanted by. the first realisation i had that magic existed and that people could create it. rest easy, shirley; thank-you so, so much for all the wonderful memories and the inspiration. you were a singularly incredible artist. i hope the fairies were there, in the dawn, waiting for you; i hope they took your hand and showed you the very same magic you created for the rest of us. 🌷🌈✨🦢💧

#shirley barber

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thefaeriefolk · 17 days

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#fairies #fantasy art #vintage #poems #shirley barber

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fromfairyland · 1 year

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Fairy corner ✨🧚🏻‍♀️

#idk if you can see but #the lights are little mushrooms #fairy #cottagecore #fae #fairycore #faerie #fair folk #my pictures #pixie hollow #faeriecore #fae folk #disney fairies #fairyopolis #flower fairies #shirley barber

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lucifer-is-a-bag-of-dicks · 4 months

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when I was little I was hardcore hyperfixated on fairies, like majorly, basically lived in a pair of cheap wire and tulle fairy wings until they fell to pieces

so I got a LOT of fairy stuff, and if you were a fairy kid growing up in Australia, you would probably recognise this art style

I used to own a puzzle book of these, each page a different jigsaw puzzle of stunning art, these are two examples, there were so many gorgeous little details in the backgrounds and outfits, things I likely never would have noticed if I wasn't paying such close attention to those little jigsaw pieces and trying to find their place, the one on the cover was one of my favourites

these were made by Shirley Barber, who just recently passed away at 88 years old

I don't know if her art was successful internationally, she moved here from England so I wouldn't be surprised if she was known there too, but she was truly the biggest enabler for any Australian fairy child, and I just wanted to take a moment to thank her, I played with that puzzle book more times than anyone could count, always finding new little details in the artwork, for a long long time when I thought of fairies I thought of Shirley Barber's fairies, of these gorgeous outfits and stunning scenery, she made them feel so real and alive, like we were peeking into another world, seeing a piece of a story

if you didn't know of her but you love this kind of art, I highly recommend looking her up, and if you did know of her, if you were a fairy kid like me, tell me how about your favourite artwork! tell me what she meant to you

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holespoles · 4 months

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