Book three in the Faeries of Tasmania series has now been written and illustrated. It will be different to the first two. The third will be a novella, written by Lady Plummage, who has been working hard, stitching evidence together of how the faeries came to be in Tasmania.
Terry has finished the black and white illustrations and overall design of the book. It looks stunning.
We hope you will enjoy the next chapter in Edith’s life.
The Tiny Book of Sketches are the sketches that didn’t make it into vol 1 or vol 2 of Faeries of Tasmania for one reason or another.
The special concertina style booklet is printed both sides, which when folded, fits neatly into the beautifully etched wooden box. Each concertina style booklet is numbered and signed by Terry, and comes with a hand printed Faery lino print.
Size of the unfolded booklet is 840mm wide x 85mm high.
There will be only 50 created in this series.
We are taking orders through email at present as the shop is yet to be launched. Please reach out to us for prices and postage to your area.
Lady Plummage has given us permission to upload the cover and sample spreads from Vol 2 of Faeries of Tasmania.
Following on from the success of the first book, Lady Plummage has done it again with Vol 2.
Along with the 20 new faery interviews accompanied with full colour illustrations, Lady Plummage has delved further into Edith’s life, who is featured on the cover. In Vol 1, Lady Plummage only had a light dusting of evidence about Edith and her connection to the faeries in Tasmania. Vol 2 will go deeper with more evidence brought forward by readers of the first book. With more evidence becoming available, she has managed to piece together her story, from her arrival in Hobart to her disappearance.
Vol 2 will also have an excerpt from the next publication covering Edith’s Story. We are not sure when this will be available, but please drop in from time to time to see the progress of this publication.
Vol 2 is due out this Christmas in various bookshops.
As you may have noticed, we have changed ‘Book 2’ to ‘Volume 2’. Lady Plummage wanted all future posts to have this change to align with her collections of faery witnesses.
As vast as Lady Plummage’s collections are, we can only fit 20 of her favourite sightings within the next volume along with the added story of Edith S Brown, which is changing all the time due to more information coming in from readers of her initial book.
Speaking of Edith, it has come to light her connection with faeries being in Tasmania, has now stalled. More information will be in Volume 2.
Even though Lady Plummage has stalled a little with regards to Edith’s involvement with the faeries, she has gathered enough information to begin writing the novel of Edith’s life. No timeline has been set for this release.
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Special packs will be available while the exhibition is on. Available only at the shop in the Gallery.
These packs will consist of a signed book 1 of Faeries of Tasmania, a Faeries of Tasmania tote bag and a special enamel brooch. These will be limited.
The large A2 prints (excluding Jelly Bean) within the exhibition and the small sketches are for sale. Please email us for prices.
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We are please to mention that some of the images in book 1 will be part of the ‘Beyond the wandering moon, beyond the star’ exhibition being displayed at the Paranaple Arts Centre, Devonport.
The exhibition comprises work from various artists, which have a connecting theme of magical realms. So, why don’t you drop in and escape this world for little while – you never know what you might find.
We are also showing a special print from Faeries of Tasmania volume 2, due out this Christmas 2024.
While the exhibition is on, signed Faeries of Tasmania books, will be available for sale at their bookshop.
This is going to be an exciting year for us here at Faeries of Tasmania.
Considering the success of the faery exhibition we had in Brisbane, we’ll be having more this year, not only in Brisbane but possibly in our home state of Tasmania. More on this as things develop.
And obviously the second book from Lady Plummage will be available for Christmas.
We are also looking into a special epub edition of more faery encounters from around Tasmania. This will be totally separate from the physical books and possibly just a black and white edition of short interviews and sketches that haven’t been included in the full colour editions.
Lady Plummage has only just allowed us to post a little about her book 3. Yes, she is working on book 3! This will be Edith’s story, which you would have learnt about in book 1, book 2 will also go into more detail.
All we know is that Lady Plummage will be writing a novel on what she believes Edith went through during her time in Hobart.
The illustrations from Terry have been stunning. They have certainly captured the descriptions from the faery witnesses. Below are some teasers to give you a peek within the pages of book 2, due out for Christmas 2024.
With the new book comes new patterns. You may know from previous posts, Lady Plummage loves the artwork of William Morris. For those not familiar with his work check him out here.
His patterns are the perfect balance of fauna and flora weaving within each other to create the design that would adorn Victorian walls and textiles.
Lady Plummage instantly connected with his work and the synergy with how she saw the Tasmanian faeries in nature.
So with that in mind, Terry has taken on the daunting task with creating faery patterns in the spirit of William Morris.
This lovely little faery (in the far right picture above) has taken on the appearance of the Spotted Begonia plant, which is also housing a small Silvereye. They appear to be spying on each other.
Book 2 for Faeries of Tasmania is coming along nicely. Some beautiful pieces are being sent to us from Terry, our illustrator on the project. You can find more about him and his other projects here the7thworld.com or read a brief intro about him here.