Tuesday, December 23, 2014

Fairy Tale Ring

Evander by Rachael Hammond








This Spring, a twirl of us gathered at Fitzroy Gardens near Olga Cohn’s fairy tree and exchanged tales of many cultural origins, from Aboriginal to Celtic, Persian and Italian. More in Jackie Kerin’s reportA selection of her photos is below, too, starting with Cindy-Lee Harper, who traces her indigenous heritage to the Pyemarriner people.


Cindy-Lee Harper telling tales given to her by a Wiradjuri elder.
Toby Eccles telling Jack and the Beanstalk

Tiahna Bowie-Ford, Mary-Lou Keaney, LJK, Toby Eccles, Zeinab Yazdanfar
Fairy Tree sculpted by Ola Cohn
Louisa John-Krol telling a Celtic-Italian fairy tale
World Tales by Idries Shah