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
*i regularly update this post with any new info i find so please always reblog the original post*
Donations
donations currently reaching gaza:
help buy e-sims for people in gaza(PLEASE HELP CONNECT GAZANS TO THE WORLD. if you would like to stay updated, please follow @/Mirna_elhelbawi on twitter)
one of the three palestinian students shot by a racist in vermont for wearing kufiyas and speaking arabic. hisham’s injuries have left him paralysed from below the chest.
NOTE: journalists based in gaza are saying a demand for ceasefire is the priority as not all donations are reaching gazans (focus on the donations that are directly reaching gaza). so please contact your local MPs every single day demanding as such. palestine need a permanent ceasefire.
note: you can call everyday. they tally the number of calls per issue. so more calls = higher chance for them to take action. p.s. you mainly go to voicemail so don’t worry about phone call anxiety. fight through it just this once please.
p.s. if the template is outdated, just use it as a guide and add a few sentences here and there that reflect the current situation. i can’t find any recent templates so :/ at least this is something
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