Battle Fairy Masks! Part 2

Dream fairy mask pic by Sara Akhtar

Battle fairy masks at the Oslo 2009 Exhibit, pic by Sara Akhtar

Here are more pics of the masks!

 

Mask of the green fairies, pic by Fredrik Arvidsson

Battle Fairy Masks! Part 1

Night fairy mask, pic by Per Eidspjeld

Oracle mask, pic by Sara Akhtar

There are currently 5 Battle fairy masks!

They are bought from http://www.maskshopvenice.com/ as blancs and then decorated to fit in with the Battle Fairy look.

Queen of the night fairies mask,pic by Fredrik Arvidsson

Battle Fairy

Fantasy is what I live for. I spend half my time living in my own little bubble filled with elves,goblins,trolls and fairies!

I also read alot of fantasy books, folklore and watch alot of fantasy films, and try…to write my own stuff, altho thats a VERY slow process…..anyhows, I had another art exhibition coming up and decided to combine my interrests and “Battle Fairy” was born. I wanted to mix the traditional view of fairies as being diminutive and frail creatures, and the stereotypical view people have of “fairies” when used to describe gay people and combine them to make something new. Another way of looking at fairies, making them as big as elves and warlike, but keeping them exotic and colourful.

I also wanted to equipp them with “fairy” weapons and imagined a world with different rules than ours, a magical land were plastic is the deadliest weapon. Thus I added plastic waterguns to the look.

This project is very much still under construction as I have only one whole costume atm.

Pic by Fredrik Arvidsson, Edinburgh 2009

 

In the picture there are two costumes, but I need to reedo the breeches on the green and white one.