A folk-tale

                            Fig 1 ( Above): Detail of Folk Tale, Hazel Terry

I woke up in the middle of the night and scribbled something in the dark hoping I would be able to make sense of it in the morning.
The thought was a combination of fabric scraps, folk costumes captured by Charles Fréger in 'Wilder Mann' and the wolf.

I am half way through the picture (detail above) that hopefully I can share completely tomorrow. On this piece I have applied 'scraps', printed pieces of paper that have fabric patterns printed on them in red. My idea behind this was that I wanted to give the wolf back some ancient folk identity. My inspiration was the strange and wonderful European folk costumes and traditions captured by Charles Fréger and my own experience of the Burryman and Morris Dancers.

                                              Fig 2 (Above): Schnappviecher, Tramin, Italy (detail) by Charles Fréger

                                              Fig 3 (Above): Macinula, Cisiec, Poland (detail) by Charles Fréger 

                                                 Fig 4 (Above): Burryman of South Queensferry, Scotland by Hazel Terry

 Fig 5 (Above): Morris Dancers in Kent by Susan Brisco

References

Fig 1: Detail of Folk Tale, Hazel Terry

Fig 2 (Above): Schnappviecher, Tramin, Italy (detail) by Charles Fréger http://www.amazon.co.uk/Wilder-Mann-The-Image-Savage/dp/1907893237

Fig 3 (Above): Macinula, Cisiec, Poland (detail) by Charles Fréger http://www.amazon.co.uk/Wilder-Mann-The-Image-Savage/dp/1907893237

Fig 4 (Above): Burryman of South Queensferry, Scotland by Hazel Terry

Fig 5 (Above): Morris Dancers in Kent by Susan Brisco http://susanbriscoe.blogspot.co.uk/2013/05/mayday-in-east-sussex-and-kent-etc.html

http://www.charlesfreger.com/

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Wilder-Mann-The-Image-Savage/dp/1907893237