Gradually I became more and more interested in the underlying meaning of it all and the possibility of the reality of real fairies. Ray Hemachandra: When did you draw your first fairy, and how did that become a career?īrian Froud: In college, I became interested in folk tales and fairy tales. You can learn more about their amazing projects and artwork at Their son, Toby Froud, played the baby in Labyrinth, and all three worked on 2019’s 10-episode prequel series from Netflix and The Jim Henson Company- The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance- overseeing the puppets used in the series with Brian serving as primary concept artist and costumer, Wendy as fellow creature designer, and Toby as design supervisor. He has been a leading illustrator of fairies and many creatures magical and mystical, authoring or coauthoring an array of illustrated books including Faeries, The Faeries’ Oracle, How to See Faeries, and Brian Froud’s World of Faerie.īrian Froud and his wife, Wendy Froud, a sculptor and puppet creator, live in Devon, England. Professionally, he worked with Jim Henson as conceptual designer for the films The Dark Crystal and Labyrinth. Here I combine a few excerpts from my interview with Brian Froud into a slightly longer but still rather short-and I hope wholly enjoyable-excerpt.
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