Welcome to Aviana's Nest on the Web!
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Aviana is an Air Faerie, born directly of the Wind. As such, the Air itself is both her mother and her father to whom she will one day return. Therefore, while Aviana has many Faerie friends, she herself has never been a member of the Faerie Court. Instead, she spends most of her time high in the sky, flying among the clouds and chasing the Wind, coming down to Earth only briefly to rest her wings.
Since she is of the Air, Aviana doesn't stay in one place for very long -- and she is easily sidetracked at the best of times. Aviana is Pure of Heart and Thought, although if she does do some mischief she always does it in such a way that it won't harm others. She has NO concept of Evil or Hatred. When confronted by such things, Aviana is most likely to run away!
The Texas Renaissance Festival is Aviana's home faire. She can usually be found somewhere near Lord Entropy's Tower, in Sherwood Forest, at the Faerie Picnic or in the Magick Garden when she isn't flitting about wherever the Wind may take her! She may sometimes be found at the Excalibur Medieval Fantasy Faire and, occasionally, at the Louisiana Renaissance Festival.
Regina, Aviana's Mortal Avatar, went to the Texas Renaissance Festival for the first time in 1993 -- and immediately set her heart on being a Faerie! It was six years later, however, before Regina actually realized her dream.
Aviana herself was originally inspired by a short story Regina found in the Time-Life series on Faeries and Elves. With that inspiration -- not to mention the example of other TRF Faeries and her own creative talents -- Regina and her mother created Aviana's wings and costume. Everything in Aviana's costume was handmade by Regina and her mother, except for Aviana's belt and pouches. The belt was provided by Lord Entropy, while the pouches were acquired from various merchants at the Renaissance festivals Regina visits.
From concept art to finished costume, the entire process took about four months!
Yes, you can now write directly to Aviana! Please send all your comments and questions to:
Disclaimer: Aviana will be happy to discuss Faerie costumes, accessories and the details of their construction with you, but please! No questions about her wings. These were handcrafted by the Fey Folk themselves, following an age-old design handed down through untold generations of Faerie. As such, the details of their construction are a closely-guarded Faerie secret which Aviana is simply not allowed to reveal to anyone. Alas!
NOW SHOWING: WENDY'S HIDDEN KISS -- 09:56
courtesy of YouTube.
"A sort of compilation of this aspect of the story: Wendy's Hidden Kiss (a thimble). Music is from the movie soundtrack...'Faerie Dancing' and 'I Do Believe In Faeries.'"
THE FAERIE COURT OF KANSAS CITY
THE SEELIE COURT OF NEW MARKET VILLAGE
TEXAS RENAISSANCE FESTIVAL 2003
EXCALIBUR MEDIEVAL FANTASY FAIRE 2003
LOUISIANA RENAISSANCE FESTIVAL
AVIANA'S MORTAL AVATAR,
REGINA
EXCALIBUR MEDIEVAL FANTASY FAIRE 2005
EXCALIBUR MEDIEVAL FANTASY FAIRE 2003
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RYLEH'S RENAISSANCE WORLD
Aviana's friend, Ryleh, invites you to enjoy his stories and pictures of faire AND MUCH, MUCH MORE! at this sprawling website!
THE GRINNING DEMON
Meet Aviana's other friend, Ben, AKA "The Grinning Demon of TRF." Enjoy the many faire photo galleries, then go on to create your own Demonic Name thru the handy link on his site.
THE WORLD OF FAERIES FESTIVAL
"We are the originators of the first Illinois Fairy Festival [held in Elgin, Illinois, every August since 2005]. Shop in our website store for the best in Butterfly fairies, and fantasy art of Jessica Galbreth, Nene Thomas and Linda Biggs. We also carry a line of metaphysical, fantasy and celtic silver and gemstone jewelry as well as our very own fairyscapes (miniature forest scenes)."
THE 'OBBY 'OSS FESTIVAL
"Hobby horse festivals are May festivals wherein a 'hobby horse' --a costume worn by a single person and bearing only the vaguest of resemblances to a horse -- dances through the town and performs various rituals. A remnant of ancient May Day celebrations, the 'Obby 'Oss is now enjoying a modern revival."
LINDA RAVENSCROFT -- offers up her vision of faerie and fantasy art on this, her official website. The site opens on her online store, but it's her galleries, archives and private commissions that will capture your attention immediately. Even so, there is still more to explore here, so take your time and enjoy it all!
OLLURE: FAERIE PHOTOGRAPHY -- Christopher Lee Jarvis "concentrates solely on fairies and fantasy imagery, with dreamy forest locations and beautifully costumed models" in all his portraits. Check out his galleries for samples of his work! He has also out in appearances at the Tennessee Renaissance Festival, the Ardmore Renaissance Faire and the World of Faeries Festival in years past.
courtesyof www.digits.com
NOTICE: unless noted otherwise, all photographs on this site are copyright ©2000-2008 by George Laking, AKA Ryleh the Wanderer.
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