Faerie Magazine Summer 2017
FIREFLY PATH AND FANCY FAIRY WINGS & THINGS GARB THE MIDSUMMER
Faerie Court
BY GRACE NUTH
“In a flash of light, Titania’s court arrives, all berry-stained lips and shimmering wings. Their gowns are gossamer and diaphanous, their eyelids drooping languidly in the dreamtime of a thick summer afternoon. Queen Titania herself leads them in merry revels. Tall and elegant, she displays a natural royalty no etiquette teacher could inspire.”
"JoEllen Elam Conway, perhaps better known by her company name, Firefly Path, had
the honor of garbing this midsummer troupe of royal fairies. On the day the court came together for their portraits, they agreed to gather in the green space behind Firefly Path’s Los Angeles studio. Studio owner Ben anticipated their arrival with delectable hors d’oeuvres
he spent a week planning and preparing (the fairies adored the mini apple galettes, smoked salmon rugelach, celery barquettes with stilton and walnuts, and mini deviled crab cakes!) while assistant Zach created a list of musical selections themed around the day to set the mood for the entire courtly visit. Each of the six enchantresses, all of whom have inspired countless poets and artists to compose numerous ballads and works of art in their honor, was meticulously coiffed and adorned: captured in portraits, separately and together.
Set designer Make Light Studios was delighted to and that the rain sprites had been unusually enthusiastic this year, gifting them with thick moss and unearthing stones on a grassy bank in a nearby nature preserve. She and Elam Conway used the stones and moss, along with fairy mushrooms, to form a wild spiral where the fairies, natural dancers, would not be able to resist the urge to utter their wings in a frolic. After the individual portraits were finished, the fairies were brought to this second location, and their squeals of delight confused and bespelled any humans walking near the meadow where they danced. It is to our great relief that none of these humans decided to join the merriment, or they might have been unwittingly trapped in the enchantment forever."
Read more in the Summer 2017 issue of Faerie Magazine. Buy your copy HERE
Fireflypath's "Midsummer Night's Dream" photoshoot.
Film by Raiya Corsiglia.
Still photography: Ether & Smith
Makeup Designer: Dre Ronayne
Makeup Assist: Kelton Ching
Set Design: Ashe Amesuki
Wardrobe Assist: Alexandra Prigge
Wings: Fancyfairy.com
Tea Chef: Benjamin Wallace
Prod. Assist: Zach Marquez
FAIRIES:
Queen Titania: Raiya Corsiglia
Peaseblossom: Jaden Lebel
Moth: Chloe Doan
Mustardseed: Creature of Habit
Peachblossom: Jessica Dru
Cobweb: Dre Ronayne