31 Jul 2010

Always a snail somewhere ;O)


Mon grain d’ sel
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Green eyed snail...on a journey...


Ramon Sabates: 'Sammy Snail's Treasure Book'
Publihsed by Cresta Books, undated
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A Summer snail...

30 Jul 2010

I've got wings...or...someone has...


Marcus Gheeraerts’ 1567 fable 'Pride Comes Before a Fall'.
An eagle carrying a snail
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Bells & Whistles - Snail meets snail


by the artist Aram Kim

An old snail costume...


Mistick Krewe of Comus 1873
'Missing Links' Parade Costume Designs
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'The Snail That Snored'


...also snails snor :O)
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A snail in beautiful colours...


by the costume designer Cynthia Tingey, 1980
V&A

Create a snail in photoshop - tutorial


Make you own snail..in photoshop!
This tutorial shows you how to do it, step by step
and it is free :O) Here only a few pics:



aaaand the final snail:

Alice in Wonderland snails...


d'Holbachie Yoko's Snail from Alice in Wonderland
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Glowbird's photo of 'Alice meets the snail'...


Read the 'snail part' of Alice in Wonderland HERE
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by American McGee
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'Will you walk a little faster', said a Whiting to a Snail

Peter Newell's 1901 1st edition of 'Alice in the Wonderland'
see the rest of the book here

29 Jul 2010

'Four-and-twenty Tailors Went to Kill a Snail'


1948 Gallery Press Golden World Nursery Rhymes
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by Henriette Willebeek Le Mair

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Purchase the jourmal here


Four-and-twenty Tailors Went to Kill a Snail

Four-and-twenty tailors went to kill a snail;
The best man among them durst not touch her tail.
She put out her horns like a little Kyloe cow.
Run, tailors, run, or she'll kill you all e'en now.

Mother Goose

..with a hat...


by Peg Maltby (1899-1985)

A snail from Giverny


That's a real summer snail...and it is from Giverny..oooh, Claude Monet!
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A snail ONLY for adults!


Oh, my...this is not for the wee ones...
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Go green!


Isn't it cute?
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28 Jul 2010

A book of gnomes...with a snail...


Well, the illustrator is Ilya Yesaulov (Илья Есаулов)
and the writer is Valentin Lebedev (Валентин Лебедев)
The title is...mmm...something like:
'Wood Goblin are thinking. The Red Book of Folk Heroes'...

moving?

Japanese snail doll


I don't know a thing about this wonderful doll!!
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No words needed!

The artist Margarita Zhuravleva







found here

A long way down...




It must take a long time to climb a tree!

The artist Marius Liugaila - snails


Furiosso, 2003


News, 2001


Ballet – Dancers, 2006


Galaxy 2009

Marius Liugaila's website

More Anne Siems...


Snail Hat...and detail



Snail Girl

Anne Siems ' website & remember this?

Good thing we are not in a hurry print



Purchase the print here:
The Blue Egg, Etsy

Snail slippers in size 37-38



The slippers
Only natural and environment friendly materials used
Shellen D, Etsy