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Fairy doors can be purchased commercially and many are public art installations crafted by unknown artists. [1]Some parents and guardians use fairy doors to stimulate their children's imaginations and prompt creative thinking, describing the fairies as creatures that use their magical powers to protect children from bad dreams, grant their wishes if they are well-behaved, and replace lost ...
Sally J. Smith is an American artist who creates fairy house sculptures and land art. [1] [2] She is based in Westport, New York near Lake Champlain [3] [1] in the Adirondack Mountains. [4] She grew up in Shelburne, Vermont and previously worked as a watercolorist [3] and illustrator. Smith runs the artist studio Greenspirit Arts. [1]
Fairy houses have been recorded on Monhegan Island in Maine since the 1950s, [3] although some claim they date back to the early 20th century. [4] These houses were primarily made by local children. [3] [4] In the early 2000s, New Hampshire writer Tracy Kane began publishing children's books on fairy houses after visiting Monhegan. [5]
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An Ypsilanti woman found a fairy door in the base of a tree on her front lawn. [9] Saline, to the southwest, held a "Fairy Door Treasure Hunt" [10] event in the spring of 2010. Nearby Dexter held a fairy door art exhibition and contest around the same time and plans to hold it annually. [11]
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The Fairy Doors of Ann Arbor, MI are small doors installed into local buildings. Local children believe these are the front doors of fairy houses, and in some cases, small furniture, dishes, and various other things can be seen beyond the doors. The Victorian era was particularly noted for fairy paintings.