This is the set from the Fairy Tale Theater. It is a large book that has been shaped and rounded to look like it has fallen open to this page. I designed and painted the right side. A calligrapher created the left. It is oilcloth canvas, gesso, acrylic paint with a backing of outdoor sign material and wood. Then waterproofed. It is at least eight or more feet high by four foot wide. There are blooming pink dogwood, daisies, lavenders and echinacea. A Monarch, Tiger Swallowtail and several Purple Azure Butterflies flutter about. The fairy on the rock lives in the high rise fairy house in the tree. A rabbit, chipmunk and grey squirrel have come to visit and check out mushrooms. There is a large, red fabric bookmark between the pages. It is a flap that hides an entrance to the backstage.
Here is what the stage looks like in use at the The New Jersey Renaissance Festival Kingdom.
Most of the year, the book resides in the children's theater classroom in the Sampson J. Smith School in Somerset, New Jersey, USA.

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