The Leafing

I am happy to announce The Leafing, the second book in the Green Man series has been finished.  Editing will commence and it will be uploaded to Amazon and Nook in the next month or so.  Thank you for your support!

Solstice Greetings

Happy Solstice 2012!

May your days grow longer...

Tis the Season -- Green Man Gifts for Yuletide Holidays

Tis the season of giving.  If you are seeking Green Man related gifts, check out the links below:

George Carruth's classic Garden Smile Green Man and other Nature Faces   are available at:
http://www.carruthstudio.com/categories/Nature-Faces.aspx

5 star mystery  novel about the Green Man: The Greening by Sharon Brubaker

Kathleen Basford's treatise is a classic: http://www.amazon.com/The-Green-Man-Kathleen-Basford/dp/0859914976/ref=sr_1_cc_1?s=aps&ie=UTF8&qid=1354446644&sr=1-1-catcorr&keywords=green+man+kathleen+basford#sfmsg_-7890*sfxd*0*sfxd*0@@

 

 

Mike Harding's terrific book: The Little Book of the Green Man  above.

A Green Man door knocker: http://www.amazon.com/Willlows-Hollow-Greenman-Door-Knocker/dp/B006MZIZXG/ref=sr_1_cc_1?s=aps&ie=UTF8&qid=1354446857&sr=1-1-catcorr&keywords=green+man+door+knocker#sfmsg_-7890*sfxd*0*sfxd*0@@



Green Man  and Green Cat T'shirts, Sweat shirts, PJ's and more:
http://www.cafepress.com/outinthegarden#sfmsg_-7890*sfxd*0*sfxd*0@@

       

 

A Green Man bottle opener:

 

http://www.amazon.com/Celtic-Green-Mounted-Bottle-Opener/dp/B0069VL4C2/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1354447113&sr=8-1&keywords=green+man+bottle+opener#sfmsg_-7890*sfxd*0*sfxd*0@@


Green Man Music:  http://www.amazon.com/Songs-From-Wood-Jethro-Tull/dp/B00008G9JN/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1354447649&sr=8-1&keywords=songs+from+the+wood


http://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Green-Man/dp/B0042MP4IA/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1354447587&sr=8-1

  Roy Harper's The Green Man

http://www.amazon.com/Green-Man-Roy-Harper/dp/B00005AQRB/ref=sr_1_6?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1354447678&sr=1-6&keywords=green+man#sfmsg_-7890*sfxd*0*sfxd*0@@


Green Man Gifts: http://www.greenmangifts.co.uk/

Spirit of the Green Man: http://www.spiritofthegreenman.co.uk/

Just a few ideas for your holiday shopping.  Enjoy!

Green Man / Leaf Man

With the advent of hurricane Sandy and its wild winds along with our usual November gales, leaves have been spiraling down in a whimsical ballet and carpeting the ground with brilliant color.  The sound of raking and mowers grinding up the leaves nearly drown out the crunch and swish as one walks through the fallen leaves. 

There are two wonderful children's books that are Green Man or rather Leaf Man related.  Lois Ehlert has a fabulous children's book entitled: Leaf Man
It's quite a whimsical take on the Green/Leaf Man.  Ehlert's books' graphics are a wonder.

Another wonderful story of a Leaf Men and the bugs going on a quest to safe the garden is: The Leaf Men and the Brave Good Bugs by William Joyce.

  In this story, the Leaf Men help an old woman and her garden by setting the world back round to order.  The Leaf Men and the garden insects defend the garden from the evil Spider Queen.  It is a mythic tale of loss and recovery.  (and I will now bite my tongue and not wax poetic on the birth, death, rebirth theme again)  Joyce is an amazing artist, animator and storyteller.  His short film "The Fantastic Flying Books of Morris Lessmore" won an academy award. See:  http://moonbotstudios.com/

Green Man Anomaly

Here in the US, the Green Man is almost an anomaly.  You can find Green Man sculptures in larger cities such as New York and Chicago. Outside of the urban areas, the Green Man is often relegated to garden art and personal collections.  It is humbling to see the amazing array of Green Men globally.  Fortunately, I stumbled onto this site: http://www.the-great-learning.com/pilgerwege-deu-en3.htm   
-- a catalog of photographs of Green Men and Sheela-Na-Gigs. 

Enjoy.

Green Man Masquerade Part 2

Are you in need of a last minute Halloween costume? If you would like to portray yourself as the Green Man, here are a few sources of Green Man masks:
http://www.rainewalker.com/catalog3.htm

 

These are exquisite, one of a kind, leather masks.

Etsy.com has a variety of masks from various artists:
http://www.etsy.com/search?includes%5B%5D=tags&q=greenman+mask

 

Artist, Larry Wood has created the beautiful masks below:

http://fantasyguilde.com/masks/grn/greenie.html

Here is an article on how to make your own Green Man mask:

http://www.squidoo.com/Green_Man_Unmasked

 

 

 

 

 

Green Man Masquerade Part 1

Spooks, witches, black cats  and ghosts moaning "Oooooooooh!"  Soon cries of "Boo!" and "Trick or Treat" will reign the streets.  All Hallows eve is coming next week!  The hunt for an outstanding costume is reaching a fever pitch.  Here are a few Green Man related ideas.

Steve Silk put together this blog post in 2008 on natural fashion: http://clattervalleygardens.blogspot.com/2008/12/three-ways-to-wear-plants.html

He briefly discusses the Surma and Mursi tribespeople of Ethiopia and their wearing of plants.

 Hans Silvester's book Natural Fashion gives more information on Tribal decoration.(http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0500288054/ref=olp_product_details?ie=UTF8&me=&seller)

 

Steve has a great photo of a Paris haute couture model wearing plants as a dress:

  a dress created by plantsman Patrick Blanc for Jean-Paul Gaultier.

 

 

Tantazlizing ideas for green wear and costumes!  More soon...