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James Matthew Barrie’s story of Peter Pan and Neverland has been a part of childhood.
In 1929, Barrie gave the rights to Peter Pan (also known as the Peter Pan Gift) to the
Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children in London. J M Barrie’s gift has provided
a vital source of income to the hospital and has helped provide fairy tale endings to many
of the sick children treated there. Last summer, the hospital gave me permission to use
some of J.M. Barrie’s original manuscripts in my work.
"When the first baby laughed, the very first
laughed... that was the beginning of fairies."
The first draft of the first script of Peter Pan
by JM Barrie is transferred to polymer clay and
hand-formed into beads. The saying above, in
JM Barrie's handwriting, is impressed into fine
silver for the pendant. The piece is strung
together with Swarovski crystals and a heart
shaped toggle clasp.
"When the first baby laughed, the very first laughed, it broke
up into a million pieces and that's where fairies come from."
The first script of the first draft of J.M. Barrie's Peter Pan
is transferred to polymer clay and hand-formed into beads.
The beads are woven and twined together with pearls,
crystals and glass beads. Impressed into the fine silver clasp
in J.M. Barrie's handwriting is the saying above written in
1907. Also sculpted into the clasp is Tinkerbell, inspired by
Arthur Rackham's original illustrations.
The opening page of J.M. Barrie’s Anon,
including his diagram of the nursery, is
transferred to polymer clay and hand-formed
into tiles. The tiles are strung together with
sterling silver spacers and a sterling silver
clasp.
"It is all the work of the ticking crocodile.
Time is chasing after all of us."
The opening page of J.M. Barrie’s Anon
is transferred to polymer clay and hand-
formed into beads. The beads are woven
and twined together with Swarovski
crystals, glass beads, a copper findings to
form this three-strand watch.
The opening page to J.M. Barrie’s Anon:
A Play, the original draft of Peter Pan
written in 1903, is transferred to polymer
clay and hand-formed into the beads. The
beads are woven and twined together with
Swarovski crystals, glass beads and pearls.
The lockets shaped like books contain
photographs of the “five”, from left to right,
George, Michael, Peter (middle), Nico and
Jack.
The opening page to J.M. Barrie’s Anon is
transferred to polymer clay and hand-formed
into beads. The beads are woven and twined
together with Swarovski crystals, pearks, and
glass beads. Impressed into one half of the
fine silver clasp is J.M. Barrie’s handwriting
and signature. Sculpted into the other half
of the clasp is Captain Hook, created by
North Carolina artist, Catherine Thornton
for this exhibition.
A photograph of Sylvia Llewelyn Davies
taken by J.M. Barrie in 1898 is transferred
to polymer clay and hand-formed into a
cabochon. Seed beads are woven around
the cabochon and strung on a chain of
seed beads and Swarovski crystals.
The opening page to J.M. Barrie’s Anon:
A Play, the original draft of Peter Pan
written in 1903, is transferred to polymer clay
and hand-formed into the beads. The beads
are woven and twined together with
Swarovski crystals, pearls, and a sterling silver
clasp. The “children” are fabricated in steel
and colored with a heat-produced patina and
lacquer finish.
lauren@onlylauren.com.