Maypole Posters and Art Prints

A festive Swedish maypole for midsummer!

Maypole dancers dance around the maypole in the traditional May Day celebration. They hold brightly colored ribbons attached to the tall wooden pole in this fun illustration to celebrate Maypole Dancing.

Maypole dancers dance around the maypole in the traditional May Day celebration. They wear flowers in their hair and hold brightly coloured ribbons attached to the tall wooden pole in this fun illustration to celebrate Maypole Dancing.

Part of a series of Alphabet illustrations originally done for the Manx Gaelic language.

Psychology student Dani Ardor is traumatized after her sister Terri kills herself and their parents by filling their home with carbon monoxide. The incident strains Dani's relationship with her emotionally distant boyfriend, cultural anthropology student Christian Hughes. She later learns that Christian and his friends Mark and Josh have been invited by their mutual Swedish friend Pelle to attend a midsummer celebration at Pelle's ancestral commune, the Hårga, in Hälsingland. The celebration occurs only once every 90 years and Josh, also an anthropology student wants to write his thesis on it. Christian had hidden the trip from Dani, wanting to break up with her before leaving, but invites her along after she finds out about it.

This design was originally made in 1896 by Walter Crane in celebration of May Day. I have refinished, redrawn, restored, and digitized the original artwork in order to preserve this piece of history. Check out more of my art and products at https://spacedoglaika.com/

Setting up the maypole in Bavaria is being done only every five years on the first of may. Mostly, it is done by hand without using any machinery, like this picture shows. Picture was taken in a small village called Elbach near Fischbachau in Upper Bavaria in the southern part of Germany, app. 25 km away from the town where I live.

I wanted to embrace my Swedish Heritage by creating a design that features several traditional staples. The Sverigedräkten dress, Midsommar Maypole, Dala Horse and the Yule Goat.

All you need to celebrate a Swedish Midsommar!

A collection of British Folk customs

Today, specifically in the United States as other countries, it is a celebration of the season of Spring. It is a day of unity, togetherness, and rebirth; a day for everyone to come together and celebrate life as we know it! Europeans and Americans celebrate May Day with flower crowns, maypole dancing, and by making flower baskets to share with loved ones.

Birds do it, bees do it, even the May Queen and King do it! Light that bonfire, grab your maypole, and let's get fertile!

Watching the Fairies - Beatrice Goldsmith Children hide in the bushes and watch the fairies dance around a maypole. Please look in my shop for more "Victorian Fairy art":https://www.redbubble.com/people/forgottenbeauty/collections/980883-victorian-fairy-painting?asc=u

Viktualienmarkt in Munich, Germany, a market where fruit, vegetables and flowers are being sold every weekday. There are also restaurants, etc. bavarian food, seefood and of course beergardens in the summertime