News Archives
31 August 2006
Various updates to the website, including the addition of an Illustration and Design section.
ELF Weekend of Wonder
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New York, New York! Well, okay, the ELF convention was in New Jersey, just across the river, but one has to check out New York when one is that close, doesn't one? Manhattan was, er, hot!!! (there was a heatwave at the time), and the convention was cool! Familiar faces and new ones, great costumes, music by Emerald Rose, drinks until the small hours - great fun! Where's the next one? |
May-June 2006
May and June saw progress on various projects: some new oil paintings, the printing and binding of a volume of "The Art of Daniel Reeve" (not for publication at this stage, unfortunately), some headway in the backlog of overdue artwork and calligraphy commissions, and the beginnings of a set of Daniel Reeve fonts, which will be for sale from this website in September. Also continuing were the Red Carpet Tours, with many more people falling in love with New Zealand and not wanting to leave. Those bitten by the bug have set up a website forum at http://p086.ezboard.com/btheredcarpetfellowship.
Elf Fantasy Fair
If you ever get the chance to go to the Elf Fantasy Fair , in Holland, go! This convention is truly unique! What an amazing setting! Held in the grounds of a beautiful, historic castle, with surrounding moat, gardens, lakes, fields and woods, you don't even need to imagine times from centuries past - you're already there! Astounding costumes were everywhere, based on all kinds of fantasy. Music, food, drink, battles - there was far too much going on to take it all in. A great time was had by all, including the star guests, Stan Nicholls, Tad Williams, Shane Rangi, Stanislav Ianevski, Tolga Safer, Chris Achilléos, Cate Tiernan, Susan Smit, the irrepressible Prof Roland Rotherham, and of course your humble narrator, Daniel Reeve. EFF rocks!
26 March 2006
Online purchasing with credit card is now available on this website - it's a bit more user-friendly than sending cheques. Currently, the merchandise page has two items available for sale: personalised, hand-written Invitations to Bilbo's Party; and the Ring Inscription, hand-lettered on hand-coloured "parchment" paper. Other products will be announced in due course, including downloadable fonts created by Daniel.
25 March 2006
Forgot to mention Letters to PJ!!! This amazing project was taken on by two young Australians, Susannah and Kristen, on behalf of fans of Peter Jackson and his film trilogy, The Lord of the Rings. People from all over the world wrote letters of appreciation to Peter Jackson, which Susannah and Kristen then assembled (very creatively) in a beautifully bound book. They then journeyed to New Zealand to deliver it in person. Daniel lent his assistance by providing title and closing pages, and enabling the book to be delivered. An absolutely wonderful project, reflecting the appreciation of PJ fans worldwide.
4 March 2006
Daniel is honoured to be invited to appear as a star guest at the Elf Fantasy Fair 2006 in April in the Netherlands. The Elf Fantasy Fair, now in its sixth year, is one of the major events on the calendar for European fans of The Lord of the Rings, and medieval and fantasy culture in general, and will be held on Saturday and Sunday, April 22-23 2006, at Kasteel de Haar in Utrecht, Holland.
4 March 2006
A Treaty of Waitangi page has been added to the website. Here, Daniel explains some of the processes he used to create the replicas of the nine Treaty documents, the founding documents of the nation of New Zealand. These replicas form the core of the mobile exhibition Treaty 2 U , currently touring this country.
11 February 2006
...what better way to follow ORC, than to come to New York in July for ELF! After two successful The Lord of the Rings conventions in Pasadena, and one in Orlando, Creation Entertainment is once again teaming up with the folk from TheOneRing.net and coming to New York, for what promises to be a great weekend. Daniel is thrilled to be invited to make an appearance. The dates are Friday, Saturday and Sunday, July 28-30, 2006.
7 February 2006
ORC - the One Ring Celebration - what an event! The people at Creation Entertainment certainly know how to create a great convention. Star guests and fans alike enjoyed a weekend full of marvellous experiences - star panels, autographs, photo ops, bloopers screenings, music, artworks, scholars, parodies, costume contests, merchandise, and much more. Bring on the next one! ( ELF in July... ;-)
Festival of the Elements
Daniel is appearing in the Festival of the Elements on the 6th of February, New Zealand's national day "Waitangi Day", the anniversary of the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi, New Zealand's founding document. This festival celebrates New Zealand and it's multi-cultural society, with a diverse range of art and culture from this country. There will be a mini exhibition of some of Daniel's artwork on display throughout the day, and Daniel will give a presentation of his involvement in The Lord of the Rings, Narnia, and King Kong, at 1:15pm.
Coincidentally, on this day, the Festival also hosts the Treaty 2 U exhibition, in which Daniel played a major role: in the creation of replicas of the nine Treaty documents.
The Festival of the Elements is at Te Rauparaha Park/Pataka, Porirua, and commences at 10:00am.
17 January 2006
Various updates to the website, including the Skull Island merchandising map on the King Kong page, notes on recent projects, and the addition of a Contact page.
November 2005 - January 2006
7 days to write, 7 months to sign, 165 years to debate... and counting. The Treaty of Waitangi is New Zealand's founding document - of the nation in its current form, anyway. Daniel has played a major part in creating replicas. of the nine treaty documents: these form the core of an educational exhibition, Treaty 2 U, currently touring New Zealand.
November - December 2005
Daniel created illustrations for Hasbro's Game of Life based on The Pirates of the Caribbean. The set of thirty-two illustrations will be printed on cards that are part of the game. A fun project! - hopefully some of these illustrations can be displayed on this website in the future.
3 December 2005
"Dead Letters" is a short film, set here in Wellington, in WWII times. It was shot in six days in early December. Because of the very small budget, many people, including Daniel, donated their time and talent to the film for nothing. Daniel wrote letters in various styles, including some writing done on camera, because "people just aren't taught to write properly anymore!" Daniel's live action piece is supposed to be a woman's hand writing a letter - luckily they were able to crop Daniel's hand right out of the shot, and focus on the nib of the pen... so does that still count as a "screen debut"?
3 November 2005
Daniel will be appearing as a star guest at ORC 2006 in January in the USA. ORC, the One Ring Celebration, is a huge event brought to you by the TheOneRing.Net and Creation Entertainment, the folks who also run ELF, as well as conventions for Star Trek, Xena, and many others. ORC 2006 will be in Pasedena, L.A., on 20-22 January 2006.
28 October 2005
Some updates have been made to the website. Some illustrations now appear on the Lord of the Rings Illustrations page, and King Kong and Narnia pages have been added. Not much can be revealed until these films are released, but suffice it to say that Daniel's work will be appearing in both movies.
17 October 2005
Ring*Con 2005 was a blast! The Esperanto hotel and convention centre in Fulda, Germany hosted a fantastic event, attended by an incredible turnout of elves, hobbits Ringwraiths, Rohirrim, Gondorians, ents, Easterlings, Southrons and more. Sauron himself turned up, as did the Pillars of Kings, who did a hilarious performance on stage. There was even some room for some star guests, and we all had an excellent time! Thanks to the great team who made it all possible.
22 May 2005
A map of Narnia, created by Daniel for publicity and merchandising of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe film, has begun to appear all over the internet, having been released by Disney. More news & images of Daniel's involvement with this film will be included on this website when permitted by Disney.
24 April 2005
Daniel will be appearing as a star guest at RingCon 2005 in October. Tolkien fans from all over the world will be gathering in Fulda, Germany to experience the fourth RingCon, Europe's largest convention devoted to The Lord of the Rings. The dates are October 7-9, 2005.
12 March 2005
Daniel will be making a guest appearance at The Best of Both Worlds 25 , in Canberra, Australia, this August. The numerous guests at this convention inlude actors from The Lord of the Rings, as well as WETA senior designer Daniel Falconer, Master Swordsmith Peter Lyon, and WETA's Emily Sturrock, responsible for hero armour and weapons in the films. The dates are August 4-7, 2005.