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ROXLEYS ~ Simplethings ~ KEANE
I was contacted in 2003 by a fan
of the pop group Keane, who wanted a keepsake of the band and their music in the form
of a character from one of their music videos.
Whilst I prefer to be associated with soft sculpture cloth figures I agreed to make
this creature and set about designing a pattern...
Make your own Roxley: Free Pattern © Corin Hardy 2003
| In the music video, 'Somewhere
Only We Know' Keane appear coming out of a studio and
take a taxi. Then they come across a
forest where the "simple thing" aliens live (called "Roxleys" by
the fan, Ann Wain, who commissioned the character. It's a name now taken
by many fans). Each Roxley represents the spirit of a tree. This international video was directed by Corin Hardy, produced by Kit Hawkins for White House Pictures and shot between 22 - 23 November 2003. Hardy was influenced by the Princess Mononoke movie and created the "simple thing" aliens, based on the "kodamas" appearing on that film. |
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Click on this image for the official Keane website
This is the original Roxley, above, commissioned
by Ann Wain and taken to a Keane concert.
A band member asked if he could have it and she gave it to him.
She now has her own
Roxley:
Made by Ann Wain
for the other band members
This article is taken from The Walnut Tree Fanzine at www.keaneshaped.co.uk/fanzine/walnuttree.pdf
& permission for its inclusion here, has been given by
Ann Wain
2007.
NB: The roxley.html webpage listed in the above article has been temporarily removed