Mme. Plume's Parlour of Clouds

Meet Mme. Plume in the Parlour of Clouds for a 30-minute appointment of conversation, observation, and attention. Through listening and exchange, she creates a hand-drawn "essence portrait" of the visitor's inner weather. Using "seed stones" (small painted stones marked with letters), visitors are invited into a tactile act of divination by assembling a word or phrase. A final letter selection opens the Book of Wyrds, revealing a passage that perhaps refracts the phrase or highlights it. Guests are encouraged to document their phrase and reading, and leave with their original portrait; small, oddball artifacts of a shared encounter. Each session is a ritual of presence and real human connection, so Mme. Plume kindly requests that there are no more than two people at a time.

York Fringe Festival