If you have been following this blog for a few months, it's unlikely that you will have missed my posts on the work of Swedish artist Pär Strömberg. (In case you did, here's a review on his sublime book Darkness Visible, a tome I can't recommend highly enough and which you can buy here.) I've… Continue reading Those Of The Unlight : An Exhibition By Pär Strömberg
Based in Spain, Neirahda provides exquisite wood, antler and leather jewellery inspired by history, nature and fantasy. I am particularly taken with their small selection of handcrafted wooden boxes, decorated with beautiful, hand drawn Viking inspired artwork.
Long-term readers of Wyrd Words & Effigies will be only too aware of my attachment to Norway and its landscapes. So, it is an absolute honour to bring to you the extraordinarily beautiful photographic works of Vilmeidr. Whenever I find myself on his page, a sense of calm washes over me, banishing any fury or… Continue reading The Witches & Wraiths Of Instagram : Vilmeidr
Inspired by the beauty and tragedy of fairy tales and myths, Polish photographer Laura Makabresku creates images that are beautiful, thought-provoking and, more often than not, disturbing. “My [photographs] are like screenshots from beautiful but cruel fairy tales. Their narrations are not straight. Images that appear are more like feelings that come during a lecture of an… Continue reading Laura Makabresku
I've featured the work of inspiring artist Bill Crisafi before, but I happened upon his wonderfully creepy and deeply atmospheric art again the other day, and felt the need to share some of his newer works.
Blackened is an Etsy store providing unique, hand-painted black metal inspired art. Owner and creator Silvia G uses wood, canvas, marble dust, plaster cast, paper, and everything that her mind dictates. I'm particularly taken with her paintings on wood.
Cambridge born photographer Karl Dmitri Bishop creates rich imagery that's shrouded in mysticism.
Very much taken with the work of multi-talented artist Julian Feeld, especially his shocking yet simultaneously beautiful series 'La Forêt,' a series which encourages questioning about the separation between the human (source of artifice) and the natural, the inert and the living.
Sio Heartless has gifted us, the internet wanderers, with a shadowy, intriguing world of art, fashion and self-portraiture. After I've posted this, I'm going back there to get lost for a while.
Bergen, it would appear, has a magickal influence on all darkly inclined creatives who dwell there. Artist Linn Setane has, quite literally, stolen my breath with her intricate artworks and exquisite photography. I want to climb inside her images and stay there.
Celebrating the strange and the shadowy, the damned and unseen 