I can't think of a better way to end the week thank sinking into the imaginative art series Nethermoor by artist Chris Berens. Inspired by Michael Ende's novel The Neverending Story, Berens series is utterly sublime. There's a dark dreaminess about his work which I find myself addicted to. While I'm on the subject of… Continue reading Chris Berens : Nethermoor
I have added some new winter products to my Redbubble shop! Now you can buy my work in the form of leggings as well as tote bags, cushions, prints, mugs…the list goes on!
I have established a Facebook page just for my photography. It will be updated on a very regular basis. Please head on over and give it a like. If you have friends who like photography of the darker variety with plenty of northern influences please send them over.
I would like to welcome you to the woods...though I doubt you will have seen woods such as this before. Eva Jospin, an artist based out of Paris cuts, layers and glues cardboard to create these impressive installations. The forest – an incarnation of nature in the wild – is above all the setting in… Continue reading Eva Jospin
Photographer Aliza Razell often likes to mix mediums to create beautiful, wonderfully surreal photography. With many of her works, I feel as if I have one foot in the real world, the other in a mystical land, where anything is possible.
The animated adaptation of Richard Adam's groundbreaking novel Watership Down - still one of my favourite reads, I highly recommend it - introduced me to the harsh realities of death when I was well under double figures. Despite the deep feeling of terror and intense grief that it installed when I was a young un,… Continue reading Black Rabbit of Inlé
The extraordinary, fantastical creations of multi-talented Swedish Craftswoman Caroline Eklund (Nymla) are inspired by legends and history, fantasy, nature and Scandinavian folklore. If I find myself under the influence of a depression, I spend a few moments browsing through her works. Her portfolio of trolls and elaborate masks, fantastical costumes and props helps to dislodge… Continue reading Interview : Nymla
Throughout my childhood, I watched my Grandmother craft embroidered works of flowered gardens and English cottages for the walls of her home. The only slightly dark work I ever saw her undertake was a pattern of two wolves for me to hang on my bedroom wall. Even then, both wolves looked calm and contemplative, not… Continue reading Interview : Adipocere Embroidery
The day I encountered the writing of fashion journalist Josh Walker I nearly wept. This colourblind wordsmith shapes his experiences in the fashion world into online content that is beautiful, descriptive and deeply evocative. I never knew fashion writing could move me in such a way. As well as being a fashion writer and editor,… Continue reading Interview : Josh Walker Of Colourblind
I have been in mourning since the last episode of American Horror Story Freak Show aired a little while back. However, Freaks Circus, a Japanese duo who craft creepy-as-fuck handmade dolls have managed to lift my spirits somewhat.
Celebrating the strange and the shadowy, the damned and unseen 