I am an enormous fan of the work of Alison Scarpulla. Her images are timeless, haunting and at times veer into the fantastical.
Alison Scarpulla
Category: Fine Art
Spreading The Dark Word
If you would like to see your creative work featured and reviewed on Wyrd Words & Effigies, don't hesitate to get in touch. I established this blog (and soon to be magazine) with the goal of celebrating all that is strange, and like nothing better than spreading the dark word about oddities that I believe… Continue reading Spreading The Dark Word
Hunter Gatherer
Hunter Gatherer Jewellery puts a lump in my throat. Hunter is based in Chicago and each seasonal collection is handmade in limited quantities, so you can almost guarantee that you're not going to bump into someone wearing an identical accessory.
Apocalypse Art
Images of the Apocalypse and Doomsday from medieval manuscripts.
Chocolate Baby Heads And Abdominal Surgery Cakes
Made out of chocolate... Another chocolate delight What sort of cake do you want for your birthday? Oh, I'll just have an abdominal surgery cake with the truffle intestines thanks Mum. Chocolate baby heads Marshmallow brain Anabelle de Vetten of The Conjurer's Kitchen is one of a kind. It's not every day that you happen… Continue reading Chocolate Baby Heads And Abdominal Surgery Cakes
Polly Freaking Morgan
'Harbour' by the one and only Polly Morgan.
Bat Fawn & Friends
Taxidermy has been something that has fascinated me since childhood, and when I stumbled across anthropomorphic taxidermy I felt an almost overwhelming urge to study the field, and put my dark mind to work. Anthropomorphic taxidermy is what inspired artist and sculptor Thomas Grünfeld to bring two animals together to make an entirely new specimen.… Continue reading Bat Fawn & Friends
Poster for Wolves In The Throne Room “Celestite” Tour (2014)
Poster for Wolves In The Throne Room "Celestite" Tour (2014) by Stag & Serpent.
New Kin Fables EP
If you have been following this blog since the beginning, you will have seen the interview I conducted with the creators of Kin Fables. Don't worry if you missed it though, you can read it here. Go there it in a minute however. Read while you are listening to the new Kinn EP.
Inside Out
Gunther von Hagens.
Celebrating the strange and the shadowy, the damned and unseen 