When I stumbled across the photography of Jakob Polomski today, my breath left me, and I had to grapple to get it back. It’s so refreshing and exciting to come across a photographer who doesn’t just make your eyes wide to the point that they hurt, but who actually effects your entire body, so much… Continue reading The Photography Of Jakob Polomski
Please support my new project Fires In The North. It was a common belief in Native American culture that the Northern Lights (Aurora Borealis) were the reflections of huge fires in the distant North. ‘Fires In The North’ is an on-line magazine which celebrates the North through multiple creative channels. Alongside the magazine, there… Continue reading Fires In The North
The skull art work of Petra Shara Stoor - a Finnish artist based in Sweden - is quite unlike anything I’ve ever come across before. I contacted her moments after stumbling across her Facebook page, and to my absolute delight, we’ve put together an interview that will hopefully work as an introduction to her unique… Continue reading An Interview With Petra Shara Stoor Of Skulls & Bones Artwork
I came across Zhoupheus magazine by rooting through the various internet posts of Valin Mattheis, an artist who features in this second issue. Issue Two arrived from the States wonderfully packaged, with a piece of very stiff backing cardboard to keep it nice and straight. It’s always a good sign when a magazine comes well… Continue reading Introduction To Issue Two Of Zhoupheus
Can you please talk a little about how Nordland started? Was is something that you had intended to do for quite some time, and were just waiting for the right moment, or was it more of a snap idea and decision? I think it was a combination of certain things really. I had some ideas… Continue reading Interview : Vorh Of Nordland
I received Frostwork’s debut album Lore Of Winter- Ealdspell as a gift last year, and it stayed in my CD player for a good few weeks. I was bowled over by its rich diversity and raw, melancholic atmosphere. Naturally, I ranted and raved about it to anyone who would listen. The main reason I wanted… Continue reading Interview : Dagon of UKBM Project Frostwork
Wyrd Words & Effigies talks to Canadian photographer Rebecca Cairns about her artistic practice, creative blocks and inspiration. What three words would you use to use to describe your photography? Wind, limbs, fog. What does photography mean to you? Photography is a language. A series of unspoken words. Is there a personal experience which influenced… Continue reading Interview : Rebecca Cairns
Wyrd Words & Effigies had the exceptionally good fortune to engage in a conversation with Sarah Bartell of Nature Punk. Nature Punk creates a wide array of artwork sourced from wildlife materials, and also sells a extensive variety of curious knick-knacks from around the world. Can you please describe how Nature Punk came into being?… Continue reading Interview : Nature Punk
‘We stand for a land ethic: for real and deep connections to the land and to places, their inhabitants (human and nonhuman) and their stories.’ (Unknown) Why aren’t their more publications like EarthLines? I can honestly say, hand on heart, that it’s one of the best magazines I’ve ever come across, and I’ve read a… Continue reading A Review Of EarthLines Magazine (Issue 5)
‘Even a man who is pure in heart and says his prayers at night may become a wolf when the wolf-bane blooms and the autumn moon is bright.’ - Ancient gypsy saying. When I was first developing the idea of setting up Wyrd Words & Effigies as a blog, one of my main objectives… Continue reading A Review Of Werewolves: The Occult Truth By Konstantinos
Celebrating the strange and the shadowy, the damned and unseen 