I think most of you will agree with me when I say that Game of Thrones is one of the best things to ever happen to television. I think most of you will also agree that the White Walkers stand legions above any other monstrous creature that has been televised. For those of you not… Continue reading I Worship The White Walkers
French artist Oliver Villoingt uses graphite pencils to create his heavily detailed, unearthly illustrations.
Jewellery that looks as though its design has been influenced by torture devices from the Middle Ages? Yes please. Jamie Spinello is the craft warrior behind the cuffs that have been making me come over a little lightheaded.
French artist Julien Salaud has created an installation as part of his Stellar Cave series which is unlike anything I have seen before. Salaud used cotton thread coated in ultraviolet paint and thousands of nails, to craft intricate and utterly breathtaking representations of creatures including deers, bears and wolves. What makes this installation even more… Continue reading Celestial Animals
Bianca Havens is an inspirational wyrd woman. Sole owner and creator of jewellery emporium Paletree Arcana, Havens provides 'magical adornments for a mundane world.' By using stones, crystals, raw gems, bones and other magic infused elements, Heavens handcrafts wearable art of sculptural quality, where no two items are the same. As I have made clear… Continue reading Paletree Arcana
Artist Sanne De Wilde has undertaken a project entitled Snow White that captures images of people with Albinism. She hopes to explore society's feelings towards 'the abnormal' and her own feelings about this rare condition which leaves the person without pigment in their skin, eyes and or hair. Like photographic material, people with albinism are… Continue reading Snow White
Today I need a calm head, and the ambient music from Australian project Vindkaldr is providing me with the soothing sounds I need to get through the hours that remain. The Fairy That Disappeared from the album Ambient I is one of the most beautiful musical endeavors I have heard in a long time.
My friend Keith has a tattoo sleeve dedicated to Theodor Kittelsen, which I couldn't resist photographing. Here you can see the shots I took of his arm last year at a gig. Almost a year later, I met up with Keith once more - at a gig - and photographed the new additions to his… Continue reading Theodor Kittelsen Worship Part II
Downfall of Nur is, in my opinion, one of the most exciting black metal projects to emerge in the past few years, with a debut full-length (Umbras de Barbagia) that stole my attention and held it for weeks. I am extremely proud and delighted to present the following interview with founder Antonio Sanna, and encourage… Continue reading Interview : Downfall of Nur
In the mood for some new Norwegian black metal this Monday morning? Then I suggest you invest a few minutes into listening to this new track from Isvind. Hyrden is taken from their 4th full-length, set for release by Folter Records on the 26th of June.
Celebrating the strange and the shadowy, the damned and unseen 