The Society of Strays are all about scavenging and scrounging, then creating hugely impressionable works with what they find. Their creations are statement pieces, jewellery you simply can't ignore. (They do have other works in their store, so be sure to take a look.) The animals once cradled by the bones and skulls you see here… Continue reading The Society Of Strays
I have to admit, I was greatly looking forward to doing the obligatory Winter Is Coming post. But I was waiting for the perfect designer/store to catch my eye. In this case, it was J.O.D. Clothing. Jen O Dwyer is the talented seamstress responsible for the fine garments you see below.
This collection of furniture is quite possibly the weirdest, most wonderful stuff I've seen today...and I've seen a lot of stuff. The pieces here were inspired by the formation of stalactites and stalagmites. Perhaps Labs are all about experimentation driven design.
There's something almost unnerving about the jewellery from Petite Mort Shop...and I love it. It's as though the crochet hasn't been crafted by a human at all, but has grown organically around the crystals.
Thoroughly enjoyed Death Googles Himself by Cirocco Dunlap. Well worth a read if you want to stay morbid but fancy a giggle.
Paper is beauty, pure, simple beauty. I go nuts over a pile of new, white printer paper, so imagine my euphoria when I found myself face to face with the work of Maude White, an artist who takes paper, cuts it and creates magic.I have great respect for paper. When I cut, the thin membranous… Continue reading Intricacy
Churches aren't a regular feature on Wyrd Words & Effigies...(except for when they feature ghosts in the pews) but I simply had to post this astonishing art installation of Lucifer by artist Paul Fryer. The surreal spectacle you see here was mounted in The Holy Trinity Church in London.
Art from Tora Wolff. (My pseudonym.)
Raw crystal jewellery. Is there honestly anything better? I'm head over head over head again with this raw quartz necklace from Xuanqirabbit.
I really admire artists who don't settle...who are constantly looking for a new way to present their art to the world. I also admire artists who collaborate with nature, and introduce us to new ways of connecting with the glory of the natural world. LKB Photography do exactly that.
Celebrating the strange and the shadowy, the damned and unseen 