Monday for me means new beginnings, so it's the perfect day to launch my weekly series 'Shopping In The Dark.'Every Monday I will feature a post dedicated to four macarbe Etsy shops that I'm infatuated with. I hope you enjoy my strange selection and if you would like to recommend a macabre shop for me… Continue reading Shopping In The Dark : Macabre Etsy Shops You Need To See
There was something about this image, captured by fine art and portrait photographer Daniel Matras, that enabled me to momentarily travel back in time. I was going to share a larger collection of his works, but this piece stands so well on its own that I thought it deserved the space of a full post.
Katy Horan could be considered to be a regular over here at the Wyrd Words & Effigies base. I've featured her work not only in posts, but also within the pages of the first WW&E magazine. You only need to glance at her work to understand why...I hope you enjoy her sinister, folk inspired creations… Continue reading 365 Days Of Dark Art : 85 / Katy Horan
I know next to nothing about French tattoo artist and illustrator Tarmasz, but I do know that I want her art. On my walls. Now. You can get it here.
Emma McEvoy is an Australian photographer with unique vision and the capability to capture the kind of moments you expect to see only in dreams...the best kind of dreams.
Tumblr introduced me to the work of creature concept artist Jerad S Marantz the other day...and I've been lurking around Google images ever since, loading up on his horrific creations ever since.
I am deep, deep under the cold spell of Slovakian photographer Evelyn Bencicova. Her work, like frostbite, is impossible to ignore.
Odani Motohiko is an artist who uses a diverse range of techniques and materials to create otherworldly sculptural works that play on our fears. I can't get enough.
How I have not encountered the work of innovative Cardiff based artist Godmachine before I do not know...Enjoy!
Australian artist Joseph Marr uses sugar as his material to create the most remarkable sculptural work. Working with sugar is wonderful and difficult. Its so colourful and textural, having similarities to paint. But then there is the temperature which is firstly dangerous but also it drops so quickly which influences the viscosity, so I find… Continue reading 365 Days Of Dark Art : 78 / Joseph Marr
Celebrating the strange and the shadowy, the damned and unseen 