So here we are, the first 'proper' post! And what better way to get things rolling than with talking about stuff I'd love to have but can't. List Of Lust is a very self-explanatory feature...I'm basically rounding up all the wyrd things that I've had my eye on over the past week, and putting them… Continue reading List Of Lust
I knew I wouldn't be able to say goodbye for long. I was like a mother who was denying her baby the breast...I felt bloody terrible for stepping away. A few days after I made my 'last' post, where I talked about not knowing the future of Wyrd Words & Effigies, I was itching to… Continue reading The Wyrd Is Back
If you were born in the 80's you should remember watching the Moomins, and you ought to remember one of the show's best and most disturbing characters, The Groke (or in Swedish, Mårran. Morra means to growl; or to grumble). I can still remember my little heart rate increasing when she made he first appearance… Continue reading Moomintroll And The Groke
I haven't spent much time on Etsy this year, but one of the discoveries I (thankfully) made on one of my brief visits was Dark Crosses, a store providing 'Counted cross-stitch charts with a darker twist.' Based in York, England Dark Crosses is run by Jacob de Graaf, a Netherlands native who moved to York… Continue reading Shopping In The Dark : Dark Crosses
Just discovered the magic of English folk musician/poet/visual artist Keaton Henson. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N0jsqPkzK2I
January, where oh fucking where did you go? Last time I blinked it was mid-December. Things were a little bit quiet over here for the first month of 2017. Much quieter than I would have liked, to be honest. Long timers will know I like to keep it busy. But I'm going to give January… Continue reading It Was A Wyrd January
I went in search of the origins of the Atmospheric BM band Sadness after I'd been swept up by Tundra, the 18th release since the birth of the project in 2014. I was expecting to see a wealth of names attached to the Sadness Metal Archives page, and nearly spat out my tea to see… Continue reading Sound Of The Day : Sadness
A shot from this morning when I captured my beautiful friend and muse @erzabethbathory with her familiar Boney. In the event that I've whetted your appetite, you can find more of my photography at my website here. In case you need some other obscure stuff filling up your feed, I'm also on Instagram.
I featured the beautifully unusual art of photographer Jason. W. Blake back in 2016 during my 365 Days of Dark Art series. But it's been a while since I've caught up with what he's been doing. And how bloody stupid that was... Thankfully, Haute Macabre featured a post on his work the other day, and… Continue reading Intriguing Instas : Jason. W. Blake
So, you'll all know about my obsession with embroidery. And believe me, it's only going to get stronger so if you've had enough, better to back off now. For those of you still here, you're in for a treat! I've been lurking around Instagram on the hunt for embroidery to get my creative juices flowing,… Continue reading Intriguing Instas : The Yellow Wallpaper
Celebrating the strange and the shadowy, the damned and unseen 