Old Sorcery

A beautiful day to explore the Druids Temple, Yorkshire (England)

Oslo rådhus (Oslo city hall) features reliefs by Dagfin Werenskiold that are multicoloured depictions of events from the Poetic Edda.

I thought I’d take some pictures to share with you all. Here are eight from the sixteen total.

I've been looking for a fun/quick little animation sideproject to flex my frame-by-frame muscles, so introducing Margie! A cat-goose dragon based on this little fella from this medieval manuscript

Medieval garden vase, ready for the kiln!

I found a botanical manuscript and was possessed

You are Susceptible to the Following Conditions:

DORMICE ILLUMINATE (Medieval Mice Washi Tape — Dormice Monk Brothers YAY) Little mice monks enter the scriptorium and notice some pages left without flare…. Oh my, some hours pass and somebody comes back. “Who did this work on my parchment?” Ask everyone in the cloister, there will be no answers. The little brothers hurry away…

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I did this on the train to work bc silly me didn’t have a Halloween post bc silly me posted it like two weeks ago instead.

This meme comes around every year and every year I think it’s the funniest thing in the world.

Some wacky illustrations for a short dissertation I wrote for my Masters, exploring the relationship between medieval illuminations, marginalia, and online ads.

Happy Easter to those who celebrate, and to those who don't, then I hope you enjoy these Middle Earth inspired hand painted eggs 🥰

The ones at the top depict: scenes from Lake Town and the Misty Mountains; Aragorn, Legolas and Gimli's weapons, scenes from Bag End and the Shire, the Evenstar, the White Tree of Gondor, a banner of Rohan. Followed by scenes from the Two Towers. 🌳🧙🪄

17th century plague pit, Toulouse, France.

Alfred Kubin (1877–1959), “Die Pest” (The Plague)

brush, ink, wash, black crayon, and gouache on paper, c. 1903–04