Reliquary bust, holding a bone relic of St. Prospero (18th century)

Cathedral of Faro, Portugal

So here’s the reason for this week’s post: if I tell you about this new workshop now, I’ll have no choice but to finish it by the end of next week. Public accountability can be a wonderful motivator. Do you ever give yourself those kinds of self-imposed deadlines? The funny thing is, I’m not having trouble creating the workshop. Quite the opposite. I keep wandering off the path. Every time I sit…

Reliquary Bust of Saint Yrieix, ca. 1220–40, with later grill. Limoges, France. Silver and gilded silver with rock crystal, gems, and glass. Metropolitan Museum of Art (source)

First Lines Fridays is a weekly feature for book lovers hosted by Wandering Words. What if instead of judging a book by its cover, its author or its prestige, we judged it by its opening lines? Pick a book off your shelf (it could be your current read or on your TBR) and open to the first page. Copy the first few lines, but don’t give anything else about the book away just yet – you need to…

Caught Hannah Whitten at Chapters bookstore in Dublin talking about her upcoming book Reliquary and snagged an early signed copy (plus a signed copy of For the Wolf which I am currently obsessed with)☺️ She's succesfully convinced me to read horror (more specifically her book because I will not make a commitment to the genre lol)!

It was wonderful listening about her writing process. Hannah spoke about the need to write even when you are feeling uninspired, because that is what leads to ideas and inspiration. This resonated a lot with me in terms of art - when I start creating art, I start getting more and more ideas, my mind becomes more creative. However, in order to get to that place, I need to start first. Honestly, I needed that reminder because I keep taking breaks and then find it hard to get back into painting.

She guards what the church forgot.

Reliquary Cage Ring — a gothic cage of four spires holding one suspended stone, solid 925 sterling silver, from $304. Four stone colors, made to order in any size.

Reliquary of St. Gregory the Great. Early 17th century.

Medici Chapel