The Beauty Witch: JUNE
The warmth of Midsummer
voluptuous, yet restful
weaves her magic into every drop
of precious sunlight
so fleeting
and so powerful
with honeysuckle nectar at our lips
and birdsong the score
in...
The Beauty Witch: MAY
As the grasses turn to emerald
the scent of wild thyme swirls
with lusty bramble,
released by the joyous dance
of happy beasts.
The May Queen has arrived
to place...
Spring Awakening
“Spring has returned. The Earth is like a child that knows poems”
—Rainier Maria Rilke
As the world blooms, in the spirit of spring renewal,...
Elven Beauty
It was in the Northern Lands of old, where a change of light can shift perception, that starlight and sea first awakened the world...
The Beauty Witch APRIL: Light The Fire
Children of The Sun awaken,
quite suddenly,
bounding out of their flower beds
to embrace the new
tiny sparks turn to blazes,
dancing everything to life
with a shimmy
and a...
Wilde Hunt Corsetry
Photography by Rachel Lauren
Larissa Boiwka chose a name with a grand and mythic history when she crea ted her bespoke cor set company. She...
The Beauty Witch MARCH: The Stirring of the Cauldron
The way she plays with us, Spring,
coyly giving us a taste of the Sun
only to wave her wand,
and cast us back again into the...
Atelier 19 – Jan Knibbs Design Studio
Fashion and textile designer Jan Knibbs, whose couture work we feature in “Time for Changelings” on the preceding pages, recently fulfilled a dream she’s...
Winter Warming
“In seed time learn, in harvest teach, in winter enjoy.”
—William Blake
With temperatures dropping, it’s time to reach for warming lotions, luscious creams, and fragrant oils...
The Beauty Witch FEBRUARY: A Dance of Fire and Ice
FEBRUARY:
A Dance of Fire and Ice
Cold winds howl.
As a veil of grey cloaks the skies,
turned to frost,
the mood is often heavy
as the snow we...