Alan Lee: Artist Of Middle-Earth
If I were to say to you, “A woman robed in white, standing next to a bowl, holding a silver ewer,” you would likely know exactly which scene I am referring to. It is...
Fairies in Advertising
Fairies are notorious for tricking folks into making bad decisions. (See Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream: transformations, potions, falling in love with jackasses.) So it’s natural that hucksters, peddling their own magic and illusions, would people...
Kimera Wachna—Gracemere Woods
Artist Kimera Wachna started working under the name Gracemere Woods as an homage to her childhood in New York, where she was raised near a forest “full of dark magical nooks, streams of sparkling...
CreativeSoul Photography
Husband and wife photography team Kahran and Regis Bethencourt met in an online graphic designer forum and fell madly in love, then started working together and bringing that love into their work. Just look...
Theatre of Dreams: Wendy Addison’s Ephemera Art
It all started with a fairy, or so it seems to Wendy Addison. In a small garage behind her house twenty years ago, she started to use her skills as a self-taught artist, paper...
An Enchanted Kitchen
Article taken from Issue #32 || Autumn 2015
Print || Digital
When The Art of the Home blogger and professional muralist Dawn-Marie deLara first set out to redesign her kitchen, in all its former “yellow plastic...
Craft Your Own Magical Jars
A wonderful way to celebrate autumn and create something special for yourself or a friend is to create a magical spell jar. They’ve come a long way since their inception in the 16th century...
Crafting a Fox Named Fig
When we moved into our new house, the walls in my newly three-year-old’s room were bare, the furniture lackluster. I wanted to make it magical and special, but I wanted it to be completely...
Grandmother Ponderosa Extract
Many plants seem to represent an archetype or personality to me, which is often a reflection of their usage in folk medicine or even stories or legends about them. Elderflower is playful and ethereal...
Felis Silvestris Catus
Experience the enchanting world of Black Phoenix Alchemy Lab (BPAL) where scents conjure myriad dimensions. Dive into the alluring scents inspired by classic paintings of domestic cats in this captivating collection.