Creative

  The holiday season offers many delights, among them the chance to gather with loved ones, share meals and conversation, and reflect on the turning of the year. What of our far-off friends, though? I’ve found that,...

Photography by AU-CONTRAIRE PHOTOGRAPHY Model @SUGARHAIL Gown MEL PLUM     No matter the season, sometimes we need to feel the sunflower’s stalk and how dense it feels with fingers wrapped around it. Sometimes we need gentler energy, but...

  Article taken from Issue #33 || Winter 2015 Print || Digital Photos by Vince Chafin Here’s a fun project to satisfy your faerie’s sweet tooth, have a fun family day, and create a magical look for your winter table!...

Discover the ancient art of crafting witch balls, mesmerizing protective orbs rooted in 17th-century England. Explore their rich history and learn how to craft these enchanting spheres, filled with flowers, herbs, crystals, and charms. Unleash the magic within minutes, creating beautiful ornaments that not only shield against negativity but also deepen your connection to the craft of witchery.

Fairyland is everywhere, so why not Australia? I still remember walking into a bookstore in San Francisco and finding a large clothbound volume called simply Fairyland, by Ida Rentoul Outhwaite (1888–1960). Inside were the...

PHOTOGRAPHY BY GRACE NUTH I encountered intentional sewing as a concept when my Gothic-literature-loving mother gave me Barbara Michaels’s Georgetown trilogy, which explores the possibility of human emotion and, indeed, magic actively embedded into objects—a...

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...

Embroider a few of your autumnal sweaters with golden leaves at the cuffs. Collect and press the biggest, brightest leaves you can find for a leaf mobile to hang from your ceiling—and fill...

Feature Image: Celestial Pablum (1958), by Remedios Varo If you plan to travel to Mexico City, you will likely be cautioned, both by the internet and well-intentioned people, about the many perils of that metropolis. They...

Article taken from Issue #37 || Winter 2016 Print || Digital Text and Photography by Paul Himmelein Rembrandt van Rijn, Frans Hals, Jan Vermeer—think back to the days of the old Dutch Masters, when cultured men and women of...