This past Sunday, I was briefly at a Swedish Lutheran church for a special Lucia-themed event, it being the Sunday closest to St Lucia Day (today, 12/13).

To say I felt like a Jewish spy is to simplify my often-confused feelings on faith.

It was my old light-up crown that the church’s Lucia was wearing, and yet the discussions of saints made me uncomfortable and an outsider. In the past, I have tried to visually reconcile my dual-religion upbringing by depicting them in concert, together: as a dark-haired girl dressed as Sankta Lucia, a self-portrait lighting a menorah. But in this volatile age and devoid of my personal context, that would be an image of assimilation rather than reconciliation. So I suppose I’ll leave it to you to decide if these girls are lighting the same menorah or not.

lunariagold:

The inevitable, self-indulgent stones/plants alphabet set I’ve been debating for almost a year. Part 1-

Anemone – Apophyllite

Bergenia – Bixbite

Clover – Carminite

Dianella – Diopside

Oh! I love your work its amazing ! What technique use to do this draws? I m from mexico merida

janainaart:

Hi! Thank you ♡

I make my drawings with a pen (Sakura Pigma Micron Pen, or UniPin Fine Line)

thelatestkate:

I made a book! It’s called You Can Do All Things, and it’s available for preorder everywhere! Here it is on Amazon. (goo.gl/wJHrry)
Creating this book means so much to me because it’s the fulfillment of a childhood dream I had given up on. Thank you for liking and sharing my art. You made this possible.

chrisriddellblog:

She Is Fierce. Compiled by Ana Sampson.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BnqPcvphR0C/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1rx633meb8hh

bevsi:

BUNS

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veterokforbooks:

Yesterday I finished binding a book for the upcoming Finnish exhibition of Knyga/Book, based on a Lithuanian classic Metai, or The Seasons.

Here are some last minute illustrations that I made for my binding, and a picture of the book in progress. The binding has ten original illustrations, depicting scenes of birds – the national bird white stork – and various traditional folk designs which are drawn with red ink.

This book will be exhibited somewhere in Helsinki later this year, and you’re welcome to see it when the call is published.

mohtz:

some scenery drawings of pride and prejudice

twitter / ig / prints

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artbyemilyhare:

Cauldron, my next book is launching on #kickstarter on the 31st July! Make sure not to miss it by going to my links and signing up to my newsletter via my website. #witches #magic #familiars #artbook #watercolour #drawings https://ift.tt/2tJ5u87

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