Ceramic Floristry With Julia Oleynik
Gazing at these photos, with the delicate, silken petals so slight they’re nearly translucent, one can almost smell the perfume of the fresh-picked blooms....
The Paper Mushrooms of Ann Wood, a.k.a. Woodlucker
In the last days of his life, Ann Wood’s father was thinking about plants. “He was looking at a sumac tree,” she says, “and...
Featured Artist: Murava Ceramics
A fox curls up in the bowl of a spoon; a human face smiles mischievously from the handle. A ghost peers coyly around the...
The Mushroom Garden: The Art of Adam Oehlers
The Mushroom Garden really has to be seen to be believed. British artist Adam Oehlers both wrote and illustrated the mesmerizing tome over the...
Temporal Beauties
Nature collage combines everything I’m most passionate about: the outdoors, working with organic materials, the ephemerality of those materials, and beautiful composition that’s pleasing...
Between Heaven and Earth: Angels of the Renaissance
Portrayals of angels abound in popular culture. With compelling personalities and forceful wills, angels appear as heroes and villains in books and film and...
When Women Painted the Renaissance
They had names like Sofonisba and Lavinia and most of all Artemisia. They were brilliant and gifted and (sometimes)
ferocious—because they had to be, sure,...
A Shout-Out To Renaissance Animals
On these pages we feature all manner of iconic, dramatic, thunderous art—from gossamer-gowned goddesses to avenging Biblical heroines, high-minded (yet questionable) angels to the...
Wild Talisman: The Ceramic Art of Janine Hardy
Enchanted Living: You say that you create spirit guardians in the form of handmade ceramic animals. Can you describe what a spirit guardian is?
Janine...
Shimmering in the Shadows
We’ve been enamored of the work of Bridget Beth Collins, a.k.a. Flora Forager, for some time.
She’s a self-described petal painter, light seeker, magic weaver,...