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Hello Nataša, I hope you are doing well. First of all, thank you for including trans people in one of your recent posts, the one after the US election, it's not always the case with some artists and people who lean more spiritual.

However, this ask is actually about one of the witches in your oracle deck. I was checking your site and realized that one of the witches featured under the Compedium of Witches section is not included in the printed version of the deck. The image I'm referencing is one where we can see 3 witches and some beautiful dewy spiderweb. I was wondering if she only appears in the book version of your work, or maybe the first edition of the deck.

I'm sorry if you have addressed this question in the past, I couldn't find her anywhere!

Have a nice day/night wherever you are <3

Thank you for the kind message <3 It's been posted anonymously so unfortunately I can't answer directly. The 3 figures you reference are not witches but alfar (elves), they appear in Ulfrun's story (the seeress, völva) at page 43 of the book!

Each story has illustrations in addition to the witch's portrait, this is one of them :)

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"Sami landscape", watercolour on hot pressed paper.

The original is currently available through Every Day Original.

“My house is not just my torvkåta, it’s every inch of the moorland on which our reindeer rest their hooves, the very lichen that nourishes them when the heavy snows cover everything. (…) To a stranger’s eyes this landscape may seem unwelcoming and barren, but to us it is just the opposite. No writings mark these lands, no signs distinguish them apart from one another. There are only our stories, our memories.”

– A Compendium of Witches, Rana’s story

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“Stick to art, not politics”. It doesn’t work like that. Art is how we process and express our emotions, how we connect with others, how we resist, how we find the strength and inspiration to keep going. Art is, and always has been, political.

As I hold my son to my chest today, I think of the women in Afghanistan banned from hearing each other’s voices. I think of the women in the US, having their bodily autonomy gradually eroded. I think of the mothers in Gaza, weeping for the children they will never hold again. I think of my trans sisters here in the UK, whose lives are systematically turned into bargaining chips by politicians.

I hold your hand, from across this screen. I believe in our resilience.

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The abandoned Tower, watercolour on hot pressed paper.

The original is currently available through Every Day Original!

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Coming to Every Day Original on the 9th 🍂

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An in progress shot from the painting of the Hermit (Tarot of the Witch's Garden)✨

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The Hermit (Tarot of the Witch's Garden).

Watercolour on hot pressed cotton paper.

🌿Painting process on Patreon. Original available.

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Strength (Tarot of the Witch's Garden).

Watercolour on hot pressed cotton paper.

🌿Painting process on Patreon.

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The Chariot (Tarot of the Witch's Garden).

Watercolour on hot pressed cotton paper.

🌿Painting process on Patreon.

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The Hierophant (Tarot of the Witch's Garden).

Watercolour on hot pressed cotton paper.

🌿Painting process on Patreon.

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The Emperor (Tarot of the Witch's Garden).

Watercolour on hot pressed cotton paper.

🌿Painting process on Patreon.

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Castle by the Loch, watercolour on hot pressed paper.

The original is currently available through Every Day Original!

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The Empress (Tarot of the Witch's Garden).

Watercolour on hot pressed cotton paper.

🌿Painting process on Patreon.

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The High Priestess (Tarot of the Witch's Garden). Watercolour on hot pressed cotton paper.

🌿Painting process on Patreon.

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I’ll be taking a LONG break!🐢

✨The ടhop will close on the 17th, and won’t reopen until 2025!

If you had your eye on something, now is the time!

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Nesting Hippocampus, watercolour on hot pressed paper.

The original is currently available through Every Day Original, and an in depth post about its creation will be posted tomorrow for my patrons!

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Hello April!🌺🍃

"The Fool", watercolour on hot pressed paper.

(Tarot of the Witch's Garden)