#FOLKART

[bigfootboyband]

As Halloween approaches, I’ve been seeing many very talented makeup artists recreate the face of the bride in Tim Burton’s “The Corpse Bride.” I thought this would be a good oppertunity to make some art and remind one and all that the “The Corpe Bride” (known in some tellings as “The Finger” or “The Demon in the Tree”) is a beloved Jewish folktale. Folklorist Howard Schwartz traces the orgins of “The Finger” to 16th century Levant. Aftrer hundreds of years of retelling, the story, like all folktales, has undergone many iterations and also became highly informed by the violence of life in the Pale of Settlement (specifically towards women and young brides).

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[aleksandra-czudzak]

NIEDŹWIEDŹ ✷ THE BEAR ✷ (Ursus arctos) ✷ "Jak mawiano niedźwiedzie mają duszę, a duch drapieżnika mści się na swoim zabójcy, np. prowadzi go na bezdroża lub w przepaście." "Niedźwiedź był również zwierzęciem demonicznym, symbolem płodności, urodzaju, sił wegetacyjnych, a z racji swojego trybu życia (sen zimowy) - odwiecznego zmagania się zimy-śmierci z życiodajną wiosną." ✷ "As they say, bears have souls, and their spirit takes a revenge on it's killer, for example, leading it astray or into the precipice." "The bear was also a demonic animal, a symbol of fertility, harvest, vegetative forces, and due to its lifestyle (hibernation) - the eternal struggle of winter-death with life-giving spring." - From "Góralskie czary. Leksykon Magii Podtatrza i Beskidów Zachodnich" by Katarzyna Ceklarz i Urszula Janicka-Krzywda. published by Tatrzański Park Narodowy -

[lunegrimm]

Walpurga's night - the birth of the summer sun marking to beginning of the summer equinox ☀️

[helveticablanc]

Sigil 5 (A Slow-Moving Tower of Babel) — 12" x 12" Acrylic, Charcoal, Graphite, Collage, Silver and Gold Leaf Wood Panel

[fallbabylon]

Examples of Hooden Horses and Mari Lwyd’s at Maidstone Museum’s Animal Guising exhibition- Maidstone, UK 

[goobersplat]

Green Caterpillar Rock Figurine Craft

[hometoursandotherstuff]

[kozmiknougat]

Some autumnal birbs! Sculpey and acrylic paint!!

[kilkennycatart]

My yearly black cats in a pumpkin patch painting! This time they're in a rainbow pumpkin patch!

[fluffygif]

Amazingly talented

[ninamation]

Folk Art-Inspired Coat Hooks

Painted a $5 thrifted coat hook with some second-hand acrylic paint and sealed it with polyurethane

[artofmaquenda]

Bird woman! :D very happy with this prototype. She will return in other artworks :)

[torotillo]

Celestial starry fox for blue Monday

[lunegrimm]

Witches for Halloween!

Now is time were it was believed that the living and the other world were more closely connected than any other time of the year. With all sorts of spirits coming to visit us staying over dark & quiet winter months

Soon the what here in Germany is call "Rauhnächte" (the twelve nights between Christmas and Epiphany) will approach were Perchta and her wild hunt is said to chase around the lands.

But in some tales it is also told that theses sorcerers and spirits are not only here to haunt us but that they also safekeeping the light of our sun, for than to return it in spring.

Tapestries are still available until Nov. 15th

These two pieces have a lot meaning to me personally and I would love to see either of the ladies finding their place in more homes :)

[helveticablanc]

Sigil 4 (Blessing of the Auroch) — 5" x 5" Acrylic, Charcoal, Graphite, Collage, Gold Leaf Wood Panel

[mrokat-art]

Slav Cat Girl

Sticker and wallpaper design for my August Patreon rewards :)