Honored to have been asked to take part in “ROOT”, the inaugural online exhibition hosted by The Organic Centre & creatively coordinated by artist Sarah Ellen Lundy as part of the pairs ongoing collaborative ‘Project Earth’.
https://www.rootexhibition.com/
December 22, 2020
Posted In: Events, Exhibitions, Art, Pflanzenkunst
Tags: plant art, sarah ellen lundy, original art, gallery, ink drawings, online exhibition, leitrim county council, exhibitions, gorgon, roots, pathfinder, root
This is my second work representing an ‘animal’ spirit. In this sigil I combine mythology and spiritual lore connected to the Corvidae family.
Ravens and crows both feature extensively in the mythology and folklore of basically all continents and nations. I cannot remember when exactly my own journey with these animals started. But they continue to present me with the most auspicious magic and moments, whenever I open up and notice their ever-presence. Hence, when a friend inquired for a crow skull tattoo, I already felt a deep connection to the animal’s collective spirit. But I was lacking actually knowledge and education. So began my reading and study journey, for which I received wonderful help and recommendations. The sigil art presented here is now the quintessence of this autumnal journey with the crows, ravens, magpies, jackdaws and grosbeaks around me and their universal lore.
In November 2019 I created the first 7 of altogether 14 miniature drawings. The sigils are drawn with ink on imbued paper, which has been infused with coffee and a tincture created from the accompanying incense blend. Each sigil is signed and numbered on the back. The sigils come in a black cardboard box + 30 ml bag of “Raven King” incense.
Incense contains: birch, blackthorn, black alder, black copal, black myrrh, black sacra frankincense, cypress, elder, human bone, juniper, oak, rowan, tobacco, walnut, white sage, yew
Artwork size: ca. 12,5 x 12,5 cm, box size: ca. 13 x 13 cm
limited to 2 x 7 (6 available)
November 15, 2019
Tags: original art, spirit animals, ink drawing, bestiarium, sigil art, mythology, ink drawings, ravens of dispersion, totems, sigilla magica, aarab zaraq, sigils, crow, kerasu-tengu, magic, raven, corvidae, art, animal spirits, folklore, raven cult, ink, crow cult
Teufelskunst is slowly returning from the darkness of its winter cave, where most time was dedicated to the creation of new artwork and crafting of baneful incense, blackthorn crowns (sold out) and cursing sigil discs (available again in autumn). Thanks to everyone that made use of the opportunity to purchase and leave feedback for these items!
The first months of the year were also spent processing herbal harvest as well as sorting seeds and filling the next seed boxes. There will be 6 larges boxes again, as well as 4 black flower themed boxes. Accepting e-mail reservations now.
Further work in the making: new sigil talismans and incense blends for Walpurgisnacht and Beltane celebration. Expect updates on these in April. A few new mandrake plants and art are also planned to be available again in spring.
Lastly, a special item is in the making: a commissioned black alder goddess pentacle – the design for which has been keeping me busy for the past days. I look forward to sharing more about this work with you soon.
Some impressions from January and February 2018:
Today arrived these quality herbs from @blackgoatearth (Antinomian Antipodean). The whole package smells wonderfully herbaceous and spicy and vibrates with the power of its contents. I won’t reveal everything here, but wholeheartedly recommend to check out his incense blends and other venific creations! #mailday #herbalgoodness #herbs #firsthand #wildcrafted #witchherbs #veneficium
March 12, 2018
Posted In: News & Site Updates, Incense, Art
Tags: the cursing seal of winter, seed boxes, curse work, sigilla magica, ink, baneful incense, shop news, ink drawings, artwork, thorn crowns, blackthorn, cursing sigil, incense
The “Bad Intentions” exhibition featuring my “Harvest Installation” has been extended until 13th of January 2018! If you are in Berlin or plan to visit, you shouldn’t miss this unique chance to see my work in real life. Single works may be purchased through the gallery.
December 23, 2017
Posted In: Exhibitions, Art
Tags: experimental art, exhibitions, conceptual art, sigilla magica plantarum, sigils, harvest, bad intentions, circle 1, installation, ink drawings, installation art
I will be spending time with loved ones and continue on artwork, finishing commissions and preparing the incense blend for the upcoming Raunächte. So long, please have a look in the shop and consider purchasing one of three new paper sigil talismans, which were completed for the winter solstice:
The “Mullein” illustration is a newer work in the “Sigilla Magica” series. It was available for the first time during the Samhain Celebration 2017, in Gotha. The illustration shows an anthropomorphic vision of the lovely mullein (Verbascum spp.), which is also known as hag’s taper, aaron’s rod and Königskerze. In the sigil I summarize folklore and personal experiences related to this powerful magical plant. It contains links to the Venusian, Saturnian and martial aspects of the plant, as well as to the various names, by which it is known.
You can now purchase an original ensouled paper talisman with the motif. It is drawn with black India ink on coffee stained paper, which has been infused with extracts of mullein, wormwood and honey. Each paper sigil is signed and dated on the back . The entire talisman measures ca. 9,9 x 21 cm.
You receive one of the original works shown here. There are 3 available as part of my Winter Solstice special and each comes with an incense sample for the Raunächte.
Please note, that each paper talisman is unique and whilst the motif is the same, can have slight variations and differences in texture. The yellow color comes from the mullein’s own flowers.
Winter Solstice Edition 2017 – comes including incense sample – 3 available. For ordering please go here.
December 22, 2017
Posted In: Art, Feast Days, News & Site Updates
Tags: mullein, original art, winter2017, ink drawings, winter break, shop break, offtime, illustration, königskerze, sigilla magica plantarum, verbascum thapsus, art sale, news
Wishing to all my customers and followers a blessed Winter Solstice and Yule time! The Teufelskunst shop is taking a break from tonight until the 2nd of January. This means, the shop stays online and you can still place orders, but order processing and shipping will be limited. Expect news and updates after the Christmas holidays. Thank you all for the immense support! 🕯🌟☄
The mullein artwork on the photo can be purchased here: https://teufelskunst.com/product/mullein-winter-solstice-17/
December 21, 2017
Posted In: Art, Feast Days, Pflanzenkunst
Tags: ink drawings, winter solstice, wintersonnenwende, yule, winter, christmas, sigilla magica plantarum, hag's taper, sigils, königskerze, artwork, mullein, ink, sigil art
The candles have been lit, the incense has been burnt; now my work vibrates inside of Berlin art gallery CIRCLE1 until December 23rd. Thanks to Avi Pitchon, who invited me to take part in this group exhibition, alongside renown international artists from Israel and Palestine!
What started as a simple idea years ago, has accumulated into a complex installation. Succeeding years of studying the plants first-hand and a rediscovered love for ink, suddenly things fell into place. It was preceded by searching and researching, sowing and growing, loss and gain via the very basic and earth-bound occupation as a gardener and harvester.
The installation is hence titled “Harvest“. It consists of an earth altar with dried plants and harvest related offerings: self baked bread, honey from the neighborhood and self-made beeswax candles. The souls and spirits that were contained in the once alive, now dead corpora of the plants, find a new house in the form of fetishistic ink drawings: the “Sigilla Magica” series.
With these new forms I found an own language, in which I seek to both entertain and communicate memes to the viewer. Twelve ink drawings reference eleven magical plants. A twelfth refers to the bee queen, “Regina Bombina“, governing the vital interaction between plants and pollinators. In addition, two anthropomorphic drawings depict the aconite and mandragora in half-human form, namely the armed and poison-dart struck “Wolf Shaman” and beheaded and re-headed “Regina Amandrakina” accompanied by her freakish offspring. Finally, two complimenting botanical studies of the roots of the aconite and mandragora act as a bridge between abstraction and realism and explore the individual and fascinating shape of each in detail.
Scroll down for impressions from the vernissage.
Thanks to all involved!
17.11.-23.12.2017 – Bad Intentions,
a group exhibition curated by Avi Pitchon and Alona Harpaz
Opening times:
Thursday – Saturday
12:00-18:00
CIRCLE1Mittenwalder Straße 47
10961 Berlin
November 25, 2017
Tags: israeli artists, wolf shaman, palestinian artists, exhibitions, regina bombina, poisonous plants, exhibition opening, experimental art, sigilla magica plantarum, gallery, conceptual art, harvest, circle 1, plant art, berlin, regina amandrakina, vernissage, planta magica, installation, art, ink drawings, magical plants, avi pitchon, plant mythology
