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Me entering any museum: man I’m so excited to learn all the things

Also me: GIFT SHOP GIFT SHOP GIFT SHOP

There are two dragons inside of you. One hoards knowledge and the other hoards trinkets. They’re both very excited when you bring them to a museum

feytouched

thinking about the arkadiko/kazarma bridge..... stones put in place by myceneans more than 3000 years ago, still in use, still standing as a monument to our desire to connect, to go further, to meet on the other side..... all ancient bridges actually are endlessly fascinating to me. over the course of three millennia, whose footsteps and lives am i tracing if i step on those stones? whose hands freed the stones from the earth? what kind of person were the individuals who put them there? i may never comprehend their lives or daily realities, but we can share this much: a dusty road over a small gully, and our desire to cross.

photo-critter

Goodale Park

Columbus OH

Time for a coffee!

sabertoothwalrus

something a lot of traditional artists don’t realize is how important it is to store your art in something acid-free, and it’s something I didn’t think about until I started working in a frame shop and saw all the damaged artwork people bring in.

Acid burn can take a couple decades to become obvious (a lot of the things I receive with bad acid burn are from 10+ years ago), so it doesn’t seem like a big deal until suddenly all your art is permanently stained yellow/brown and brittle. The major culprits are tape, mats, frames, newsprint paper, and CARDBOARD. If they aren’t ph neutral, they’re going to leech acid into your paper and discolor it.

you will not believe the amount of times I’ve opened up someone’s old matted art to find nasty crusty tape that’s left dark rectangles:

or pictures that have orange margins from where the mat laid against it:

Storing your art in cardboard long-term is setting it up to be brittle and gross in the future. Scotch masking tape is your art’s enemy.

Cotton is naturally acid-free, so it’s good to work with cotton art paper and mats. Most plastic sleeves are also acid-free. Sometimes acid-free options cost a bit more, but considering how dramatically it can affect your artwork, it can be quite worth it.

sabertoothwalrus

OKAY ACTUALLY PLEASE DONT DO THAT EITHER

Mats are actually REALLY good and important for preservation of artwork-- when they're actually made out of archival materials. All of the mats in the frame shop I work in are mostly acid-free save for the top color layer, but it also offers cotton RagMats that are closer to 100% acid free.

But beyond worrying about acid, mats are also really important for air flow! Ideally, you want two mat-widths of space between your art and your glass (which can also be achieved with plastic spacers that are applied directly to the glass). If your art touches the glass it can 1) create a pressure point on the glass where it's more likely to shatter and 2) can potentially cause moisture damage, can cause smudging if it's graphite or pastel, or it can even cause glossy photos and acrylic paintings to get stuck to the glass (you do not want it to get stuck to the glass. it will not come off. trust me. it will rip and you will be sad.)

anyway *steps off my custom framer soapbox* carry on

punsbulletsandpointythings

Ok now I'm curious, what about those floating frames where the art is suspended between two pieces of glass? Are those more likely to cause damage than a traditional frame?

normal-horoscopes

Normal Horoscope:

Aries: There is a depth to the place you live. A heaviness to your heart. The world seems to press into you with the weight and fuzzy comfort of a large and affectionate dog who does not know who you are.

Taurus: Ancestors who lost their way among the great salt deserts and misty snow-capped climbs. Boiling rawhide and split lips. Religions so old they had no gods.

Gemini: Sing to me kind sirs of histories unmarred by memory. Touch not the gentle past and allow it to slip away to rest. You wonder if you will dream. You hope not, and you will not, but others will dream of you.

Cancer: Ghosts in the land line. The telephone wires here run through a maze of nameless dead. Orphans of trickster gods with flashing eyes and peaking, baritone voices like a broken loudspeaker. Their touch is sickness, but do not let go of the precious things you hold.

Leo: A lifelong ambition to understand. Symbols on pages, equations becoming more than just symbols. Music, art, architecture, sound, light, thought, love, all blending into a single whole. So so close to true understanding. The One understanding.

Virgo: An essential piece of the progress of science has always been faith. Explore and explain the world in new ways. Reaching into the blinding light with naught but a prayer and a hunch. These things never wholly separate. Couched in reason as the world may be, we are never truly above the old magic.

Libra: It will pin you to the concrete, this desire to let go. Never, ever let that altruism fade. Kindness is all you have. It is all any of us have. It is all any of us will ever have.

Scorpio: Relax your shoulders, you hold stress there. Stretch before bedtime and when you wake up. It wont fix the stress but it will make it so the stress at least isnt painful anymore. Do it you fucker. Take care of yourself.

Ophiuchus: The most progress happens when you’re just fuckin around.

Sagittarius: Poor thing. You think its not like it used to be? Wistful for when you were good at things? Well guess what, the self is impermanence and you are still you. You can only ever be you. Things can only ever be the same.

Capricorn: An obsession with logic, with things like “The Best Choice” ignore the fundamental chaos of the world. Sandcastles on sandcastles at high tide on a rock hurtling through the void made by people who just want to fuck with stuff because the world needs a good shake up.

Aquarius: Violence for violence is the rule of beasts. Quit pretending you aren’t a beast.

Pisces: World got you down? You know yourself better than anyone else ever can. Retreat to the simple things, to the foundations of your life. As far back as you need to go. There is always a citadel where you can rest.

torque-witch

Mushroom Chimes!!!

There will be three of these available at WayWardWitchAuctions this weekend, but would y’all want them added to the shop? I also made 3 sets of Evil Eye chimes that all sold at auction that could be added as well.

Here’s the catch! I bought all of these plain at a thrift store and repainted them, so I’ll only make more than I have if there’s enough interest for me to find them for sale online!

Please share or comment if you would like either of these designs to be made available to the public!

IG: dhdivination

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torque-witch

Limited Pre-Order! Only four slots open for either Evil Eye or Mushroom design - 5/31/21

syringavulgaris

catcrumb

yessoupy

GOD I just want to be CREATIVE but all my energy is being used to survive

cries-havoc

this is one of those "you put it into words" kind of posts. right on.

themori-witch

Witchcraft 101: Alcohol & Magic

Alcohol has been present in human society for thousands of years, and let’s be honest, it’s not going anywhere. As well as being a tool to loosen one’s inhibitions, alcohol can also be a tool in witchcraft and, like most tools and ingredients, different beverages have different associations.

• SPIRITS •

ABSINTHE (AIR): protection, astral travel, dreams, psychic power, divination.

VODKA (FIRE): strength, courage, motivation, power, completion, cleansing.

RUM (WATER): prosperity, monetary wealth, cleansing, protection.

GIN (EARTH): binding, health, wealth. protection, psychic power.

WHISKEY (WATER): change, warding, transformation, banishment, mourning/grieving.

BRANDY (EARTH): attraction, love, fertility, prosperity.

• WINES •

RED (EARTH): lust, passion, success, warmth, health, happiness.

WHITE (AIR): relationships/friendships, joy, purification, energy, success.

ROSÉ (AIR): luck, joy, friendship, new bonds, love, beginnings.

SPARKLING (FIRE): celebration, opportunity, prosperity, wealth.

• OTHERS •

BEER (EARTH): prosperity, home and hearth, family, community, protection.

CIDER (EARTH): health, love, success, growth, stability.

MEAD (EARTH): learning, inspiration, creativity, courage, forming connections, love, lust, protection.

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creations-by-chaosfay

Took about four hours, but now all o need to do is finish the binding and put it in the laundry basket for cleaning. The winter altar mat will also be put in the wash. This here is my spring altar mat, and it's really gonna brighten up my sewing room.

I machine quilted it because I didn't wanna spend 10 hours handquilting something so small.

#this is beautiful!!!

silima

i love art where you can look at it and just Know that the person who drew it really loves the thing they drew like just by looking at it u can tell that’s their favorite character. love is stored in art

sosuperawesome

Roy Trinh on Instagram / Etsy

dripseason

I appreciate anybody who reach out to me becuz I kno ima distant person

spellbound-willow

Cat skull with catnip. Pen on paper. A little sketch from my notebook.

Follow me on Instagram: @allegra.willow

spellbound-willow

Hey everyone, it’s been a few years since I shared this drawing. I wanted to announce that I now have an Etsy page and I sell paper prints and stickers of this image, as well as my other paintings and drawings. You can find my Etsy here. ⬇️