Watching Blood on Satan’s claw and keeping a keen eye on the eyebrows
Skulls and Sheets
@skullsandsheets.bsky.social
I am the flogger of undead horses. Specifically Welsh, undead, yuletide ones that eat cake, toast and cider. Otherwise known as the mari lwyd! Everyone is welcome here!
Today I have been very productive: Sent ebay packages Sent Patreon packages Sent all the requested charity postcards Busy
Look at how wonderful the prints for my Patreons came out! I don't believe this is my artwork!
I have been thinking about the kind of relationship I would like & it's basically hanging out & being very silly with someone about once a fortnight & the rest of the time they leave me to my books, cat & Strange Pictures. that's it.
I am going to be spending the rest of my day and possibly my week thinking about "Werner the Herzog" and quite frankly it's the last thing I needed
MaksonLima@maksonlima.bsky.social · 6h agoJuro que tem dias que eu acordo pensando nisso aqui:
Whelp, being cheeky and asking if people you’ve just met for possible donations to the auction is nerve wracking! I’m so socially awkward, I always worry about requesting afterwards.
'The Mowing-Devil', printed in 1678. It recounts, as fact, an alleged incident in #Hertfordshire. A farmer saw a fiery light over his oat field one night, and then found it had been mysteriously mowed. The illustration encouraged some to believe it depicts the first Crop Circle. #WyrdWednesday
No time to write anything, so please enjoy this tale of an artist who died 24 years ago today and was obsessed with death to the extent of doing hundreds of works on the subject, faking his own, and embalming a homeless man he’d befriended, who didn’t want “the authorities” to have his body
Robert Lenkiewicz: Larger than life and death
He had thousands of lovers, faked his own demise, and kept an embalmed corpse in his home. Yes, Robert Lenkiewicz was one of the great eccentrics – and now, prices for his paintings are soaring
independent.co.uk
I explored a lot of Norfolk and Suffolk this past weekend and missed out on a load of places! Will have to go back
Many interesting books I picked up. Folklore, Churches, Carved signs and parasites!
Just got back and found my copy of Mascara Iberica (Iberian Masks) had arrived! Here are some quick pics. The photos are so awesome!
I was really excited when I read this sign for Shellfish workshop. It said one was Dress a Lobster, and I had visions of putting one in a nice suit, with a little top hat. Then I remembered it was for people who are eating the lobster and I was sad.
Here are some fetching photos of the sea
Skulls and Sheets@skullsandsheets.bsky.social · 23h agoAldeburgh was the inspiration for Seaburgh. The Wyndham is a house James and his aunt visited, the white lion is the bear in a warning to the curious. The pump was installed by James' father and Martello Tower which features at the end of the story I think (light bad for photoing it)
Aldeburgh was the inspiration for Seaburgh. The Wyndham is a house James and his aunt visited, the white lion is the bear in a warning to the curious. The pump was installed by James' father and Martello Tower which features at the end of the story I think (light bad for photoing it)
Aldeburgh is a lovely place wish I could have spent more time there first here is the church, it contains John Piper glass for Benjamin Britten, A plaque to MR James' mum I think! A cat carving alas not a nod to James but a cat called Samson
An Illustrated News style image for each track, along with advertisements in the style of the period (all wording by Mr. Tom Templar). For the ads I had fun sourcing and adapting a range of public domain engraved illustrations. And an honour to be an answer in the crossword on page nine..!
What with more images of @greenlungband.bsky.social's upcoming Necropolitan album package creeping out into the world, I thought I’d share some details from the lyrics booklet I put together... 💀 The Illustrated Necropolitan Chronicle 💀
Here are the mounds of sutton hoo and the NT badges
Skulls and Sheets@skullsandsheets.bsky.social · yesterdaySomehow ended up at Sutton Hoo
It wouldn't be a black shuck trip without visiting on the anniversary the door in Blythburgh he scratched
Up early again to enjoy a couple of hours to add more light washes to the Mari Lwyd & various bookmarks. I’ve also made some watercolour backgrounds for the cyanotype prints I’ve made in the last few weeks.
In Aldeburgh atm for a quick stop to see the town MR James based a warning to the curious on
Today is the 449th Anniversary of Black Shuck crashing into the service at St. Mary's Bungay, killing some people and then leaving to scratch the door of Holy Trinity Church Blythburgh.
They had a warning about rock climbing, but not about finding suspicious.whistles. Maybe someone who's less lazy than me could make one🤔
Skulls and Sheets@skullsandsheets.bsky.social · 2d agoAlso went to the beach featured in Oh Whistle and I'll come to you. Found no haunted whistles sadly. Did find a dead jellyfish though and some suspicious foam
