Hermeticism and Alchemy.

Hermeticism and Alchemy

I'm so interested in this right now,
and my WitchCraft project has turned into this.
I feel like there's too much to grasp for one project,
but i'm going to learn as much as i can.
I have a lot of notes right now.

Instead of reading (because i've done a lot)
today i've been watching videos about this stuff.

My main idea i guess is that we've lost our connection with nature.
Magic is lost.
Hidden wisdom, is too lost.

I think I'm going to create my own illustrations 'based' on wiccan symbols, hermeticism symbols and alchemy etc.
But have facts about it's history along with it.

Episode 1

Episode 1- witchcraft

Interesting.
What i took from this, and more interested in, this form of Wicca:

Everyone has natural, born with magical powers,
It's just a question of developing them and acknowledging them and learning how to use them for the benefit of you and others- healing abilities.

We have definitely lost sight of natural things and nature.

What to do...

This one isn't finished.

Hasn't got much of a concept either at the moment.
Guess i'm still just playing around with colour.

I just heard you all calling for another post... obvs

Sex Magic.

In Wicca:

'The high priest plunges the athame (ritual knife/male symbol) into a cup or chalice (the female symbol) filled with wine and held by the high priestess.

Sounds like symbolic intercourse to me.
I also tried to add colour, the v is a feminine symbol so i used that instead of drawing a chalice, as this project is all about symbolism.

My main idea in the bigining was to base this project on witch craft.
It's kind of developed from that.
It's more about hidden wisdom (occult stuff) and very much about symbolism.

The forms & meanings of magic symbols.

I'm excited.

Wish Bone.

My Wish bone t-shirt i designed for Illustrated People is not on their website,
Which is very exciting.

And i thought i'd also show you my diamond t-shirt i designed again but on their website,

WitchCraft.

Along with my dissertation on psychedelic art etc,
I have a major project to do.
I've decided to base it on WitchCraft.

Once all my ideas are sorted out, i'll let you know what they are.
But for now here's something i did last week.

Psychedelic Sundaze.

Today was AWESOME.
Liz came and met me and we went and bought tickets for Psychedelic Sundaze @ Ideas Gallery in East London.
We went and had lunch in Hoxton square until the exhibit opened.
We got there and had a looked around at the insane contemporary poster designs (i'm inlove)

Hapshash Takes a Trip: The sixties work of Nigel Waymouth

My dissertation is on psychedelic art and it's era and i'm so interested in it that i've been so looking forward to going to this gallery.

Poetry by Michael Horovitz

Ideas Gallery- 'Psychedelic Sundaze'

NIGEL WAYMOUTH

 Me.

 And I did some photos today too.

Optical Vision.

I haven't been blogging in a while,
and probably wont for a while,
I am currently stressing out about my final year at uni... mostly the dissertation
So today I went to the library for a couple hours to try and research some stuff but erm...

Bold Tendencies.

And Frank's Cafe.

3rd year at BESTival.

Got the bestival blues <3
Decided to be creative today, done some little somethings.
Then I've realised i have loads to do in the following week and 1/2 before uni...
Find a house,
Write my strategic plan for uni,
Do my dissertation plan and research (once i figure out what i'm going to write about)
and all i wanted to do before uni was chillax at home with Mum, Dad and Lily.
Also while I was at bestival Lily got baptised and I'm not only her sister, but now her God Mother also.

Hope.

Self Portrait,

This is probably going to be the start of a series of stuff.
Keeping in mind 'Self Portrait' and this could probably get a bit deep.
I would explain now but i need to work on it more first.

A few things... can NOT wait for the new kasabian album to come out on like the 18th sept?
Also bestival next week... so excited to party. I haven't partied in months.

I say moon.

I designed a wishbone t-shirt for illustrated people which was taken to notting hill carnival.

No pictures though, which is a shame, but when i get the t-shirt i'll take a photo and put it on here.

But for now i thought this design i did looked more interesting than my wish bone drawing.

A love of shapes

This week i did some shapes at work, in some different ways.
Normally i'm stuck to my black pen but not this week.
Tuesday we get to screen print 4 designs we've chosen that we did this week.
Trying to choose 4 out of the 30 i have done... is pretty difficult.
Got to compromise between the ones i love and the ones i know that would sell.

Happy accidents

Was working on photoshop and thought i'd print screen this,

was very pleasing to my eye. Interesting.

Do you know what sucks?

Next week is the last week of my internship at Illustrated people and i'm watching big brother on channel 5.

These are the accidents i had this week.

Colour makes me happy.
Was meant to be going to some galleries this weekend but working instead.
Galleries can wait, money can not. x

Flower design.

These were done about 2/3 months ago... time flies when you're having fun
At Illustrated People, I'll show you a bit of a process for one of the tops.
I do a lot of  designing before a piece gets chosen.

Yes these are on the Topshop website, and in store.