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Intentions for the dark moon #capricorn

Intentions for the dark moon #capricorn

Studio divination - - - - - - #toothfairy #folklor

Studio divination
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#toothfairy #folklore #blackasmethod #knotmagic #litha #protection #divination #sympatheticmagic #charm

Last day to see Speaking Surfaces @st_paul_st_gall

Last day to see Speaking Surfaces @st_paul_st_gallery It has been an remarkable experience, supported by an amazing team, to contribute to this thoughtful project. Hei konei rā. Photo by @nickbowmast

Ladder Imagined, 2020, bronze, velvet at ST PAUL S

Ladder Imagined, 2020, bronze, velvet at ST PAUL St Gallery until the end of the week. Photo credit Sam Harnett

Ladder Imagined is a velvet rope knotted to hold ‘wands of intent’ made from bronze cast lavender stems. Lavender is a medicinal plant that has been in use for centuries and there are recent studies supporting its effectiveness in different neurological and psychological disorders. Bronze is an alloy which is primarily copper – a naturally occurring highly conductive metal used by humans from c.8000BC. Copper is an essential trace mineral to all living organisms and symbolises both masculine and feminine energy for protection against dark maladies. The chosen form of Ladder Imagined is a response to the ‘witch’s ladder’ first written about in Folk-Lore Journal in 1887 wherein Wellington, Somerset, UK an object that was referred to as a witch ladder was found in an old house. While subsequent investigations into the use of the object have not proven or disproven it as a spellcasting form, “it nevertheless became involved in the revival of witchcraft in Britain during the 20th century” and remains in Witchcraft practices today as a way to carry intent.
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#stpaulstgallery #speakingsurfaces #lavender #knotmagic #wandsofintent @st_paul_st_gallery

New beginnings in the studio - - - - - #Hecate #ni

New beginnings in the studio
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#Hecate #nightofhecate #bronze #nest #folklore #Nowhere #spaceinbetween #theveilisthin #jenbowmast @sarahrowlandsphotography

Work in progress - - - - #workinprogress #studio #

Work in progress
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#workinprogress #studio #wreaths #yuletide #seedsofpromise #naturerituals #pagan #persephone

Studio work continues… - - - - - #sympatheticmag

Studio work continues…
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#sympatheticmagic #pin #velvet #theveilisthin #workinprogress #studio #november #beltane #sabat #honeycakes @sarahrowlandsphotography

Gathering for prosperity #potentbramble #brigid #f

Gathering for prosperity #potentbramble #brigid #forge #holywell #blackasmethod #beltane @sarahrowlandsphotography

Atmospheric intentions in the studio - - - - #work

Atmospheric intentions in the studio -
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#workinprogress #divination #peppercorns#intention #spell #theveilisthin #beltaine #protect#synergise @sarahrowlandsphotography

Continued studio exploration into tools for divina

Continued studio exploration into tools for divination. Thanks @sarahrowlandsphotography for great work in progress images. #workinprogress #toolsofdivination #plait #sympatheticlink #theveilisthin #tikouka #binding

The Listening Tool is included in the RA Summer sh

The Listening Tool is included in the RA Summer show open now in London, selected by Royal Academician Richard Deacon. Exciting to share a room with Phyllida Barlow, Tim Shaw, and Tracey Emin. 🤭

Royal Academy of Arts SUMMER EXHIBITION 2020

252 years ago, a group of artists made it their mission to form an annual exhibition to support artists and architects, by showcasing art of the moment to the nation. The Summer Exhibition has run uninterrupted ever since: a backdrop to famous artistic rivalries of the past and now a fixture of the summer calendar for art seekers, year after year.
Coordinated by artistic duo Jane and Louise Wilson RA, The Summer Exhibition is the world’s oldest open-submission exhibition.
This year’s exhibition includes new works by Tracey Emin, Rebecca Horn, Anselm Kiefer, Julian Schnabel, Gillian Wearing, and Ai Weiwei

Thanks, Sebastion Bottcher for the photography. #royalacademysummerexhibition #lectureroom #royalacademy #summershow #richarddeacon #summernotsummer #rasummer @timshawsculptor @traceyeminstudio @phyllidabarlow

Back in the studio. Sigh with relief ... 🖤

Back in the studio. Sigh with relief ... 🖤

I was lucky enough to be part of Angel Exchange Pr

I was lucky enough to be part of Angel Exchange Project by artist @zarasully.artist with @busprojects in Melbourne...... Angel exchange asks artists to collaborate in an art “swap” taking place via the postal service. #artexchange #artinlockdown #artswap

Taniwha in the room: A Response to Speaking Surfac

Taniwha in the room: A Response to Speaking Surfaces, Part Two. -
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The beautiful poetic response by Cassandra Barnett 😍🙌 @cassandradarraghbarnett @pantographpunch @st_paul_st_gallery Link to article in my bio.

Work in progress #folklore #knotting #toothfairy

Work in progress #folklore #knotting #toothfairy

New work happening in the studio #divination #extr

New work happening in the studio #divination #extragavence #ropemaker #scrying

#Repost @st_paul_st_gallery with @get_repost
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Jen Bowmast’s practice of making is grounded in metaphysical and spiritual enquiry. Metaphysics is derived from Greek, ‘after the things of nature’, and is the philosophical study of the nature of the world and what it means to inhabit it as human. ⁣
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Working towards an installation, Jen begins by observing site to “better understand the formal qualities, temperament and…atmosphere.” Her processes and methods include a studio-based ‘tuning in’ in advance of the installation, which involves reconnecting with existing objects from previous installations and making new objects; consultations with divinatory readers, scrying (looking for signs in a reflective surface), and Molybdomancy (divination with molten metal) “as a way to expand ‘ways of knowing’ and understanding of the site.” When on-site, Jen spends time over a period of days developing rituals and rhythms responsive to the space, this includes collecting objects and materials from around the site. Working with these practices and with context in a highly responsive way, the “ephemeral and ‘felt’ take precedence over the intellectual and rational.”⁣
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Jen works with materials that themselves go through transformational processes as they are formed – glazed and fred clay, cast Bronze, wax dipped plant materials, carved wood, casting molten metal in water – all reshaping their surfaces and appearance. As installations, the carefully chosen materials speak, the arrangements are intuitively placed in conversations between materials – the highly reflective and matte surfaces complementing and contrasting with each other. As artefacts that carry energies of the making processes, they can be seen as transitional objects located physically here, now and connected to other places and times.⁣
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Image: ‘Calls herself into being,’ 2020 bronze, clay, copper, glass, obsidian, silver, wax, wood, wool. Photos: Sam Hartnett ⁣
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Work in progress #studioweek

Work in progress #studioweek

Work in progress. Wonderful to be back in my studi

Work in progress. Wonderful to be back in my studio #incantation #folklore #studio #egregore #witchesofinstagram

Dimensions of the Sacred, 2020 @hoovervision @di

Dimensions of the Sacred, 2020 @hoovervision @disjectapdx #dimensionsofthesacred

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