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Song of the Fairies

If you would live on Fairy-land, human, know the code: Seeing fairies in procession, kindly leave the road Make way for the Folk as they go by in shiny light come find ‘m in the Fairy Ring, all on a moonless night!

Invite us to all your weddings – we might come, or not To ignore us is to spite us even if we’ve got a pony as a groom’s gift, and earrings for the bride come find ‘m in the Fairy Ring, all on a moonless night!

A knife should not be left in meat, salt not on the floor Silver is an offence: don’t place it on the door Leave no hatchet in the log, leave not your tools outside come find ‘m in the Fairy Ring, all on a moonless night!

Following these Fairy rules, our peace can’t be disturbed We reward humanity with luck and healing herbs Bronze torcs for giving fairies a shelter from the cold and sure death for those who come and dare to steal our gold.

We charm the snakes, we tell the wolves whom they cannot bite No lightning strike a home should it house at least one sprite For sleepers we have our songs, and tales as yet untold and sure death for those who come and dare to steal our gold.

Leave us cakes if you desire a loft chock-full of hay But your hens stop laying eggs if you waylay the Fey For kind folk we bring wishes – in three or sevenfold and sure death for those who come and dare to steal our gold.

Linen trades for needlework, buckwheat for pristine flour Cow’s milk will do for mushrooms but not in case it’s sour Children born too pretty shall be ours by holy right come find ‘m in the Fairy Ring, all on a moonless night!

Pin-pricks for untidiness, illness is for lying Nightmares for unfriendliness, stillborns for your spying Madness pays for visiting the hollow hills of old and sure death for those who come and dare to steal our gold.]

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Helianthus

Anthotypes are made by exposing plant extracts to sunlight. These were made with turmeric, and further developed with baking soda. Digital cleanup and colour adjustment done with Krita; anthotypes degrade overtime and there's a beautiful lesson in impermanence in there, but for now I just wanted to have my pretty pictures, thankyou. So I digitised them with the idea of having them printed out later - that way, I can put 'm up when I want to.

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St. Elmo's Charge

(Trust me, it's a pun)

This piece has been lying dormant since I started working on it last year, and as my ideas and intentions with it changed so did my motivation to finish it! So in the end I suppose it's not so much a case of 'trust the process' but rather a 'trust your creativity to lead you to places that energise you'.

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My husband and I are trying to arrive at the worst sex imaginable and we need your help

The rules are to pick a movie title and add 'Sex'. So far we've got:

Hellraiser Sex

Deep Impact Sex

Backdraft Sex

and its opposite, Frozen Sex.

Can you top us?

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The concluding chapter of Borrowed Strength is now up!

Thank you all for reading; you've been great!

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Joyful occasion: important new chapter of Borrowed Strength now available for reading.

The sixth, concluding chapter should be up sometime next week, which is GOOD because these unplanned artworks keep getting more complicated as the story progresses. HELP

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What it says on the tin!

Read Borrowed Strength - chapter 4: Chant's tale here.

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These two idiots insisted I draw them some more, gah!

Anyway new chapter to Borrowed Strength just dropped; enjoy!

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It's ready!

Borrowed Strength (3844 words) by BATTLEFAIRIES Chapters: 1/6 Fandom: ダンジョン飯 | Dungeon Meshi | Delicious in Dungeon Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings, Major Character Death Characters: Chilchuck Tims, Original Characters Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - His Dark Materials Fusion, No His Dark Materials Knowledge Required, daemon AU, References the omake of Chilchuck just starting out, References sousverre's work HEAVILY, It's just so good you guys, but beware, There will be death, DEATH I tell you, Canon-Typical Violence, and hurt, Bucketloads of swearing too, For reasons mentioned above, Beta Read, Contains Bees Summary: Chilchuck has a very formative, very intense couple of days when he first becomes a Dungeon picklock. Inspired by, and basically a fanfic for: sousverre's work "A Weasel Heart In Defiance" (https://archiveofourown.org/works/60074548/chapters/153284221)

The full story is finished and ready to be uploaded whenever I feel like it.

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Don't worry about it

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He has scales now!

The lino experiments will continue

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I made a monotype the other day, to go with the unicorn linoprint. I have one more of these little wooden frames, but no inspiration yet; we'll see where it goes because none of this was planned either. Sometimes though, you have to catch that wave of creativity as it presents itself.

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The lino blockprinting adventures continue! Today, a unicorn appeared. He was *itty-bitty*.

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So as it turns out, I've been horribly, TERMINALLY infected by @elodieunderglass' "A Weasel Heart In Defiance" - meet Chom and Chant, currently keeping me from my work with their song and dance. Thinking about wanting to do something with Elodie's fascinating take on the already fascinating source material is getting wildly out of hand, you guys. Have some art, in the meantime.

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[►Text only: Druid's Lullaby

When the acorns start falling and the bear is bedding down you too, with the light feet, must rest your head and dream of spring. The fern and the fox will still be there, when swallow and stork return and the earth’s yet warm and softer still, beneath the bracken where the snow piles high. And feel not the sting of the wind as Capricorn rises; the earth will swathe and hold to your shape for a while: another form in a vast constellation. The mind set free is a soul that soars like a wind-seed carried to unknown places confident it may take root and bloom partway by choice, between the soil and sun.

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The lino adventures continue! (Pose referenced.)

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The lino printing adventure is going well! Apologies for the horrid lighting