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Samhain Celebration III

An Evening of Dark Art and Music (originally posted on teufelskunst.com)

The third Samhain Celebration combined again some of the best black metal as well as exclusive hand-made art. Ybenhain offered resin jewelry and items made of forest finds. You can check out the creations at the Ybenhain Instagram. In contrast, Black Arts of Mine creates all things from metal and bone. He contributed etched copper pendants and pins with the Samhain Harvest Seal for the event. Noteworthy, the precision work on a copper hendecagram (see below). Weird, the metal chest with a fly engraving, housing a steel cased vial filled with a dozen dead flies. For more please visit the Black Arts of Mine Instagram. I myself contributed new art editions as well as an ever growing assortment of incense blends.

A reason for people to travel as far as from the States were the bands. I was able to take a few snapshots of Turia, and the Mosaic feat. Schwadorf set as well as Fyrnask.

Signature feature and fundament for the evening’s special atmosphere, always appreciated by the audience, is the unique stage, annually adorned with reeds, ivy, chestnut garlands, corn dolls, carved skulls and this year’s corn sun. Connecting it all since three years is the Seal of the Harvest in the back, which I once designed for the event.

The Samhain Celebration in Gotha is one of those rare occasions where I can show presence with my art and meet like-minded people. It is a unique combination of art, tradition, music and spirit, which both is highly satisfying for the performers as well as the audience. Making it all possible are the people of The House of Inkantation, Eisenwald and a handful of helpers.

Tags: black arts of mine, black metal, concerts, eisenwald, empyrium, events, fyrnask, gotha, harvest seal, house of inkantation, mosaic, occult art, samhain, samhain celebration iii, schwadorf, the londoner, turia, ybenhain

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Samhain Celebration II

4 Nov

Carved horse skull by Kvlt&Knochen, featuring the Samhain Harvest Seal

One week ago I took part in the second Samhain Celebration, hosted by the House of Inkantation, at The Londoner in Gotha. I attended bleary-eyed yet exited. I had worked until the very last minute on the artworks and merch, which included ink drawings of my sigilla magica, samples and glass jars with my self-made incense blends, the last Teufelskunst rosaries, postcards and the original art I had done for German doom band Werian.

The House of Inkantation folks prepared again a unique stage design, which was crowned by a horse skull, into which G. Bergfex of Kvlt&Knochen had carved and imbued with blood the official Samhain Harvest Seal. On the stage performed Rim Runa, Werian, Forndom, Sun of the Sleepless and Malokarpathan. Another special treat were the dedicated wooden boxes pyrographed by C. & M. Falkenstein.

Dedicated box with VIP pass and leather amulet, pyrographed by House of Inkantation

My company, the photographer Anne Ida Helmer, has set herself the goal to document me – by all means not an easy task. But I was glad to have her around. We spend the whole weekend in Gotha, touching base and forging future plans. It was nice to finally meet some of the people in person, whom I had done artwork for, and to get to know new faces. I was overwhelmed by the support and interest in my work. This made me forget the sacrifices of the past weeks. It was also refreshing to get to witness new music, bands I had and had not heard of before. I come out of this gathering with new art commissions, possible participation in new events and more.

Thanks to all involved, who made this year’s celebration of the end of summer a success beyond expectations. Thanks in particular to the House of Inkantation/Eisenwald, Mosaic, Werian, Photos of Kaos, Kvlt&Knochen and friends from Austria and Switzerland, the rest of the merch team, Forndom and Anne.

Below some impressions…