Trouble with email???

We have recently been informed by customers that they are having trouble getting through via our email/ordering system. If you are having no luck getting through or any trouble ordering please let me know via my other email address kerriwitch@aol.com while we try to sort it out. We are very sorry for the inconvenience.

Hekate?

Since we've updated the info re our print Hekate to suggest it is actually a Guide if Initiation I have had many comments from people telling me that it really is Hekate. Most intriguing! Well it's great that people are talking about it.
If you have any further thoughhts please let us know.

It's been a while

We've had a bit of a lag in blogs as we've been so busy down here in Boscastle. Latest news is that the prints are now available in "Witchcraft" in Glastonbury. Trevor & Liz, the owners, visited the museum last week & loved the prints so they asked if they could sell them in their store. Of course we agreed & they now have a selection of both the large & the small prints for sale. Pop in & say hello & let us know what you think. Here is "Sub Rosa", one of our more popular prints!

Wholesale Prices

Due to the success of recent stalls, & enquiries from store owners we have decided to start doing our prints wholesale. We have large (A3 size) and small prints (13cm x 9cm) for sale. PLease email me at kg@theoccultartcompany.co.uk for more details. We shall soon be offering smaller prints via the website. Keep checking.

New Information

Some of the prints on display at the PFI Conference in Holland have stirred a lot of interest in the Dutch community. One in particular is the one we thought may have been Hekate but it appears we were wrong and we have some more information about it. Following is an excerpt from an email I received recently regarding this print:

QUOTE: The figure is certainly not Hekate. It is a man, a Thesmopores, that is, a Guide by initiations, recognizable by the red cloak, mask, whip and wandAbove all the sign of Hermes is to his left. On the dish are the signs of the zodiac and the Hebrew letters are also part of a series. Ayin, Pee, Tzadi are the signs of the zodiac and the extra Shin points again to initiation. This (card) has to be part of a series otherwise the attributes have no connection. Probably it is a series of images of officers at a ritual, or phases of initiation. The other prints will then contain the other signs of the zodiac and Hebrew letters. This sort or series was not unusual. The steaming cauldron is a strange element.... END OF QUOTE

And in Dutch:
De figuur is zeker geen Hekate. Het is een man, een Thesmophores dwz eenGeleider bij een Inwijding, herkenbaaraan rode mantel, masker, zweep en staf. Bovendien heeft hij het teken vanHermes links van zich staan. Op de schaal staan de tekens van de Zodiac, ende Hebreeuwse tekens maken waarschijnlijk ook deel uit van zo'n reeks. AjinPee Tzadi zijn opeenvolgende dierenriemtekens, de toegevoegde Shin verwijstwederom naar inwijding. Dit moet onderdeel zijn van een reeks, omdat andersdeze zaken geen verband hebben. Waarschijnlijk een reeks van afbeeldingenvan officianten bij een ritueel, of fasen in een inwijding, of wellicht eenreeks van opeenvolgende inwijdingen. De overige prenten zouden dan de andereZodiac tekens en hebreeuwse letters moeten bevatten. Dergelijke reeksenkomen veel voor.De stomende ketel is een vreemd element....

Thanks to Morgana from the PFI for sending this through & for Peter who gave her the information. Any further comments would be greatly appreciated. What we want is to find the real meaning of these images. We don't mind being proved wrong!

Lunteren PFI Conference

Well, what a great conference! The PF International meeting in Lunteren was very friendly with some excellent speakers & workshops. Everyone who saw the prints was very surprised to learn they were originally from Holland as they were kept secret whilst in that country. I took some small prints which proved very popular & I will be producing more of these. The most popular on the day were the witch & the mandrakes.
I did a talk on the Museum of Witchcraft & most people were still awake at the end so I think it went ok.

To the left is a photo of our favourite witch.

PF International

The Occult Art Company will have a presence at the Pagan Federation International meeting in Lunteren in Holland on 20th May. I will be taking a selection of prints over for a stall at the meeting. As they collection originated in Holland I thought it would be great if they were to be shown over there. I will also be doing a talk on the history and happenings at The Museum of Witchcraft. See you there if you're going.

Museum of Witchcraft selling framed prints

We have decided to frame some of the prints to show just how great they look and the Museum of Witchcraft is selling them exclusively for The Occult Art Company. They are priced at £55 framed and the unmounted prints are currently being reduced to £25.00 each. The web price will be reduced as well. I've attached a photo of the prints on the wall at the museum.

Been a while

Have been away from the blog for a while as we are setting up the next stage of The Occult Art Company.

We have started selling prints at the Museum of Witchcraft itself and will soon be doing framed versions which look fantastic. As soon as I have them on the wall I will post a photo for you. We've sourced some really gorgeous frames & some great coloured mounts. We are going for deep greens, browns, & reds mainly as these colours bring out the best in the images. Pricing structure will be changing to reflect the new presentations. Watch out for an announcement in the next few days.

The website will be having a bit of a tweak too. New boy in the village, Max, the computer whizz is going to be checking the site over in the next few days to make some improvements.

We are getting a bit of publicity from here to Australia. Look out for articles in some upcoming pagan magazines. Will give details as they are being released.

Back soon.

Busy Busy

Have just spent the past couple of days doing a massive mailing of info re The Occult Art Company. We need to get the word out that these prints are now available. Graham King, curator of the Museum of Witchcraft, who owns the copyright of the artwork says "it's important that this information is made public and not kept hidden away."
We had such a great response at the Devon & Cornwall Pagan Federation conference. We will also be attending PF International's Conference in Lunteren, Holland on May 20th. It will be great to get the reaction from Dutch pagans as the art originally comes from Holland.

PF Devon & Cornwall

Anyone who would like to have a look at our prints in the flesh (as it were) should come along to the Devon & Cornwall Pagan Federation meeting in Kilkhampton on March 11. I believe some tickets are still available so if you're in the area come on down.There are some great speakers - details can be found on the Pagan Federation's website. See you there.

Framed up....

Well here are a couple of framed prints to kick us off. Not bad for a start & it gives you an idea how the prints actually look when they're off the computer & on the wall. Keep them coming. As you can see you don't have to be a great photographer so don't be coy.

Well Done

Greetings and well done for finding us! As we have only recently launched we are not yet showing up on search engines so if you've found us tell your friends. As well as working to increase our profile in the UK we have people spreading the word throughout the US so hopefully we'll find our Occult Art prints on walls across the Atlantic.

I've asked those who have already purchased one of our prints to send us a photo of it framed and on their wall so I'll put them on the website when I receive them. There've been some great ideas. The Love Knots will be mounted on a deep red with a dark brown frame, the Feather is going to be mounted on an olive green, and one of the Mandrakes will be placed in a gold Roccoco frame. How gorgeous! Very Regal! I can't wait to get the photos so I can show them off.
Until next time.........

Welcome

Greetings all & welcome to the new Occult Art Company website.

We are extremely excited to be able to start trading by offering exclusive prints of images from the world famous Museum of Witchcraft. A license agreement has been set up between The Occult Art Company and The Museum of Witchcraft so that by purchasing the prints you will also be helping the museum to raise much needed funds.

The Richel Collection came to the museum in 2000 from Holland and has been an extremely popular addition to the displays. As well as the artefacts on display, a large number of drawings and paintings reside in a series of boxes in the library, all lovingly filed in mylar sleeves to protect them from damage. Some date from the early 19th Century but we believe most are early 20th Century.

Initially we have chosen a smallish selection of images but if you see an image in the Richel Collection section of the museum website that you would like printed, please email us at info@theoccultartcompany.co.uk with the appropriate image number and it may be possible to print it for you.

We will be focussing on the Richel images to start with but, as time goes on, we will be expanding and including other items. Keep an eye on the news page to find out what's happening in the future.

Well the website should be up and running in a few days so we hope you enjoy it. More news soon..................