Harbour pics

As promised here are a few photos of the harbour taken yesterday. Note the biggest crane in the world (slight exaggeration) readying itself for the replacement of the bridge. The river is being widened & lowered along the area outside 'Things' store. The Gateway building (aka the new toilet block), which is located at the entrance to the car park, is on track to be finished in mid January apparently.

Some items out of stock

As the Museum of Witchcraft is now closed for winter, some of the items for sale are currently out of stock. It is mainly some t-shirt sizes and the witch bottles.

They will be reintroduced early next year. We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.

Posters available in new format

Wheel of the Year posters are now available in the new A3 format. The witch has been changed also. The Horned God and Serpent are still available in the original format until next year.I will upload a photo as soon as blogger.com fixes its piccy upload problem.

Seasonal cards now available

We have just added the four popular greetings cards from The Museum of Witchcraft to the website. We thought Samhain would be a great time to launch these on the site as the Samhain witch is the most popular of all the cards (see right). This is the start of a whole new range we are putting together, mainly using images from the Richel Collection, which we are currently supplying as high quality prints. Keep an eye out for the new range which will be coming soon

New Posters

We've just had some new posters of The Wheel of the Year & The Witch printed. The prices will be coming down. Unfortunately my webmeister is out of the country until next Thursday so I can't change the pricing on the site. They will be £3.00 each so if you do want one before then go ahead & order & I will refund the difference on Paypal. If you can wait, please check the site again after next Thursday 20 Sept.

Change to Posters

You may note we are out of stock of the popular Wheel of the Year Poster. Panic not! We are reprinting the posters but in a slightly different format. They are currently printed on oversize A3 paper & we print them ourselves. They have become extremely popular & we can't keep up with demand with our small scale printing outlet so we are going to outsource the printing & do them in the larger A1 (more posteresque) size. Hopefully this should reduce costs. We're hoping to have the ready in a couple of weeks. Thanks to John Hooper for supplying us with the artwork for The Wheel of the Year. The other images come from the Richel Collection.

Society of Pagan Arts

Had a good trip up to Ludlow for the Society of Pagan Arts Fair on Saturday. There were some really top notch exhibitors there but unfortunately there were not a lot of customers coming through the doors on the day. That was a real shame - last year's event was much busier. We did OK though. I shared the stall with woodcarver Steve Patterson again. He did a roaring trade in large iron nails! Interesting!! Ludlow is such a lovely place. There was some rather disturbing post flood damage to some buildings near the bridge though - a bed hanging out of a half demolished house -very upsetting. Anyway, I'm not sure if it will be happening next year. Ian Steele, the organiser, may change the setup a bit. We shall see!

Society of Pagan Arts

Steve Patterson (woodcarver/magician) & I will be attending the Society of Pagan Arts exhibition in Ludlow on Sept 1st. We went to the first one last year & it was extremely pleasant. There was a good array of pagan art there - not a lot in the way of unicorns or dolphins (not that there's anything wrong with that - it's just nice to see something different). So if you're in the area do pop in & check it out. You're likely to come away with something fabulous!

New Lines

We're about to introduce a new Museum of Witchcraft product to the site this week. The well known hazel pentagram from the Richel Collection has been used as a design for the new Museum of Witchcraft tea towel. Yes you can now be reminded of the museum every time you wipe your dishes!! They come in white or black. Keep an eye out! Also to be added is a new book by Owen Davies, 'A People Bewitched: Witchcraft and Magic in Nineteenth-Century Somerset.' This author's books are always well researched and very informative re the subject in question. You may notice the wooden pentacles have been removed as the museum is no longer stocking them.

Society For Pagan Arts

Anyone in the Ludlow area can find us at the Society for Pagan Arts Festival in Ludlow on the first weekend of September. We attended last year 7 had such a lovely time we decided to go along again. Steve Patterson will be showing his woodwork on the same stall. Steve specialises in green oak carving & specialises in particularly attractive thrones & unique witchcraft themed sculpture. He also makes a mean bull roarer. Hope to see you there!

Flood Aid from Boscastle

The village of Boscastle has adopted the flooded Yorkshire mining village of Catcliffe as a focus for fundraising efforts after the floods recently. If you visit Boscastle you will see collection boxes dotted around the businesses and streets. We have collected £2,750 so far & we are putting comfort boxes together to be taken up to the village in the next few days. With the latest terrible flds to hit the Central part of the Uk we hope other villaes will follow suit & adopt a village to support as well.

Flood Aid from Boscastle

Products available at The Boscastle Trading Co

If anyone is visiting Boscastle & would like to pick up any of The Occult Art Company products pop in to The Boscastle Trading Co next door to the museum. We're here until the end of October when the National Trust is turning the building into another tea shop. Here's a pic of the store as it is now.

Website Update

Greetings all, just to let you know some new products will be added to the site this week. We have smaller prints which are big sellers in the store & at festivals. The museum has some fabulous new dark mirrors (scrying mirrors) and flying pretty witch dolls which have just arrived. We are hoping to get this all happening Wednesday or Thursday this week so keep an eye out!!

Beltane Bash

Our online sales are going well and the larger size t shirts are proving to be really popular. We believe we have sorted out the problems with multiple ordering but if anyone experiences any further trouble please let us know so we can rectify it quickly. We will be attending The Beltane Bash in London on May 27 & 28 & will have loads of the Museum's new CD 'Songs of Witchcraft & Magic' with us as well as the extended range of t shirts. Woodcarver Steve Patterson will be there to share the stall. I went along to the Mystics Arts Fair in Olympia on Saturday (not with a stall) t check it out fr next year. My favourite of the day was a wonderful couple of women there with a business called Arboretum who specialised in children's outfits. An interesting niche as it is difficult to find tasteful kids' clothes with a witchy flavour. Keep an eye out for them. I hope they do well.

Shopping Cart

We will be reviewing the Shopping Cart system on our online store this week so it will be possible to purchase more than one item per visit. Apologies for any inconvenience caused while we rectify this problem. All should be well by the end of the week.

New CD Flying Out

The new Museum of Witchcraft CD, 'Songs of Witchcraft & Magic' is selling really well before its official launch on May 1st. We have 500 in stock ready for instant dispatch when ordered. Please make sure you give us your correct postal address so we can ensure swift delivery. Chanting I & II are also onhand for instant delivery.

Songs of Witchcraft & Magic CD Available

We are happy to announce that the new Museum of Witchcraft CD 'Songs of Witchcraft & Magic' is now available on our website. It is already selling well as are the previous 'Chanting I & II' CDs which have been out for a few years now. The official launch of the new CD is May 1st but if you want to be ahead of the game grab one now. New sizes of our Museum of Witchcraft t shirts are arriving next week including XXL ladies v neck (due to popular demand) and a small red v neck with black hazel pentagram. Keep an eye out in the coming days as we will be adding them shortly!

Pagan Federation Devon and Cornwall

We had a great time at the Cornwall & Devon Pagan Federation meeting last Saturday. It was held in Kilkhampton just outside Bude and the number of attendees has risen considerably. We unveiled the latest Museum of Witchcraft posters which went down very well. As well as the Richel Collection images we included the ever-popular Wheel of the Year which was painted by Vivienne Shanley and is on display in the museum. People have been asking for a poster of this image for some time so it's great to finally be able to offer it along with the others. A link will soon be available directly from the Museum oF Witchcraft website to The Occult Art Company as we are now the official online store for the museum. We are regularly adding new items so keep an eye on the site and let us know your suggestions of products we could add.

All action stations

We're busy getting things sorted out for our expansion at the moment. The Museum of Witchcraft in Boscastle has asked if we would be their official online retail outlet so the website is being updated, products added, photography, pricing, ordering.........the list goes on. There will be some new lines and the museum is currently producing a new CD of witchcraft related traditional British folk songs which will be available on our site. This will be the third CD for the museum, the last two being chanting CDs. You can read more about it on the museum's blogsite. Just go to the site and click on latest news.

Roger Pratt

I've added a link to the site of a great friend of ours in the USA. Roger, well known in witchy circles around New York and surrounding areas, will be appearing on the Dave Letterman show in February sometime (he's obviously moving up in the world). We're hoping to get a Youtube version of the programme when he's been on so keep an eye out. I'm sure hell be as dashing as ever. I must say his love oil is particularly effective. Here's a thrilling picture of Roger and I in New York last year.

Exciting News Coming Soon

Over the next few days The Occult Art Company will be announcing some exciting news. New connections, new products......keep checking for info.

New site

Exciting times! We've updated the website and are adding new products so you'll have even more to choose from when you visit. We are hoping it will be easier to order too. Regular visitors may notice a small reduction in the price of our prints. This does not mean a reduction in quality. We want to make the prints as affordable as possible for those who wish to purchase one, and as you know, when volumes increase, prices are able to come down. New products are being introduced. We will shortly be offering Museum of Witchcraft posters based on our most popular prints, replica glass knitting needles which are fabulous for knitting as well as spellcasting, and Museum of Witchcraft Chanting CDs. In the near future we will introduce a range of t shirts. Please let us know what you think.

New Site

We will shortly be launching our new website. Hoorah!!! We've been working on this for a while as we would like more flexibility to the site & we are introducing more products. The glass knitting needles have been going well as have the prints. We hope to introduce some posters of the more popular prints and a few more items from The Museum of Witchcraft (particularly an exciting new venture into the world of witchy folk music). We'll keep you posted.