This is the latest copy of the Soul Vision Zine, published by Lori Shields.
In it you will find some of my art and an article that I wrote for the zine about my experience of an ancient Goddess, Sulis Minerva.
Lori says, “My vision for the zine is to creatively express soul in whatever way that manifests”

This winter edition has atc’s and goddess related art as well as other articles, poems and some great art cards all on the goddess theme.



The Soul Vision group has produced two beautiful original Tarot decks as a group collaboration as well as a goddess deck and a playing card deck, some examples can be seen in this edition.

Check it out: Soul Vision

See the one of the Tarot & Playing card deck here, under Collaborations: Soul Vision Decks

It's a bit girlie but if I was going to have a tat done it would have to be something like this.
Trouble is I don't think you can get this kind of gentle shading with ink on skin.
At one time I though t I would like a kind of tribal thingy but I don't think that would suit me now.
I once saw an amazing gometric design, fleetingly during a meditation and I spent a few frantic moments trying to scribble it down on paper, thinking "this would make an a fantastic tattoo!"
Trouble was it was slipping away from me as my awareness returned from an altered state back into reguar awareness.

I've finished!!!
Here they are waiting for the other 6 days of the week.

This is Sundays Child, my contribution to the Art Card Collaboration.
It's not finished yet, what you see here is just the layout so far.....I may swap things around a bit 'till I feel I've got it right, then obviously I'll cut it to 2.5x3.5.

There are 7 of us, myself, Cat, Jan, Deb, Sally, Naj, and Niki on the ACEO UK Group are taking part.
We are creating a deck of original collaged cards illustrating the rhyme "Mondays Child"

This is it:

"Monday child is fair of face
Tuesdays child is full of grace
Wednesdays child is full of woe
Thursdays child has far to go
Fridays child works hard for a living
Saterdays child is loving and giving
but the child that is born on the sabbath day,
is bonny, bright, good and gay"

We each have a day to illustrate, then we made 7 cards exactly the same and when collated together we will all have a unique deck.

Watch out for further collaborations!

This was an original poem that I wrote and Illustrated for a book swap.
Here you can see some of the illustrations, not in order though.
It has 19 pages and is 10 x 14cm. approx.

I have depicted winter as a Queen of the underworld who, at the time of deep winter calls all living creatures of nature unto her.
With her lilting lullabye like the beat of the earths heart, her call lulls nature into a deep sleep, offering a safe passage through the cold dark months, through the season of death, and onward into spring when all life is reborn anew.

It's handmade from recycled materials collage, stamped and embellished with gold ink, stars and acrylic paint and backed with stiff card, they come in a deep maroon envelope and encased in a protective plastic sleeve.

I really enjoyed this project, I think there was about 11 of us in the exchange and I'd love to do another one.

Well it started out as a cocoon, and I intended to do several stages with the final stage a beautiful moth........
I guess i'm just not wired up normal!