MusingsOfHulda

Finished embroideries, will continue with a knitted commission now 🌲

One of my other creative outlets is photography, which I will be sharing more of in the coming weeks. 📷

Ireland, 2012

In the presence of the Gods.

Gifts to the Gods by Lydia Magonova

There is something about the mountains that speaks directly to the Germanic soul.

𝒮𝒸𝒶𝓃𝒹𝒾𝓃𝒶𝓋𝒾𝒶𝓃 𝒜𝓇𝓉

Greetings from Banff National Park, aka Hyperborea. ☀️❄️

My intent with my work has always been to create wearable art. My style might not be what is trendy or considered “normal” but it is uniquely mine and that is what matters to me. I enjoy creating pieces that are beautiful but also meaningful in their own right. I have a passion for taking traditional Northern European folk arts such as Hardanger embroidery and medieval German brickwork embroidery and breathing new life into them while still honoring the integrity of the crafts in their classic forms. My embroidery takes countless hours and a lot of patience, but what is particularly special about fiber arts is that most of the same techniques and tools have been used since the time of our earliest ancestors. These time-honored traditions are not merely just art; they are a window to the soul of a people. In a consumeristic culture that demands quantity over quality and profits over sustainability, I choose to create art that inspires and nourishes the spirit. Creation with purpose is akin to the Divine.

Some devotional work to Thor on his day. ⚡️

Today only I am running a half off sale for the last remaining beadwork pieces in my shop! •Slavic folkways red & white fringed pair with pearls. •3 remaining pairs of the Celtic Quaternary Knot Earrings. •And one pair of beaded hoops. Use code YULE50 at check out to save big! SHOP HERE

Various woodcarvings on display at Vesterheim The National Norwegian-American Museum & Folk Art School in Decorah, Iowa.

Making yule gifts 🌲❄️

Contrary to modern belief, beauty is not subjective. The grotesque and offensive cannot be made beautiful because they are not created in the image of the Divine.

Blessed Álfablót 🔥🌾🌕

The Sacred Feminine is not new to the New Age. It is ageless and from the beginning. The Sacred Feminine is in our blood. It is our heritage.

German Saxon Dragon-Sonnenrad (Sun Wheel-Black Sun) Broochs, 500 CE, from the Römisch-Germanische Museum, Cologne, Germany.

Hand embroidered Wolfsangel earrings with Algiz accents. 🐺⚔️

"The Sun, in a single moment and with the immediate summons of a trumpet-call, strikes the spear-head of the high places, and at once the valley, though still in shadow, is transfigured, and with the daylight all manner of things have come back to the world." Hilaire Belloc Image Source: Jul I. Norden 1938