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LATEST UPDATE -- A New Year's Message From The Hermetic Workshop⁣⁣Hi all. Just a quick New Year's message from me -- firstly, just to clarify for US customers, all tariffs / customs charges are included in the price, so will be pre-paid by me here upon shipping so you won't have any extra to pay on your end when your parcel arrives. Secondly, watch out for bogus / scam sellers (who seem to be operating from India) who continue to steal photos of my work from my listings here and create bogus listings through various accounts, especially on Ebay. They've...

EBAY SCAM ALERT!! // Hi there, it’s come to my attention that a seller on EBAY going by the name of Creativeera / Urban Era Gift Crafts and based in Roorkee, India has been stealing photos and descriptions of items from The Hermetic Workshop and other Etsy crafters and creating bogus / counterfeit listings on EBAY. If you see any of my work listed on EBAY by them, it’s a fraud — I make all my pieces individually here in Dorset, UK. If anyone orders from these EBAY scammers, they'll end up with an empty box or something worse. Some...

I'm very excited to launch the series of Altar Icons // Devotional altar artworks today! Six months in the making -- these were originally basic concept images for wood carvings but they developed into something else. And I couldn't be happier! A process which began by creating bold silhouettes from reference images to line-work, detailing and digital painting techniques in photoshop and then into texturing and fine detail, it was hard work but a real joy.  So I'm so proud to present Hekate, Jupiter, Isis, Mercury / Hermes and Saint Cyprian of Antioch. They're printed in really tactile heavy 295gsm...

So here's something a bit different -- I've spent the weekend finishing off the designs for a series of altar icons...⁣⁣⁣I'd started by blocking out the silhouettes in photoshop to get the form and flow right. Now I'm adding the details and consulting a load of reference material as I go. A series of five pieces - they were originally planned as concept sketches for future wood carvings but they seem to have taken on a life of their own...⁣⁣

I've been busy working on new things here in the workshop over the past few weeks. A new Hermes / Mercury altar piece has just been completed and available now for commission in the store. I've also started working on a new project: I wanted to make something completely different and designed an entire series of carvings for spirit work. They're designed as 'spirit-vessels' or 'spirit-houses' and / or as a material base for servitor work. I've got about 8 designs I'm working on and here's the rough carve in solid oak of the first one. A lot of work still...