Witches Familiar at Boscastle Museum
Discovering "Witches Familiar" by Mark Herald: A Living Piece of Folkloric Magic Have you ever stood before a piece of art so alive with spirit and story that you could almost feel it breathe? Mark Herald’s Witches Familiar is that rare work—an artwork that reads like a conjuration. Housed at the Boscastle Museum of Witchcraft and Magic, it draws the viewer into the liminal space where folklore, nature, and the inner life overlap. For more background on the piece and its place in the museum, see this post: https://welovespells.net/blogs/news/witches-familiar-by-mark-herald-a-magical-creation-at-boscastle-museum Mark Herald, a British printmaker and painter, is well known for translating folklore into vivid, tactile imagery. Witches Familiar functions as more than a visual object; it acts like a threshold—an invitation to remember the old relationship between practitioner and spirit companion. The Symbolism Threaded Through the Work Every line, texture, and hue in H...