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Towns End Bindery<p>Homer’s The Odyssey 🏛️</p><p>This is my first time attempting to deboss by hand without foiling. The gold and silver you see on the cover is calligraphy ink I tried to paint into the pattern. </p><p>Unfortunately, I’ve come to realize I don’t know how to use paintbrushes at all. </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bookbinding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bookbinding</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/handboundbook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>handboundbook</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fanbinding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fanbinding</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/odysseus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>odysseus</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/theodyssey" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>theodyssey</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/greekmythology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>greekmythology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/greekmyth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>greekmyth</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/renegadebookbinding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>renegadebookbinding</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/renegadeguild" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>renegadeguild</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/handmade" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>handmade</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/circe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>circe</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/penelope" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>penelope</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/epicthemusicalodysseus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>epicthemusicalodysseus</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/epicthemusical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>epicthemusical</span></a></p>
NaraMoore ⛩️👻八尺様👻⛩️ at Fedi<p><a href="https://sakurajima.moe/tags/ScribesAndMakers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ScribesAndMakers</span></a> 2 Aug: Do you have artwork on your walls? If so, describe one of the pieces. </p><p>My walls are covered with it. One piece:</p><p>Woman with Green Apples and Crows, by Andrei Vystropov.</p><p>A woman in white holds small green apples. Crows are flying all around her. In the background is a lean dog.</p><p>Pictured <br>TL: Chino and Chiya tapastries <a href="https://sakurajima.moe/tags/IsTheOrderARabbit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IsTheOrderARabbit</span></a> <br>TR: <a href="https://sakurajima.moe/tags/BloomIntoYou" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BloomIntoYou</span></a> Tapastry.<br>BL: <a href="https://sakurajima.moe/tags/Circe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Circe</span></a><br>BR: Woman with Green Apples and Crows. &amp; Windmill Woman from <a href="https://sakurajima.moe/tags/OthersidePicnic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OthersidePicnic</span></a></p><p><a href="https://sakurajima.moe/tags/Art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Art</span></a> <a href="https://sakurajima.moe/tags/Crows" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Crows</span></a> <a href="https://sakurajima.moe/tags/Corvid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Corvid</span></a> <a href="https://sakurajima.moe/tags/Corvids" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Corvids</span></a> <a href="https://sakurajima.moe/tags/AndreiVystropov" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AndreiVystropov</span></a></p>
Vintage Fantasy Art - NOAI<p>« Circé », 1911</p><p>by Edmond Dulac (french illustrator, 1882-1953)<br>Illustration for a poem by André Dumas "Figures d’Orient", published in L’Illustration, dec. 1911</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/vintagefantasyart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>vintagefantasyart</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fantasyart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fantasyart</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fantasyillustration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fantasyillustration</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/EdmondDulac" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EdmondDulac</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fairytales" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fairytales</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/andredumas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>andredumas</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/circe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>circe</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/artnouveau" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>artnouveau</span></a></p>
Xamanismo Coletivo<p>"<a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Circe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Circe</span></a>’s most distinctive trait, however, is not her parentage but her persona. While many <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/deities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>deities</span></a> and their offspring wielded brute force or commanded the elements, Circe’s authority was embedded in her mastery of <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/magic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>magic</span></a>. She was a mistress of <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/transformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>transformation</span></a>, capable of turning men into beasts and bending nature to her will. Unlike the gods she was descended from, Circe wasn’t born with power. No, she had to study to gain it. She had to educate herself in a world in which <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/women" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>women</span></a> weren’t meant to expand their knowledge in such a way. She learned the properties of herbs, the secrets of the earth, and the subtle art of <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/potionsandspells" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>potionsandspells</span></a>. This marked her as a dangerous figure in <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Greekmythology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Greekmythology</span></a>—a <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/woman" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>woman</span></a> who was willing to level herself up in spite of common expectations."</p><p><a href="https://www.thecollector.com/circe-the-odyssey-enchantress/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">thecollector.com/circe-the-ody</span><span class="invisible">ssey-enchantress/</span></a></p>
IndieAuthors.Social News<p>The 10 Best Witch Fantasy Books For Adults</p><p>These witch fantasy books will leave you spellbound.<br><a href="https://www.themarysue.com/the-10-best-witch-fantasy-books-for-adults/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">themarysue.com/the-10-best-wit</span><span class="invisible">ch-fantasy-books-for-adults/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://indieauthors.social/tags/Books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Books</span></a> <a href="https://indieauthors.social/tags/ADiscoveryofWitches" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ADiscoveryofWitches</span></a> <a href="https://indieauthors.social/tags/Circe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Circe</span></a> <a href="https://indieauthors.social/tags/conjurewomen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>conjurewomen</span></a> <a href="https://indieauthors.social/tags/darkfantasy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>darkfantasy</span></a><br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/indieauthors" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>indieauthors</span></a></span></p>
de3pwater<p>Hand bound Lyric book of EPIC: The Musical by Jorge Rivera-Herrans
🌊🔱⚡️
The cover is black allure bookcloth from Hollanders. The cover was hand foiled with blue copper-backed foil and gold deco foil using Memory Keepers foil quill. End bands were sewn with two different colors of 4-ply cotton embroidery floss. Cover was designed by me. 
See the previous post for process video. 
<a href="https://astral.camp/tags/epicthemusical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>epicthemusical</span></a> <a href="https://astral.camp/tags/epicthemusicalfanart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>epicthemusicalfanart</span></a> <a href="https://astral.camp/tags/bookbinding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bookbinding</span></a> <a href="https://astral.camp/tags/handboundbook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>handboundbook</span></a> <a href="https://astral.camp/tags/fanbinding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fanbinding</span></a> <a href="https://astral.camp/tags/odysseus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>odysseus</span></a> <a href="https://astral.camp/tags/theodyssey" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>theodyssey</span></a> <a href="https://astral.camp/tags/handmade" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>handmade</span></a> <a href="https://astral.camp/tags/circe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>circe</span></a></p>
Towns End Bindery<p>Hand bound Lyric book of EPIC: The Musical by Jorge Rivera-Herrans</p><p>🌊🔱⚡️</p><p>The cover is black allure bookcloth from Hollanders. The cover was hand foiled with blue copper-backed foil and gold deco foil using Memory Keepers foil quill. End bands were sewn with two different colors of 4-ply cotton embroidery floss. Cover was designed by me. </p><p>See the previous post for process video. </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/epicthemusical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>epicthemusical</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/epicthemusicalfanart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>epicthemusicalfanart</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bookbinding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bookbinding</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/handboundbook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>handboundbook</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fanbinding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fanbinding</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/odysseus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>odysseus</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/theodyssey" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>theodyssey</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/handmade" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>handmade</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/circe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>circe</span></a></p>
Jonathan EmmesediSpoilers - Madeline Miller -- Circe
Claude Trudel<p>États généraux des revues scientifiques du Québec <br><a href="https://reseaucirce.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Reseau-Circe-Etats-generaux-mai-25_Programme-v4.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">reseaucirce.org/wp-content/upl</span><span class="invisible">oads/2025/04/Reseau-Circe-Etats-generaux-mai-25_Programme-v4.pdf</span></a><br><a href="https://jasette.facil.services/tags/Qu%C3%A9bec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Québec</span></a> <a href="https://jasette.facil.services/tags/revue" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>revue</span></a> <a href="https://jasette.facil.services/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://jasette.facil.services/tags/scientifuque" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>scientifuque</span></a> <a href="https://jasette.facil.services/tags/CanD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CanD</span></a> <a href="https://jasette.facil.services/tags/Circ%C3%A9" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Circé</span></a> <a href="https://jasette.facil.services/tags/recherche" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>recherche</span></a> <a href="https://jasette.facil.services/tags/%C3%A9ducation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>éducation</span></a> <a href="https://jasette.facil.services/tags/universit%C3%A9" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>université</span></a></p>
Claude Trudel<p>Le Réseau Circé mobilise la communauté de l’édition savante du Québec, afin de favoriser la publication scientifique en français.<br><a href="https://reseaucirce.org/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">reseaucirce.org/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br><a href="https://jasette.facil.services/tags/r%C3%A9seau" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>réseau</span></a> <a href="https://jasette.facil.services/tags/Circ%C3%A9" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Circé</span></a> <a href="https://jasette.facil.services/tags/revues" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>revues</span></a> <a href="https://jasette.facil.services/tags/savoir" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>savoir</span></a> <a href="https://jasette.facil.services/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://jasette.facil.services/tags/culture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>culture</span></a> <a href="https://jasette.facil.services/tags/universit%C3%A9" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>université</span></a> <a href="https://jasette.facil.services/tags/Montr%C3%A9al" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Montréal</span></a> <a href="https://jasette.facil.services/tags/Qu%C3%A9bec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Québec</span></a> <a href="https://jasette.facil.services/tags/Canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Canada</span></a> <a href="https://jasette.facil.services/tags/fran%C3%A7ais" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>français</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.online/@amymyoung" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>amymyoung</span></a></span> Cool! So, have you read any of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MadelineMiller" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MadelineMiller</span></a>'s books? She does a great job bringing life to the Greek myths. Her book, "<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Circe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Circe</span></a>" deals with the misogyny of the "heroic" period, while "The Song of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Achilles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Achilles</span></a>" deals with the subject of male homosexuality during the same time. I find her interpretations match what I gleaned from translating <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Homer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Homer</span></a> myself.</p>
Σειληνός (Seilēnós)<p>Enduring Epics: Emily Wilson and Madeline Miller on Breathing New Life Into Ancient Classics</p><p>I've adored Madeleine Miller since her breakout best-seller "Song of Achilles." I'm prepared to do the same with Emily Wilson. <a href="https://queerspirituality.social/tags/classics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>classics</span></a> <a href="https://queerspirituality.social/tags/greekmythology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>greekmythology</span></a> <a href="https://queerspirituality.social/tags/homer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>homer</span></a> <a href="https://queerspirituality.social/tags/SongofAchilles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SongofAchilles</span></a> <a href="https://queerspirituality.social/tags/Circe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Circe</span></a> <a href="https://queerspirituality.social/tags/odyssey" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>odyssey</span></a> <a href="https://queerspirituality.social/tags/iliad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>iliad</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://lithub.com/enduring-epics-emily-wilson-and-madeline-miller-on-breathing-new-life-into-ancient-classics/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">lithub.com/enduring-epics-emil</span><span class="invisible">y-wilson-and-madeline-miller-on-breathing-new-life-into-ancient-classics/</span></a></p>
Art History Animalia<p>One more for <a href="https://historians.social/tags/NationalPigDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NationalPigDay</span></a>: Paul Manship (American, 1885-1966), Circe Enchants Ulysses' Sailors, 1957, bronze on wood base. <br>Smithsonian AAM: <a href="https://americanart.si.edu/artwork/circe-enchants-ulysses-sailors-15722" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">americanart.si.edu/artwork/cir</span><span class="invisible">ce-enchants-ulysses-sailors-15722</span></a><br>"This sculpture shows a scene from the story of <a href="https://historians.social/tags/Ulysses" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ulysses</span></a>, a Greek leader in the Trojan War. When Ulysses and his men stopped at an island in search of food, the sorceress <a href="https://historians.social/tags/Circe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Circe</span></a> captured the crew and turned them into <a href="https://historians.social/tags/pigs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pigs</span></a>. Ulysses saved his men with the help of a special herb that countered Circe’s magic." <a href="https://historians.social/tags/GreekMythology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GreekMythology</span></a></p>