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The Hermitage

Painter, illustrator, maker of clocks & teller of tales, who travelled in a house on wheels to the edge of Dartmoor and now sits there amongst books and paint finding beauty in otherness..

This will be a sketchbook of ideas, visuals to inspire, and snippets from my own journey.

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Magic scroll
Ethiopia
Early 19th century
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    Magic scroll

    Ethiopia

    Early 19th century

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    Tagged: manuscripts magic

    Posted on July 2, 2011 with 147 notes

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