Sun rises over spruce ridged hills through morning mist, hummocks and trees cast long shadows. Leaves hold the light like lanterns or translucent hands, their veins showing. It’s been fire weather lately, my chimney trails a white plume, the Jøtul in my shop is back to work, and so am I. …
I’ve been carving staffs since I was eight years old. I’ve spent many happy days hunting for suitable trees. Searching through the hills, rooting through thickets, lying on my back with my cheek against a sapling sighting it’s trunk for straightness. It’s not easy to find the right sapling for …
Autumn seems full of secrets. Flame colored leaves cast the forest in a different light than the clear light that touches the fields. Mist hangs over the trees where the hidden brook wends its way through the valley. It’s a time for bonfires and gathering the last things in— stacking wood, …
The nights are cold again with frost spiking the windows and the darkness begins to come earlier. Apples hang ripe on gnarled trees, the wind carries the smell of wood smoke and change. The sun casts across the land at a low angle, it seems to be a deeper more …
When we filmed this it was December 16th and it was unusually cold at -22 degrees Celsius. Most of the film crew had just flown in from L.A. where I’m assuming they had recently been surfing, sunbathing and drinking margaritas while being fanned by palm fronds. It must have been …
In which I reconstruct the virtual in the world of blood and frost and heat. by by
On the weekend of April twelfth, I left three feet of snow behind me, and traveled to Northern Michigan University. I was presenting at a conference about imagination and mythology called “Imagining the Fantastic 2”. Other presenters were writers M.T. Anderson, Holly Black, and Ari Berk, artist Charles Vess, actor …
A sketch of a silver scabbard chape, from St. Ninian’s Isle in Scotland, attached to an imagined leather covered scabbard with key pattern ornamentation. by by
Here is an interview I did a few months back with Joseph Parker, it was used to create this cool infographic about how to build your own iron throne. Use this Infographic to Build Your Own Iron Throne | Mental Floss. General Questions How did you become interested in …
Here is the teaser trailer for a Viking Age game I’ve working on the concept art for. I designed the bind-runes and some of the material culture. See if you can pick out my work. it goes by pretty fast! Check out the official website here thefrostrune.com by by