FolkLORE linocut prints
This artwork honors Baba Yaga, the ancient Slavic forest witch and guardian of transformation, a powerful archetype of wilderness, initiation, and ancestral wisdom.
Her legendary hut, perched upon enchanted chicken legs, emerges from a birch forest—a symbol of renewal and the cycles of life. Beneath its shadow stands the maiden who appears throughout Baba Yaga’s tales: the seeker who enters the unknown to discover her own hidden strength. A falcon soars above as a messenger of vision, freedom, and the untamed self. In one tale, the maiden follows her beloved, who takes the form of a falcon, into Baba Yaga’s realm. Yet the falcon can also be understood as a symbol of the maiden’s own untamed spirit—the truest part of herself that she is destined to seek and reclaim. Like many ancient initiation stories, the meeting between maiden and crone is not a battle between opposites, but a reunion. The maiden and Baba Yaga are two faces of the same feminine power: innocence and wisdom, becoming and knowing, the wild heart and the ancient instinct. Through her encounter with the crone, the heroine awakens to her own inner wilderness and returns transformed—whole, empowered, and connected to the deep ancestral forces of the forest.
PRINT SIZE: 12" x 18"
PAPER SIZE: 16" x 22"
MATERIALS: It is printed with Caligo Safewash (non-toxic) Relief Ink on Handmade Awagami Select Hosho Paper which is a cultural heritage paper from Japan that has been handcrafted from natural materials. It is acid-free and archival quality and has a rustic natural handmade feel with deckled edge.
COLOR: offered in three colors Prussian blue, Ash and Forest Green. The colors are hand-mixed so please expect slight variations. Photos are taken to replicate the ink and paper colors as closely as possible.
GIFT SUGGESTIONS: This Baba Yaga linocut print makes a meaningful gift for lovers of Slavic folklore, mythic storytelling, and sacred feminine wisdom. Ideal for those drawn to wild woman archetypes, forest witch mythology, and archetypal transformation, it also resonates with pagans, animists, and those rewilding their homes with symbolic, story-rich artwork. A perfect choice for Jungian enthusiasts, storytellers, or anyone reclaiming their inner power, this piece belongs in altars, sacred spaces, or cozy, soul-filled homes where myth, ritual, and the magic of the wild feminine are honored.
PACKAGING: This print will be carefully rolled in Kraft paper, packed in a recycled clear bag and shipped in a recycled cylindrical tube. A one-page insert including a description of the folktale is included with the print. Gift wrap and a handwritten note to a gift recipient is possible, please mention it in your note to seller.
SHIPPING: All my prints are packaged and shipped out within 1-3 business days. Free shipping for U.S. Customers. International customers, please purchase this print on Etsy. I no longer provide international shipping through this website.
Questions? Please feel free to reach out here, or email me at diemdangers@gmail.com.
© 2022-2026 FeathersandFolktales. All Rights Reserved.
This handcrafted linocut print is inspired by The Crane Wife, a beloved Japanese folktale of a wounded crane who becomes a woman and weaves exquisite cloth from her own feathers. The story celebrates the quiet power of creativity, the sacred labor of the soul, and the magic that emerges when one honors their inner life in privacy and care. In this mythic tale, the Crane Woman’s art transforms pain into beauty, reminding us that the deepest acts of creation often happen unseen, shielded from the eyes of others. Every feather, stitch, and pattern in this rustic, hand-carved print evokes the sacred, regenerative energy of birds, the transformative power of folklore, and the feminine archetype of the nurturer, weaver, and healer.
SIZE: Paper size 11" x 14"; Print size 8" x 10"
COLOR OPTIONS: It is printed with Caligo Safewash (non-toxic) Relief Ink in bero-ai (traditional Japanese Prussian blue) and Feather-Ash. The colors are handmixed so please expect slight variations. Photographs have been carefully taken to show the color as closely matched as possible to the actual color.
PAPER: Arnhem 1618® Printmaking Paper (which is a cardstock weight). The Midwinter Blue is printed on bright white paper, and the Ash Lichen is printed on warm white paper.
GIFT IDEAS: This Crane Woman linocut print makes a meaningful gift for lovers of folklore, bird symbolism, and mythic storytelling. Ideal for those inspired by Japanese mythology, the sacred feminine, or the transformative power of art, it also resonates with pagans, animists, and anyone cultivating a creative, rewilded home. A thoughtful choice for artists, storytellers, and those reclaiming their own inner magic, this piece belongs in spaces where myth, ritual, and the quiet labor of the soul are celebrated.
PACKAGING: This print will be carefully packed in a recycled clear bag and shipped in a recycled cardboard mailer. A one-page insert including a description of the folktale is included with the print.
SHIPPING: All my prints are packaged and shipped out within 1-3 business days. For international shipping please buy this on Etsy.
© 2022-2026 FeathersandFolktales. All Rights Reserved.
This is a handcrafted linocut print inspired by the Indigenous North American folktale of the Three Sisters: Corn, Beans and Squash—a heartwarming ancient story of interdependence, reciprocity, and ecological wisdom that nourishes our relationships as well as our bodies.
Rooted in agricultural practices shared by many Indigenous nations—from the Hopi of the Southwest to the Oneida and Haudenosaunee of the Northeast—the Three Sisters are traditionally planted together because they each support the other: corn provides structure for the beans to grow, beans restore nitrogen to the soil, and squash shades and protects the ground from drying out. This folktale honors a worldview in which difference is not competition but contribution—each sister distinct, each essential to the health of the whole. A handcrafted design for the home where the Three Sisters grow not just in legend but in life. . .in every meal, every season, and in sister-fed souls.
GIFT IDEAS:
This print makes a meaningful gift for:
Gardeners, farmers, and food lovers
Those drawn to Indigenous wisdom, plant teachings, and ecological reciprocity
Fans of Robin Wall Kimmerer’s Braiding Sweetgrass
Advocates of local food systems, sustainable living, and seasonal rituals
Kitchens, dining spaces, or homes rooted in nature-based storytelling
SIZE: Paper size 11" x 14"; Print size 10" x 12"
MATERIALS: It is printed with Caligo Safewash (non-toxic) Relief Ink on Strathmore professional printmaking paper from a local Massachusetts paper mill.
COLOR OPTIONS: It is printed with four different color options: Mustard, Spring Green Bean, Dark Leaf Green and Olive. These colors are hand-mixed so please expect slight variations.
PACKAGING: This print will be carefully packed in a recycled clear bag and shipped in a recycled rigid cardboard mailer. A one-page insert including a description of the folktale is included with the print.
SHIPPING: All my prints are packaged and shipped out within 1-3 business days. Free shipping for U.S. Customers. International customers, please purchase this print on Etsy. I no longer provide international shipping through this website.
Questions? Feel free to contact me.
© 2022-2026 FeathersandFolktales. All Rights Reserved.
This is a hand-carved, hand-printed linocut print inspired by The Magical Adventures of Pretty Pearl by Virginia Hamilton, a beloved tale from African American folklore. The story celebrates the forest as a sanctuary and safe haven, where fugitives and their community find protection, healing, and magical guidance from the wild. The cast of real and imaginary characters are helped, nurtured and surrounded by wild birds of all kinds as well as folk magic, poet-prophets, earth-centered wisdom and a deep trust in the spiritual realm. Hamilton shows us how folklore and folk tradition bring this small community into deep relationship with the wild, and how enchantment and magic serve as a source of psychological resilience and practical survival in the midst of one of the most horrifying periods in history.
The linocut print includes a variety of details in the story: a portrait of Pretty Pearl and a profile of John de Conquer (the two main characters); two albatross birds (what the two main characters shapeshift into as they watch over a slave ship as it crosses the Atlantic Ocean); and a buzzard (aka Opete, an Ashanti West African sacred bird who appears in the form of a dance); a de Conquer magical root, berry brambles and a poke berry plant - some of the wild foraged plants and roots used in the book; a community of free people gathered around a campfire; and plenty of feathers!
This artwork honors the resilience, creativity, and ancestral knowledge embedded in African American storytelling traditions. Perfect for lovers of African American folklore, magical realism, mythic storytelling, and nature-inspired art, it brings a sense of wonder, community, and enchantment into any home, classroom, or library space.
GIFT IDEAS: This linocut print makes a meaningful gift for folklore enthusiasts, African American history lovers, educators, and families who value nature-based learning. Ideal for children’s bedrooms, playrooms, or family living spaces, it also makes a thoughtful donation to schools, public libraries, cultural centers, or environmental education programs. Perfect for anyone who appreciates storytelling, multicultural folklore, magical realism, or connecting young readers with the wild, this artwork celebrates community, resilience, and the rich intersection of culture and nature.
MATERIALS: It is made with Caligo Safewash (non-toxic) Ink on Hosho Paper, both of which are professional quality.
COLOR: It comes in three colors: Black, Sepia Brown and Pokeberry. The Black and Pokeberry Inks are printed on bright white Hosho paper & Sepia Brown is printed on an off-white, natural Hosho paper. If you would like to have this printed in an alternate color, please message me with a color suggestion. It will take 3-5 days.
SIZE:
Print Size: 16” x 20”
Paper Size: 19” x 24”
PERSONALIZATION/GIFT OPTION: If you are gifting this to someone, feel free to include a brief message. This will be handwritten on a one-page description of this folktale and included with the print.
PACKAGING: This print will be carefully rolled in Kraft paper, packed in a recycled clear bag and shipped in a recycled cylindrical tube. A one-page insert including a description of the folktale is included with the print.
SHIPPING: All my prints are packaged and shipped out within 1-3 business days. Free shipping for U.S. Customers. International customers, please purchase this print on Etsy. I no longer provide international shipping through this website.
Questions? Please contact me.
© 2022-2026 FeathersandFolktales. All Rights Reserved.
This is a handmade linocut print of Bear and Woman entwined. It honors how, deep within so many of our ancient and living heritages, Bear returns again and again—in folklore, ritual, ceremony, and legend—as a living presence and a creaturely comfort within the human mythic imagination, especially during moments of transformation.
Whether Bear appears as lover, mother, child, healer, midwife, shaman, or guide, within the spell of the telling, Bear offers us her hallowed den—a breathing, fluid space where psyche and nature, creature and cosmos curl together as one. Here, in the enduring pulse of her wild presence, she wraps us in her warmth and fur holding us steady as change reshapes us.
This design features a Desert Southwestern landscape inspired by a story of Bear as a witness, guide, and ancient maternal presence through life’s transitions in Sonja Grace’s book Dancing with Bear and Raven. She shares that, in the Hopi and Navajo traditions, bears and ravens are liminal beings—bridges between worlds, as well as guides and sources of comfort during profound moments of change. Here, Bear emerges as a creaturely heroine: a wise and protective presence who walks alongside us through thresholds of transformation.
May this artwork turn a corner of your home into a den of dreaming, where Bear brings protection and renewal, and Raven offers wisdom, insight, and quiet introspection.
PRINT SIZE: 11” x 14”
PAPER SIZE: 13” x 18”
COLOR OPTIONS: Desert Umber, Canyon Earth, Adobe Dust, Desert Shadow, Midnight Agave. Colors are hand mixed so please expect slight variations. If you would like to see a photo of the specific print you will receive please contact me.
MATERIALS: It is printed using Caligo safewash professional printmaking ink on archival Strathmore printmaking paper, from a local paper mill in Massachusetts.
GIFT IDEAS: This Bear Threshold linocut print makes a thoughtful and meaningful gift for anyone navigating a time of change or personal transformation. It resonates with those drawn to bear symbolism, sacred animal guides, mythic storytelling, or folklore-inspired art, and is especially fitting for individuals experiencing transitions such as new beginnings, creative reinvention, or the honoring of ancestral or personal thresholds. It can also serve as a compassionate gift for someone coping with grief or loss, offering a symbolic reminder that endings and beginnings are intertwined, and that renewal and resilience are always possible. Ideal for pagans, animists, nature lovers, folklore enthusiasts, and collectors of mythic or wildlife-inspired art, this print invites reflection, courage, and the quiet magic of walking with Bear through life’s cycles.
PACKAGING: This print will be rolled in Kraft paper, packed in a recycled clear bag and shipped in a recycled cylindrical tube. It is gift-ready as it is! A one-page insert including a description of the folktale is included with the print.
SHIPPING: All my prints are packaged and shipped out within 1-3 business days. Free shipping for U.S. Customers. International customers, please purchase this print on Etsy. I no longer provide international shipping through this website.
Questions? Please feel free to reach out here, or email me at diemdangers@gmail.com.
© 2022-2026 FeathersandFolktales. All Rights Reserved.
This handcrafted linocut print celebrates the timeless and enduring relationship between the natural world and the feminine. A woman whose body blossoms into flowers and plants, whose eye becomes a bird, and whose hair unfurls as clouds, this hand-carved botanical print invites us to remember that humans are not separate from nature—we belong to it.
Rooted in the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Sky Woman creation story, this artwork honors the celestial woman who descends to Earth carrying seeds that she plants on the back of a great turtle, giving rise to Turtle Island (North America). Inspired in part by Robin Wall Kimmerer's retelling in Braiding Sweetgrass, the print is lovingly filled with North American native plants, herbs and wildflowers, including: California Poppy, Cattails, Echinacea, Elderberries, Maple seeds, Mesquite, Dandelion, Prickly Pear Cactus, Valerian, and Wild Rose—each detail hand-carved with care.
While grounded in this sacred Haudenosaunee story, the imagery also speaks to the enduring archetype of women woven with the living world. Whether you encounter her as Sky Woman, an Earth Mother, a flower maiden, a creaturely heroine, or simply as a woman inseparable from birds, plants, and the land itself, she invites reflection on our relationship with the more-than-human world and the life-giving abundance of the Earth.
Perfect for lovers of folklore, mythology, botanical art, herbalism, animism, and nature-inspired decor, this original linocut print brings a sense of wild beauty and rootedness to living rooms, altars, gathering places, and homes. It also makes a thoughtful gift for gardeners, bird lovers, plant enthusiasts, storytellers, and anyone drawn to the wild feminine and the timeless wisdom of the natural world.
SIZE:
PRINT SIZE: 18" x 24"
PAPER SIZE: 20.25" x 25"
Each print is hand carved and hand printed with Caligo Safewash (non-toxic) relief Ink on traditional archival Awagami Select Hosho Paper - a cultural treasure from Japan, handcrafted from natural materials with a rustic handmade feel. This artwork makes a powerful addition to any altar, herbalist space, or sacred corner — and a meaningful gift for anyone who honors the wild, wise, and feminine spirit of the land.
Please note: Each print is hand-pulled, making every piece truly one of a kind. Some prints feature more rustic textural markings in the white areas, while others have a cleaner, more minimal black-and-white contrast. Most of the time, however, they are in-between. If you have a preference for either a more rustic, organic look or a crisp, modern finish, I’m happy to accommodate when possible. I have included two options “crisp modern” or “rustic textured”, but in honest truth it is more like a spectrum. You may request a photograph of the specific prints available to choose from if this matters to you.
PACKAGING: This print will be carefully rolled in Kraft paper, packed in a recycled clear bag and shipped in a recycled cylindrical tube. A one-page insert including a description of the folktale is included with the print. Gift wrap and a handwritten note to a gift recipient is possible, please mention it in your note to seller.
SHIPPING: All my prints are packaged and shipped out within 1-3 business days. Free shipping for U.S. Customers. International customers, please purchase this print on Etsy. I no longer provide international shipping through this website.
Questions? Feel free to contact me.
© 2022-2026 FeathersandFolktales. All Rights Reserved.
In many traditions, the hare appears not alone but in a recurring symbolic triad—hare, moon, and the feminine. From Asia through Persia and the Nile, into the forests of Europe and across the Americas, this mythic trio migrated by way of traders, wanderers, travelers across the Silk Road, through spoken story, visual art, recurring motifs and symbolic pattern. . . .a cross-border animate intelligence that persists, holding distant places in storied relation, remembering the whole.
This handcrafted linocut print is inspired by this mythic triad that represents lunar cycles, creaturely feminine and the regenerative power of fertility, a living force that knows no bounds, resists captivity, and remains wild and free. Perfect for lovers of pagan art, cross cultural archetypes, and the sacred feminine journey, this piece celebrates fertility rituals, moon‑cycle wisdom, and nature‑rooted storytelling.
In the design, two hares—one resting, one alert—sit beneath the luminous phases of a full moon, while three dancing women dance in the glow of a full moon within a landscape that echoes the earth’s return to life.
PRINT SIZE: 12" x 18"
PAPER SIZE ranges from: 15" x 20" to 17" x 22"
COLORS:
It is printed using Caligo safewash (non-toxic) printmaking ink in the following colors:
Hare Honey - earthy, vibrant, warm, grounding
Elderglen Green - deep woodland, moss, quiet magic
Thistledown Gray - soft fog, liminal, silvered hush
Warm Gray - an earthy stone, ash, enduring
Moonlit Cobalt Blue - A luminous cobalt blue, lunar, mystical
Mauve - twilight-soft, introspective, feminine
Witchberry - dark fruit, wild, potent magic
The colors have been handmixed so please expect slight variations. Extra care has been put into editing the photos to show the actual colors.
PAPERS: These linocuts are printed on Awagami Select Hosho paper, an archival, handmade heritage paper from Japan. The exception is the Porcelain Blue which is hand printed on Korean HanJi handmade paper.
GIFT IDEAS: This would make a great gift for a folklore lover, someone who is cultivating her inner goddess, someone who loves lunar magic, ancestral magic, the power of spring, cycles of the seasons and the wild.
PACKAGING: This print will be carefully rolled in Kraft paper and a recycled plastic sleeve inside a recycled cardboard cylindrical tube. A one-page insert including a description of the folktale is included with the print. It is thoughtfully and beautifully packaged, making it gift-ready just as it is—no additional wrapping needed. If you’re sending it as a gift, I’m happy to include a handwritten note with your personal message to make it even more special.
SHIPPING: All my prints are packaged and shipped out within 1-3 business days. Free shipping for U.S. Customers. International customers, please purchase this print on Etsy. I no longer provide international shipping through this website.
If you have questions, please feel free to contact me.
© 2022-2026 FeathersandFolktales. All Rights Reserved.
This is an original handmade linocut print inspired by bird women, aerial heroines, and folktales about women as birds from around the world. Across cultures and histories, we find a persistent connection between birds and fierce, powerful womanhood, including figures like the Norse Valkyries, or Hindu apsaras, or feathered folk and mythic heroines like the Alpine goose goddess Perchta, Japanese Crane Wife, or Greek Goddess Athena. Flight, whether by broomstick, wing, or shape-shifting often symbolizes freedom, escape from oppression, and access to the authentic soul. This linocut print is a ceremonial reminder to reclaim your personal power, embrace your wild femininity, and embody the spirit of bird heroines. The design features a loon, snowy owl, cormorant, goose, and swan alongside a woman, celebrating the wild feminine, mythic storytelling, and the transformative power of myth.
GIFT IDEAS: A thoughtful gift for bird lovers, folklore enthusiasts, or any woman stepping into her power and embracing her inner wildness. Perfect for those who love mythic art, handmade prints, and female empowerment gifts.
PRINT SIZE: 8" x 9"
PAPER SIZE: 11" x 11".
MATERIALS: It is handprinted with Caligo Safewash (non-toxic) printmaking ink on either: Strathmore paper, a smooth, bright white archival printmaking paper from Massachusetts where my studio is; or Arnhem archival printmaking paper with vellum finish and a slightly warm white color. Arnhem is made at a historic mill in the Netherlands.
PACKAGING: This print will be carefully rolled in Kraft paper, packed in a recycled clear bag and shipped in a recycled cylindrical tube. A one-page insert including a description of the folktale is included with the print. Gift wrap is possible, please mention it in your note to seller.
SHIPPING: All my prints are packaged and shipped out within 1-3 business days. Free shipping for U.S. Customers. International customers, please purchase this print on Etsy. I no longer provide international shipping through this website.
Questions? Please contact me.
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This Selkie-inspired linocut is carved and printed by hand in a small Limited Collector’s Edition of 40, available in two colorways: Black Pearl and Stormy Sea. Each impression carries the subtle variations and character that make original printmaking so special. Every print is individually signed and numbered.
Please feel free to reach out here, or email me at diemdangers@gmail.com if you have questions, or wish to see individual prints to choose from.
Selkie is a timeless enduring story from Irish, Scottish and Icelandic maritime folklore—a story of a seal woman whose pelt is stolen from her. Bound to a life not of her choosing, she lives in longing for the tide's call until she reclaims what was taken and returns to her ocean home.
At its heart, Selkie is a story about the ache of exile from one's true nature and the fierce grace required to find one's way back. It is a story of remembering, of reclaiming what has been forgotten, or stolen, and of answering the call of the soul.
This piece is for those enchanted by Selkie folklore, and the path of rewilding—for those who cherish sovereignty and recognize, deep in their bones, the enduring tension between the life shaped by circumstance and the life the soul remembers.
PRINT SIZE: 12" x 16”
PAPER SIZE: approximately 15” × 19”
MATERIALS: It is printed with Caligo Safewash (non-toxic) Relief Ink on either traditional handmade Japanese Awagami Select Hosho Printmaking Paper, or Strathmore Paper, a local Massachusetts printmaking paper. Both are archival quality.
COLOR OPTIONS: Black Pearl and Stormy Sea. The Stormy Sea is hand-mixed so please expect slight variations. Photos are carefully taken to capture the actual colors.
PACKAGING: This print will be rolled in Kraft paper, packed in a recycled clear bag and shipped in a recycled cylindrical tube. It is gift-ready as it is! A one-page insert including a description of the folktale is included with the print.
SHIPPING: All my prints are packaged and shipped out within 1-3 business days. Free shipping for U.S. Customers. International customers, please purchase this print on Etsy. I no longer provide international shipping through this website.
© 2022-2026 FeathersandFolktales. All Rights Reserved.
This large handcrafted linocut print is inspired by a sacred White Mountain Apache folktale about a cosmic Weaver who continues her sacred task — weaving the threads of existence — even as Raven pecks relentlessly at the edges of her fabric. This powerful image embodies the eternal tension between creation and undoing, light and shadow - a symbol of sacred perseverance, cosmic balance, and divine transformation. In essence she is the Weaver of Divided Worlds, the Threshold-Keeper, the Mediatrix of the in-between. It is an honoring of the one who braids the broken back into belonging, weaves what is wounded into what is whole, interlaces the lost and the living into a shared tapestry.
This original design includes this sacred seamstress with her companion Raven in a Yin Yang shape alongside wild North American plants and flowers native to the Southwestern United States including: thistles, blackberries, wild reeds, poppies and bristly foxtail grasses and plenty of black feathers!
PRINT SIZE: 16" x 16",
PAPER SIZE: 20" x 20"
MATERIALS: It is hand printed with Black Caligo Safewash non-toxic archival printmaking Ink on two different paper options: archival quality handmade Hosho Paper, which is lightweight, has a rustic feel, is slightly translucent in either white color or a warm natural tone; or white Arnhem 1618® Printmaking Paper which is imported from the Netherlands, which is a heavier cardstock weight. Please see photos for the difference in color between white and warm white.
HANDCRAFTED: Because every print is individually hand-carved, slight variations and natural carving marks are part of what makes each piece a distinctive work of handmade art. Authentic carving textures and small handmade variations are a beautiful part of the process, adding depth, character, and one-of-a-kind charm to every print.
GIFT IDEAS: This makes a perfect gift for someone whose experiences resonate with living in the threshold between worlds however this might be defined. It boldly honors the vitality that comes after great loss, and how these two opposites are forever entwined. It appeals to those drawn to pagan and witchcraft-inspired artwork, lovers of crows and ravens, folklore enthusiasts, or anyone fascinated by the regenerative cycles of life, and yin and yang. This print celebrates the sacred feminine, mythic storytelling, indigenous mythology and the eternal interplay of creation and unmaking.
PACKAGING: This print will be carefully rolled in Kraft paper, packed in a recycled clear bag and shipped in a recycled cylindrical tube. A one-page insert including a description of the folktale is included with the print. Gift wrap and a handwritten note to a gift recipient is possible, please mention it in your note to seller.
SHIPPING: All my prints are packaged and shipped out within 1-3 business days. Free shipping for U.S. Customers. International customers, please purchase this print on Etsy. I no longer provide international shipping through this website.
Questions? Please feel free to reach out here, or email me at diemdangers@gmail.com.
© 2022-2026 FeathersandFolktales. All Rights Reserved.
This handcrafted linocut print features a pack of wolves running through a desert dreamscape that doubles as the profile of a woman in motion—her spirit woven into earth, sky, and shadow. Inspired by the wild woman archetype and the beloved myth of La Loba (Bone Woman) retold by Dr. Clarissa Pinkola Estés in Women Who Run With the Wolves. This piece honors the sacred act of remembering and resurrecting the forgotten parts of the wild instinctual self. Ideal for Jungian lovers, story keepers, those walking the path of the sacred feminine, anyone who is enrolled by the rich folklore of the Desert Southwest, this print is a talisman for those reclaiming their voice, instinct, and untamed soul.
The First Edition 2024 prints are now sold out. As each color is hand-mixed, there are slight tonal variations between editions—most notably, the Second Edition features warmer yellow hues in the sky, whereas the First Edition leaned more toward soft pink tones.
PRINTING PROCESS:
This multi-block linocut uses two carved blocks: one for the background sky and running woman’s profile, and another for the wolves, crows, trees, and bushes. The background is printed first and left to dry before the foreground is printed on top, with some hand-painted details added. Because of this layered process and hand-mixed colors, printing takes longer and slight variations are expected. Please look closely at the photos for details, the handmade nature of this print gives it an artisanal crafted quality which is part of its charm and authenticity, setting it apart from a digital reproduction. For a photo of the exact print you’ll receive, please contact me directly I would be happy to do this.
PRINT SIZE: 10" x 16",
PAPER SIZE: 12" x 18"
MATERIALS:
It is hand printed with Caligo Safewash (non-toxic) relief Ink on archival quality 100% cotton acid-free Strathmore Paper. Strathmore Paper Mills are locally located in Massachusetts where my studio is.
GIFT SUGGESTIONS:
This linocut print makes a meaningful gift for anyone drawn to the wild feminine—especially those who’ve been moved by Women Who Run with the Wolves. It’s perfect for someone in the midst of reclaiming a buried part of herself—whether that’s her voice, her creativity, or a once-lost passion now rising back to the surface. It also speaks to lovers of wolves and wild places, of folktales and handmade things, and to those who cherish ancient lore and earth-woven wisdom rooted in the storied landscapes of the American Southwest. This piece belongs in a home where myth still matters. Crafted for altars, studios, and soul-lit spaces.
PACKAGING:
This print is thoughtfully rolled in kraft paper, nestled in a recycled clear bag, and shipped in a recycled tube. Accompanied by a one-page insert describing the myth, it arrives a ready-to-gift treasure for those who hold myth and wildness close to heart.
SHIPPING: This print has free shipping for U.S. Customers. International customers, please purchase this print on Etsy. I no longer provide international shipping through this website.
Questions? Please feel free to reach out here, or email me at diemdangers@gmail.com.
© 2022-2026 FeathersandFolktales. All Rights Reserved.
This traditionally handcrafted linocut print is for the wild-hearted woman who shares a life with an inner creature heroine—one who has never quite forgotten the language of wings, wild instinct, and woodland wisdom.
In folktales and mythologies, a companionship with an owl is often an apprenticeship with insight and double-sightedness. To have owl eyes is to observe the world from two different perspectives, to notice what others overlook, to trust instinct as much as reason, and to find one's bearings in both shadow and light. May this print call you home to the feathered wisdom that has always kept watch within you, ready to guide you whenever the forest grows dark.
SIZE: 12" x 24"
MATERIALS:
This handmade linocut design is printed with Caligo Safewash (non-toxic) Printmaking Ink in six colors. The colors are hand mixed so please expect slight variations. Photos are taken to carefully represent the actual colors.
PAPER: This design is printed on a variety of different papers: Arnhem 1618 printmaking paper from the Netherlands; Strathmore professional and archival printmaking paper locally made in Massachusetts; Awagami Select Hosho paper, an archival heritage paper from Japan handcrafted from natural materials. Some come in white, others in warm white, if you have a preference please indicate this in the note to the seller.
PACKAGING: This print will be carefully rolled in Kraft paper, packed in a recycled clear bag and shipped in a recycled cylindrical tube. A one-page insert including a description of the folktale is included with the print.
SHIPPING: All my prints are packaged and shipped out within 1-3 business days. Free shipping for U.S. Customers. International customers, please purchase this print on Etsy. I no longer provide international shipping through this website.
Questions? Please contact me.
© 2022-2026 FeathersandFolktales. All Rights Reserved.
This is a handcrafted linocut print inspired by the Dragon and Phoenix - a mythical creature pairing from Vietnam. One aerial the other aquatic, one feathered the other scaled, this beloved coupling echoes the vast ancient landscape of land and sea from which it was imagined: salt and freshwater estuaries, coastal marshes, braided rivers and mangroves—a marriage-place of worlds. The enduring wisdom of this couple and their courtship lies in discovering hidden treasures within unexpected connections—and in witnessing what new wonders are born when we choose communion over separation, curiosity over fear, and unity despite our differences.
PRINT SIZE: 12" x 18"
PAPER SIZE: 15" x 21"
MATERIALS: It is printed with Caligo Safewash (non-toxic) Relief Ink on local Massachusetts archival quality Strathmore printmaking paper.
COLOR OPTIONS: Black Pearl. Custom color requests are welcome, please message the seller directly to discuss possibilities.
GIFT IDEAS: For those drawn to linocut and woodcut prints, Asian folkloric and mythic art, rustic nature-inspired home decor, rewilding the home, and animist or pagan sensibilities—especially where the feminine, the wild, and the creaturely blur together in story and form.
PACKAGING: This print will be carefully rolled in Kraft paper, packed in a recycled clear bag and shipped in a recycled cylindrical tube. A one-page insert including a description of the folktale is included with the print. Gift wrap and a handwritten note to a gift recipient is possible, please mention it in your note to seller.
SHIPPING: All my prints are packaged and shipped out within 1-3 business days. This print has free shipping for U.S. Customers, and there is a flat rate fee of $40 for international customers. There may be an additional customs tax international customers depending on your country of origin.
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This handcrafted linocut print celebrates the Celtic horse goddesses—Rhiannon, Macha, Epona, and Étaín - creaturely heroines born from an entwinement of the feminine and the horse: its wild grace, instinctual knowing, strength, and freedom. Each goddess carries with her an ancient story that demonstrates how true strength is the art of holding paradox with courage and clarity. Rhiannon maintains her sovereignty even when falsely accused; Macha carries the womb into the battlefield; Epona moves along the threshold of life and death; and Étaín travels through countless rebirths, riding the winds of her own becoming. Each goddess shows that wisdom lies not in escaping contradiction, but in meeting it fully—riding the tension between competing forces with a steady heart. Together, they reveal that the creaturely heroine is a sovereign rider of two galloping truths, guiding both even as they race in opposite directions, shaping a life fierce, whole, and wildly alive.
This design includes one horse-rider held between two blues, where what once seemed opposite softens, merges, and becomes a truer whole. It is printed with a unique hand-mixed color gradient; each piece is one of a kind, with natural variations that make your print truly singular.
Print Size: 11” x 14”
Paper Size: 13” x 18”
MATERIALS: It is printed with Caligo Safewash (non-toxic) Relief Ink on Strathmore Paper - an archival printmaking paper local to Massachusetts. Because the colors are hand-mixed please expect variations - each is one of a kind! Please feel free to request photos of the available prints if you'd like to see more options before making your selection
PACKAGING: This print will be rolled in Kraft paper, packed in a recycled clear bag and shipped in a recycled cylindrical tube. It is gift-ready as it is! A one-page insert including a description of the folktale is included with the print.
SHIPPING: All my prints are packaged and shipped out within 1-3 business days. Free shipping for U.S. Customers. International customers, please purchase this print on Etsy. I no longer provide international shipping through this website.
Questions? Please feel free to reach out here, or email me at diemdangers@gmail.com.
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This original handcrafted linocut print celebrates the deep mythic bond between a woman and a bear— a perfect piece of folklore-inspired home decor for those drawn to nature spirituality, pagan symbolism, and the storytelling magic of the Arctic Inuit. In the timeless, storied landscape of the tundra depicted, a polar bear and woman sit in an embrace — an image of tenderness and reciprocity that speaks to our ancient kinship with the wild.
Though sometimes told as an Inuit story, the tale of an old woman caring for a wild creature weaves its way through many heritages, stirring something ancestral within us. The act is transgressive and redemptive, reminding us that in mothering the wild, we are mothered in return — in a world that has long forgotten such values. The old woman does not ask for recognition. She does not need it. But we do. We need to remember women like her — to remember ourselves back into relationship with the living earth, the mother of us all.
This original handmade linocut print is inspired by an Inuit folktale about an elderly childless woman who finds a lost polar bear cub and raises him as her own. When he grows up, and she can no longer care for herself, he brings her food — a poetic reminder of interdependence and the sacred cycle of giving and receiving.
Print size 12” x 18”
Paper size ranges from 16-17” x 20-20.5”
MATERIALS: This design is printed with Caligo safewash (non-toxic) ink on traditional Japanese Awagami Select Hosho Paper both of which are archival quality. Hosho paper is a handmade paper from Japan, made using natural materials and traditional printmaking techniques.
COLOR: Black ink on wither bright white paper or warm white paper.
PACKAGING: This print will be carefully rolled in Kraft paper, packed in a recycled clear bag and shipped in a recycled cylindrical tube. A one-page insert including a description of the folktale is included with the print. Gift wrap is possible, please mention it in your note to seller.
SHIPPING: All my prints are packaged and shipped out within 1-3 business days. Free shipping for U.S. Customers. International customers, please purchase this print on Etsy. I no longer provide international shipping through this website.
Questions? Please contact me.
© 2022-2026 FeathersandFolktales. All Rights Reserved.
Feathers & Folktales is the website of Diem Dangers, printmaker & story keeper offering beautifully hand-carved linocut prints of wild heroines who live in deep intimacy with the earth or who are creaturely themselves. Inspired by folklore and mythologies, and nature-rooted storytelling, each piece is a timeless reminder of the power of the wild feminine, honoring woodland witches, fox wives, bird brides, root daughters, plant priestesses, seal women, moss maidens, antlered queens, bear mothers, and so many more wild maidens, mushroom mothers, and creaturely crones. Carved and printed with sustainable practices including non-toxic inks, thoughtfully chosen papers, and earth-kind packaging—because stories worth keeping deserve to be made with care.
What is Linocut Art?
A linocut is a type of relief print, that preserves the ancient method of traditional hand carving and the age-old technique of handprinting. Once carved from wood, today artists often use linoleum—a softer, modern material—for its ease of carving. The linoleum is then rolled with ink, and paper is hand-pressed on top to reveal the final art print. The texture from the hand carving and variations in ink density from printing by hand gives the resulting artwork a rustic charm and timeless feel making linocut printmaking an ideal medium through which these age-old, heartwarming folktales and fairytales can be brought to life.
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Diem Dangers is A Linocut Artist & Printmaker
I am a printmaker and storyteller with a passion for using the age-old technique of hand-carving and block printing to create original designs inspired by creaturely heroines. Through both my art and blog reflections, I explore the folklore and mythologies that connect women and the wild across cultures, a sisterhood of shared enchantment and kinship with the wild that spans landscapes and continents. With each hand-pressed story, we begin to see an ancient hidden tapestry that weaves us back into belonging with one another and to the living world.
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This original blog, also available on Substack, offers a deeper descent into the folklore of creaturely heroines - exploring the intersection of ecology and mythology, feminine archetypes, timeless themes and ancestral memory. These stories remind us of our long-buried kinship with the wild and one another, a sacred sisterhood beneath the weave of waking life.
Since the first dreaming of the world, there have always been stories in which the earth found a body, a voice, and a face through which to enter our human world, dreaming herself into human form. Creaturely heroines are not merely figures who move through the landscape but an expression of the courtship of human imagination and the earth, the way the land births herself into being in the storied world, this marriage-place of worlds. Through the creaturely heroine’s ecstasies and griefs, her shapeshifting and return, we are welcomed into an imaginal realm beyond the limited scope of our human experience, and we begin to see see the world through the wild’s eyes. She is the earth’s emissary, the way the wild enters into our world embodied, drawing us into an emotional kinship felt before it is understood.
Deep within the mythic imagination of the Desert Southwest, La Loba—Wolf Woman—gathers the buried forgotten bones of Wolf, singing them back to life again. Today, a 700-mile steel U.S. Mexico border wall cuts through this ancient landscape, disrupting wildlife movement and human migration, inviting us to reflect on whether borders protect or harm, stirring deeper questions about security, sovereignty, and national identity. Yet the wall is only one expression of a deeper condition: a world increasingly shaped by fracture, division, and polarization—like a body of bones scattered beyond recognition, awaiting the one who might learn to see their relation again. What might La Loba offer us today if her voice were invited into this contemporary conversation? When the world stands at a threshold, the questions living inside our oldest stories return to meet us —offering what they have always carried, if we are ready to listen.
How might an ancient folktale—one that explores a marriage between a human and a crane—deepen our understanding of our relationship with the wild, both around us and within our own bodies? Crane Wife, a Japanese folktale, draws us to the tender edge where love and mystery meet, inviting a deeper reckoning with the cost of wanting to know too much and the loss experienced when the veil is pulled back too far. At its heart, the tale offers a bittersweet medicine: a remembering that enchantment lives not in what we uncover, but what we are willing to honor and protect.
Who sits beside us as a tender, present witness at every threshold? Deep within our ancient and living heritages, Bear returns again and again—in folklore, ritual, ceremony, and legend—as a living presence in moments of transformation. Whether she appears as lover, mother, child, healer, midwife, shaman, or guide, within the spell of the telling, Bear offers us her hallowed den—a breathing, fluid space where psyche and nature, creature and cosmos curl together as one. Here, in the enduring pulse of her wild presence, she wraps us in her warmth and fur holding us steady as change reshapes us.
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This handcrafted linocut print is inspired by The Crane Wife, a beloved Japanese folktale of a wounded crane who becomes a woman and weaves exquisite cloth from her own feathers. The story celebrates the quiet power of creativity, the sacred labor of the soul, and the magic that emerges when one honors their inner life in privacy and care. In this mythic tale, the Crane Woman’s art transforms pain into beauty, reminding us that the deepest acts of creation often happen unseen, shielded from the eyes of others. Every feather, stitch, and pattern in this rustic, hand-carved print evokes the sacred, regenerative energy of birds, the transformative power of folklore, and the feminine archetype of the nurturer, weaver, and healer.
SIZE: Paper size 11" x 14"; Print size 8" x 10"
COLOR OPTIONS: It is printed with Caligo Safewash (non-toxic) Relief Ink in bero-ai (traditional Japanese Prussian blue) and Feather-Ash. The colors are handmixed so please expect slight variations. Photographs have been carefully taken to show the color as closely matched as possible to the actual color.
PAPER: Arnhem 1618® Printmaking Paper (which is a cardstock weight). The Midwinter Blue is printed on bright white paper, and the Ash Lichen is printed on warm white paper.
GIFT IDEAS: This Crane Woman linocut print makes a meaningful gift for lovers of folklore, bird symbolism, and mythic storytelling. Ideal for those inspired by Japanese mythology, the sacred feminine, or the transformative power of art, it also resonates with pagans, animists, and anyone cultivating a creative, rewilded home. A thoughtful choice for artists, storytellers, and those reclaiming their own inner magic, this piece belongs in spaces where myth, ritual, and the quiet labor of the soul are celebrated.
PACKAGING: This print will be carefully packed in a recycled clear bag and shipped in a recycled cardboard mailer. A one-page insert including a description of the folktale is included with the print.
SHIPPING: All my prints are packaged and shipped out within 1-3 business days. For international shipping please buy this on Etsy.
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This is a handcrafted linocut print inspired by the Indigenous North American folktale of the Three Sisters: Corn, Beans and Squash—a heartwarming ancient story of interdependence, reciprocity, and ecological wisdom that nourishes our relationships as well as our bodies.
Rooted in agricultural practices shared by many Indigenous nations—from the Hopi of the Southwest to the Oneida and Haudenosaunee of the Northeast—the Three Sisters are traditionally planted together because they each support the other: corn provides structure for the beans to grow, beans restore nitrogen to the soil, and squash shades and protects the ground from drying out. This folktale honors a worldview in which difference is not competition but contribution—each sister distinct, each essential to the health of the whole. A handcrafted design for the home where the Three Sisters grow not just in legend but in life. . .in every meal, every season, and in sister-fed souls.
GIFT IDEAS:
This print makes a meaningful gift for:
Gardeners, farmers, and food lovers
Those drawn to Indigenous wisdom, plant teachings, and ecological reciprocity
Fans of Robin Wall Kimmerer’s Braiding Sweetgrass
Advocates of local food systems, sustainable living, and seasonal rituals
Kitchens, dining spaces, or homes rooted in nature-based storytelling
SIZE: Paper size 11" x 14"; Print size 10" x 12"
MATERIALS: It is printed with Caligo Safewash (non-toxic) Relief Ink on Strathmore professional printmaking paper from a local Massachusetts paper mill.
COLOR OPTIONS: It is printed with four different color options: Mustard, Spring Green Bean, Dark Leaf Green and Olive. These colors are hand-mixed so please expect slight variations.
PACKAGING: This print will be carefully packed in a recycled clear bag and shipped in a recycled rigid cardboard mailer. A one-page insert including a description of the folktale is included with the print.
SHIPPING: All my prints are packaged and shipped out within 1-3 business days. Free shipping for U.S. Customers. International customers, please purchase this print on Etsy. I no longer provide international shipping through this website.
Questions? Feel free to contact me.
© 2022-2026 FeathersandFolktales. All Rights Reserved.
This is a handmade linocut print of Bear and Woman entwined. It honors how, deep within so many of our ancient and living heritages, Bear returns again and again—in folklore, ritual, ceremony, and legend—as a living presence and a creaturely comfort within the human mythic imagination, especially during moments of transformation.
Whether Bear appears as lover, mother, child, healer, midwife, shaman, or guide, within the spell of the telling, Bear offers us her hallowed den—a breathing, fluid space where psyche and nature, creature and cosmos curl together as one. Here, in the enduring pulse of her wild presence, she wraps us in her warmth and fur holding us steady as change reshapes us.
This design features a Desert Southwestern landscape inspired by a story of Bear as a witness, guide, and ancient maternal presence through life’s transitions in Sonja Grace’s book Dancing with Bear and Raven. She shares that, in the Hopi and Navajo traditions, bears and ravens are liminal beings—bridges between worlds, as well as guides and sources of comfort during profound moments of change. Here, Bear emerges as a creaturely heroine: a wise and protective presence who walks alongside us through thresholds of transformation.
May this artwork turn a corner of your home into a den of dreaming, where Bear brings protection and renewal, and Raven offers wisdom, insight, and quiet introspection.
PRINT SIZE: 11” x 14”
PAPER SIZE: 13” x 18”
COLOR OPTIONS: Desert Umber, Canyon Earth, Adobe Dust, Desert Shadow, Midnight Agave. Colors are hand mixed so please expect slight variations. If you would like to see a photo of the specific print you will receive please contact me.
MATERIALS: It is printed using Caligo safewash professional printmaking ink on archival Strathmore printmaking paper, from a local paper mill in Massachusetts.
GIFT IDEAS: This Bear Threshold linocut print makes a thoughtful and meaningful gift for anyone navigating a time of change or personal transformation. It resonates with those drawn to bear symbolism, sacred animal guides, mythic storytelling, or folklore-inspired art, and is especially fitting for individuals experiencing transitions such as new beginnings, creative reinvention, or the honoring of ancestral or personal thresholds. It can also serve as a compassionate gift for someone coping with grief or loss, offering a symbolic reminder that endings and beginnings are intertwined, and that renewal and resilience are always possible. Ideal for pagans, animists, nature lovers, folklore enthusiasts, and collectors of mythic or wildlife-inspired art, this print invites reflection, courage, and the quiet magic of walking with Bear through life’s cycles.
PACKAGING: This print will be rolled in Kraft paper, packed in a recycled clear bag and shipped in a recycled cylindrical tube. It is gift-ready as it is! A one-page insert including a description of the folktale is included with the print.
SHIPPING: All my prints are packaged and shipped out within 1-3 business days. Free shipping for U.S. Customers. International customers, please purchase this print on Etsy. I no longer provide international shipping through this website.
Questions? Please feel free to reach out here, or email me at diemdangers@gmail.com.
© 2022-2026 FeathersandFolktales. All Rights Reserved.
In many traditions, the hare appears not alone but in a recurring symbolic triad—hare, moon, and the feminine. From Asia through Persia and the Nile, into the forests of Europe and across the Americas, this mythic trio migrated by way of traders, wanderers, travelers across the Silk Road, through spoken story, visual art, recurring motifs and symbolic pattern. . . .a cross-border animate intelligence that persists, holding distant places in storied relation, remembering the whole.
This handcrafted linocut print is inspired by this mythic triad that represents lunar cycles, creaturely feminine and the regenerative power of fertility, a living force that knows no bounds, resists captivity, and remains wild and free. Perfect for lovers of pagan art, cross cultural archetypes, and the sacred feminine journey, this piece celebrates fertility rituals, moon‑cycle wisdom, and nature‑rooted storytelling.
In the design, two hares—one resting, one alert—sit beneath the luminous phases of a full moon, while three dancing women dance in the glow of a full moon within a landscape that echoes the earth’s return to life.
PRINT SIZE: 12" x 18"
PAPER SIZE ranges from: 15" x 20" to 17" x 22"
COLORS:
It is printed using Caligo safewash (non-toxic) printmaking ink in the following colors:
Hare Honey - earthy, vibrant, warm, grounding
Elderglen Green - deep woodland, moss, quiet magic
Thistledown Gray - soft fog, liminal, silvered hush
Warm Gray - an earthy stone, ash, enduring
Moonlit Cobalt Blue - A luminous cobalt blue, lunar, mystical
Mauve - twilight-soft, introspective, feminine
Witchberry - dark fruit, wild, potent magic
The colors have been handmixed so please expect slight variations. Extra care has been put into editing the photos to show the actual colors.
PAPERS: These linocuts are printed on Awagami Select Hosho paper, an archival, handmade heritage paper from Japan. The exception is the Porcelain Blue which is hand printed on Korean HanJi handmade paper.
GIFT IDEAS: This would make a great gift for a folklore lover, someone who is cultivating her inner goddess, someone who loves lunar magic, ancestral magic, the power of spring, cycles of the seasons and the wild.
PACKAGING: This print will be carefully rolled in Kraft paper and a recycled plastic sleeve inside a recycled cardboard cylindrical tube. A one-page insert including a description of the folktale is included with the print. It is thoughtfully and beautifully packaged, making it gift-ready just as it is—no additional wrapping needed. If you’re sending it as a gift, I’m happy to include a handwritten note with your personal message to make it even more special.
SHIPPING: All my prints are packaged and shipped out within 1-3 business days. Free shipping for U.S. Customers. International customers, please purchase this print on Etsy. I no longer provide international shipping through this website.
If you have questions, please feel free to contact me.
© 2022-2026 FeathersandFolktales. All Rights Reserved.
This Selkie-inspired linocut is carved and printed by hand in a small Limited Collector’s Edition of 40, available in two colorways: Black Pearl and Stormy Sea. Each impression carries the subtle variations and character that make original printmaking so special. Every print is individually signed and numbered.
Please feel free to reach out here, or email me at diemdangers@gmail.com if you have questions, or wish to see individual prints to choose from.
Selkie is a timeless enduring story from Irish, Scottish and Icelandic maritime folklore—a story of a seal woman whose pelt is stolen from her. Bound to a life not of her choosing, she lives in longing for the tide's call until she reclaims what was taken and returns to her ocean home.
At its heart, Selkie is a story about the ache of exile from one's true nature and the fierce grace required to find one's way back. It is a story of remembering, of reclaiming what has been forgotten, or stolen, and of answering the call of the soul.
This piece is for those enchanted by Selkie folklore, and the path of rewilding—for those who cherish sovereignty and recognize, deep in their bones, the enduring tension between the life shaped by circumstance and the life the soul remembers.
PRINT SIZE: 12" x 16”
PAPER SIZE: approximately 15” × 19”
MATERIALS: It is printed with Caligo Safewash (non-toxic) Relief Ink on either traditional handmade Japanese Awagami Select Hosho Printmaking Paper, or Strathmore Paper, a local Massachusetts printmaking paper. Both are archival quality.
COLOR OPTIONS: Black Pearl and Stormy Sea. The Stormy Sea is hand-mixed so please expect slight variations. Photos are carefully taken to capture the actual colors.
PACKAGING: This print will be rolled in Kraft paper, packed in a recycled clear bag and shipped in a recycled cylindrical tube. It is gift-ready as it is! A one-page insert including a description of the folktale is included with the print.
SHIPPING: All my prints are packaged and shipped out within 1-3 business days. Free shipping for U.S. Customers. International customers, please purchase this print on Etsy. I no longer provide international shipping through this website.
© 2022-2026 FeathersandFolktales. All Rights Reserved.
This is a handcrafted linocut print inspired by the Dragon and Phoenix - a mythical creature pairing from Vietnam. One aerial the other aquatic, one feathered the other scaled, this beloved coupling echoes the vast ancient landscape of land and sea from which it was imagined: salt and freshwater estuaries, coastal marshes, braided rivers and mangroves—a marriage-place of worlds. The enduring wisdom of this couple and their courtship lies in discovering hidden treasures within unexpected connections—and in witnessing what new wonders are born when we choose communion over separation, curiosity over fear, and unity despite our differences.
PRINT SIZE: 12" x 18"
PAPER SIZE: 15" x 21"
MATERIALS: It is printed with Caligo Safewash (non-toxic) Relief Ink on local Massachusetts archival quality Strathmore printmaking paper.
COLOR OPTIONS: Black Pearl. Custom color requests are welcome, please message the seller directly to discuss possibilities.
GIFT IDEAS: For those drawn to linocut and woodcut prints, Asian folkloric and mythic art, rustic nature-inspired home decor, rewilding the home, and animist or pagan sensibilities—especially where the feminine, the wild, and the creaturely blur together in story and form.
PACKAGING: This print will be carefully rolled in Kraft paper, packed in a recycled clear bag and shipped in a recycled cylindrical tube. A one-page insert including a description of the folktale is included with the print. Gift wrap and a handwritten note to a gift recipient is possible, please mention it in your note to seller.
SHIPPING: All my prints are packaged and shipped out within 1-3 business days. This print has free shipping for U.S. Customers, and there is a flat rate fee of $40 for international customers. There may be an additional customs tax international customers depending on your country of origin.
© 2022-2026 FeathersandFolktales. All Rights Reserved.
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The Selkie Sketch
Carry the Song of Selkie home to remind you of your wild and sacred pelt. This free printable pdf includes the original sketch of Selkie — the first whisper of a vision that later found its way into this handcarved linocut print.
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This sketch is a quiet homage to the soul’s work of remembering what is wild and whole — a small offering for your journal, scrapbook, or wall, to remind you of the tender journey back to your ocean-home. Please note, this piece is shared for personal use and private enjoyment only — not for reproduction, resale, or commercial use.
Printed with non-toxic inks on handmade paper made of natural materials, packaged in recycled materials.
This handcrafted linocut print is inspired by the folklore and story of the Selkie — the shapeshifting seal woman of Irish, Scottish, and Icelandic maritime folklore. This is a handcrafted linocut print inspired by the mythic tale of the Selkie—part woman, part seal—who reclaims her stolen pelt and returns to the sea. Born of Irish, Icelandic, and Scottish shores, this story carries the salt-soaked wisdom of what it means to lose yourself, and the quiet power of finding your way back to your wild home. A statement piece for those drawn to Selkie folklore, sovereignty, and the mythic feminine call of the sea.
PRINT SIZE: 12" x 17.5"
PAPER SIZE: 16” x 22"
MATERIALS: It is printed with Caligo Safewash (non-toxic) Relief Ink on traditional handmade Japanese Awagami Select Hosho Paper.
COLOR OPTIONS: Black Pearl, Kelp Green, Stormy Sea, Tidal Teal and Sea Mist Gray. The colors are hand-mixed so please expect slight variations. Photos are carefully taken to capture the actual colors.
GIFT IDEAS: This artwork makes a meaningful gift for a mother, or for someone on a journey of loss and reclamation. It is for those tending a long-held longing, or returning to something precious that once slipped away. A beautiful choice for lovers of ocean folklore, and seal symbolism — especially those who feel called by the sea.
PACKAGING: This print will be rolled in Kraft paper, packed in a recycled clear bag and shipped in a recycled cylindrical tube. It is gift-ready as it is! A one-page insert including a description of the folktale is included with the print.
SHIPPING: All my prints are packaged and shipped out within 1-3 business days. Free shipping for U.S. Customers. International customers, please purchase this print on Etsy. I no longer provide international shipping through this website.
Questions? Please feel free to reach out here, or email me at diemdangers@gmail.com.
© 2022-2026 FeathersandFolktales. All Rights Reserved.