| The Magpie Wife While researching the common folk-rhymes associated with magpies (of which 'one for sorrow, two for joy' is the most familiar), I came across one variant which seemed to tell a tale in its sequence. I created this story and the accompanying pictures during 2004 in the form of a small handbound book. The images are rendered in scratchboard, except the coverleaf (right) which is a vinyl engraving. |
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| Although the narrative is my own, the story of a lonely woodcutter who is visited by a beautiful and mysterious woman, is not a new one. It is founded on various established tales, such as the Selkie women of Scotland, and the Irish ballad of Crazy Man Michael. Click on the image to proceed. |