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SiltiCrafts creatrix Kristine B.
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Doll maker. Crafter. Feral hosewife running with the wheel of the year between the garden and local woods. Dwelling in the labyrinths of myth, mind, folklore, metaphor and symbolism with a bottle gourd in my heart.

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Talking about #blue. Have you seen the Madame Desiderium?
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#DollMaker #StopMotion #ArtDolls
August 31, 2025 at 11:18 AM
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If your hands are dirty, paint them. Nobody will see the dirt. - wisdom from the 4yo. It works.

#ToddlerLogic #blue #paint
White toddler hands repainting themselves blue.
August 31, 2025 at 11:14 AM
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If you didn't get a chance many moons ago, here is another chance. The tiny witches of 4 elements have returned. silticrafts.etsy.com
#EarthAirFireWater #WitchSky #MagicalBazaar #witches
July 18, 2025 at 4:14 PM
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I'm working on a small collection of wall plaques. Moon Garden. Maybe 'Night With the Fae'? I'm still looking for the title that would suit them all together and each one separately. Any ideas? Any thoughts, feelings or associations looking at these? #MoonGarden #PlantArt #ArtSky #WitchSky #wip
One of a kind plaster wall plaques (made with water and gypsum powder), set out to dry before I can move to polishing up the relief of pressed plants & faces of spirits of nature, and painting them. White on the background of green grass. One of a kind plaster wall plaques (made with water and gypsum powder), set out to dry before I can move to polishing up the relief of pressed plants & faces of spirits of nature, and painting them. White on the background of green grass. One of a kind plaster wall plaques (made with water and gypsum powder), set out to dry before I can move to polishing up the relief of pressed plants & faces of spirits of nature, and painting them. White on the background of green grass. One of a kind plaster wall plaques (made with water and gypsum powder), set out to dry before I can move to polishing up the relief of pressed plants & faces of spirits of nature, and painting them. White on the background of green grass.
July 11, 2025 at 7:32 PM
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Also, I just met this aetheric creature and, omg, it's White Plume Moth and the caterpillars overwinter and feed on bindweed! My perspective on bindweed in my garden has been changed forever. #moth #WhiteMoth #bindweed #WitchSky #spooky #beauty #permaculturegarden #puremagic #permaculture
The perfectly white, gorgeously spooky White Plum Moth (pterophorus pentadactyla) sitting on agreen zuccini leaf.
July 2, 2025 at 7:17 PM
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My husband has the biggest smudge stick in town. The only way to escape the hungry mosquitoes we have exceptional amounts of this year. It's been raining since mid-May. #smudge #smudgestick #smoke #mosquitoes #odi #laukos #laukudzīve #countrysidelife
A man with a huge smoking stick of dried birch (twigs with leaves) surrounding him in smoke to repel mosquitoes.
July 2, 2025 at 7:03 PM
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Peace and beauty in chaos. In picture. IRL it feels more like chaos than anything else. And it is. I couldn't create such setup even if I wanted to. #stilllife #bloomscrolling #gardenflowers #flowers #peaceandbeauty #kitchen #countrysidelife #irl #kitchentable
Messy kitchen table with gorgeus flowers from my garden. I picked them on morning to bring them to my mom later. Other random things in the picture: coffee, fallen flowers, seed packets, kids' microscope, floating tea pot and the rest around.
July 2, 2025 at 7:31 AM
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Ants farmimg aphids. Look it up. Or maybe don't. They sedate them, eat their wings & take care of all their needs, even carry them from plant to plant, so they don't have to move. It's natural, and it rises multiple conflicts in me at once. #natural #ants #farming #aphids #justnature
A pink blooming valerian plant , it's stalk covered in black aphids and amber colored ants taking care of their "farm animals".
July 2, 2025 at 4:37 AM
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I'm just a stupid gardener who likes to learn from plants. And I might draw wrong conclusions sometimes, but this queer flower asked me to pass the message right now.

#BottleGourd #lagenaria #MaleFemale #flowers #JustNature #BloomScrolling #PrideMonth🌈 #NaturalQueer #queer
June 28, 2025 at 5:23 PM
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& Swiss chocolate.
Dark brown (and delicious) Swiss chocolate bar.
June 25, 2025 at 3:17 PM
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Post-Solstice afternoon bottle gourd tea on a lazy day. What's in your tea cup? #solstice #bottlegourd #tea #teatime #afternoontea
A bottle gourd shoot tea brewing. Slowly getting the golden hue leaking from the green gourd leaves into water.
June 25, 2025 at 12:53 PM
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I managed to finish the Medicine Woman. Perfect guardian for a spice rack, medicine chest, tea shelf, sacred space. www.etsy.com/listing/4323... #MagicalBazaar #WitchSky #witch #healer #MedicineWoman #KitchenWitch
She is a healer, a witch - herbalist - Medicine Woman. She holds mortar and pestle to prepare her medicine grinding the plants to release their scents and powers. She carries medicine jars filled with dried lovage leaves and fenugreek seeds. Her grey hair carries the red of blood and vitality, the yellow of Sun, joy and confidence, the green of nature, healing and love. The wise crone. She is a 32cm/12.5" tall doll hanging in a transparent nylon thread. Her face, mortar and pestle are hand-sculpted and hand-painted never to be repeated the same. She is made with metal wire, yarn, pre-loved and upcycled fabric and jewellery pieces. You can change the positions of her hands, discard what she carries in her medicine jars and fill them up with whatever you see suitable. Perfect guardian for the spice rack, medicine chest or tea shelf, great companion in the kitchen. Truly one of a kind witch art doll - Medicine Woman. She is a healer, a witch - herbalist - Medicine Woman. She holds mortar and pestle to prepare her medicine grinding the plants to release their scents and powers. She carries medicine jars filled with dried lovage leaves and fenugreek seeds. Her grey hair carries the red of blood and vitality, the yellow of Sun, joy and confidence, the green of nature, healing and love. The wise crone. She is a 32cm/12.5" tall doll hanging in a transparent nylon thread. Her face, mortar and pestle are hand-sculpted and hand-painted never to be repeated the same. She is made with metal wire, yarn, pre-loved and upcycled fabric and jewellery pieces. You can change the positions of her hands, discard what she carries in her medicine jars and fill them up with whatever you see suitable. Perfect guardian for the spice rack, medicine chest or tea shelf, great companion in the kitchen. Truly one of a kind witch art doll - Medicine Woman. She is a healer, a witch - herbalist - Medicine Woman. She holds mortar and pestle to prepare her medicine grinding the plants to release their scents and powers. She carries medicine jars filled with dried lovage leaves and fenugreek seeds. Her grey hair carries the red of blood and vitality, the yellow of Sun, joy and confidence, the green of nature, healing and love. The wise crone. She is a 32cm/12.5" tall doll hanging in a transparent nylon thread. Her face, mortar and pestle are hand-sculpted and hand-painted never to be repeated the same. She is made with metal wire, yarn, pre-loved and upcycled fabric and jewellery pieces. You can change the positions of her hands, discard what she carries in her medicine jars and fill them up with whatever you see suitable. Perfect guardian for the spice rack, medicine chest or tea shelf, great companion in the kitchen. Truly one of a kind witch art doll - Medicine Woman.
June 20, 2025 at 6:47 PM
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A glimpse into last year's celebration in my home. I'm getting ready for this year's gathering (on 23rd, but starting from tomorrow) 😊. Happy Solstice, beautiful souls! May your celebrations are full of joy! #SummerSolstice #jāņi #litha #PaganSky #WitchSky #bonfires
June 20, 2025 at 9:46 AM
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Medusa. Gorgon from Greek mythology with living snakes instead of hair. Anyone who looked upon her was turned to stone. Athena used her head as a weapon & symbol of protection. Nobody will dare to touch your pins. www.etsy.com/listing/4322... #greekmythology #medusa #hideous #WitchSky #MagicalBazaar
Black pin cushion made in the image of gorgon Medusa from ancient Greek mythology. Black pin cushion made in the image of gorgon Medusa from ancient Greek mythology.
June 19, 2025 at 6:44 PM
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June 18, 2025 at 8:22 PM
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June 18, 2025 at 8:16 PM
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To be honest, her choice of herbs in her medicine jars surprised me a bit. I expected sage, maybe nettle, cinnamon, or some flowers. She chose dried lovage leaves and fenugreek seeds. I will sit with that for a moment. #WorkInProgress #DollMaker #DollInProgress #ArtSky #WitchSky #symbolic #esoteric
The Medicine Woman doll as a work in progress. She has two gray, long braids, tied with red. Her yellow hands hold a mortar and pestle to grind the medicine preparing in. She carries two glass medicine jars hanging from her hand under her dark olive green cape, she has chosen to fill those jars with dried lovage leaves and fenugreek seeds.
June 18, 2025 at 6:42 PM
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I should be harvesting herbs. But we barely get a dry day here. It keeps raining. My heart is heavy lately - like the soggy soil. So, I'm sitting at the craft table with a herbalist, a medicine woman, a witch... Hoping for a relief. #WorkInProgress #witch #herbalist #MedicineWoman #DollMaker
A doll in progress with mortar and pestle. The Medicine Woman.
June 18, 2025 at 4:38 PM
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I don't think bats belong only to Halloween. They symbolize swiftness, awareness to the surroundings, ability to perceive the unseen, another perspective and so much more. www.etsy.com/listing/4322...
#bats #MagicalBazaar #CountryGoth #BatMobile #honeysuckle #symbolism #nocturnal #weird #WitchSky
June 18, 2025 at 2:08 PM
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Who has the cutest bottle gourd basket hanging on her shoulder? 😏 Very comfortable for rose petals. Can't wait to master this craft and skill to offer you something like this. My hopes are high. I've planted plenty of bottle gourds where nobody really grows them.
Container hanging in green strings, made from a dtied bottle gourd plant for small scale herb and berry harvesting and foraging. Truly comfortable for standing at the rose bush collecting rose petals.
June 13, 2025 at 1:51 PM
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My archive of the last 6 years. 600+ dolls. Made at home in Latvia, now most of them living in the USA, UK and Canada. 100+ in one private collection in Germany - that's more than I've ever had in my home at once. Still learning.
#ArtSky #DollMaker #DollArtist #dolls #WitchSky #creativejourney
June 12, 2025 at 6:03 PM
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Peppermint + chamomile + thyme afternoon tea with a view. The next heavenly aroma that will fill the air - honeysuckle. Apart from that, with just short breaks, it's been raining here for a month already. I find joy in flowers and their scents. #honeysuckle #teawithaview #inmygarden #afternoontea
Portal between the worlds with honeysucle vines ready to open the flowers soon.
June 12, 2025 at 2:08 PM
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She is the one who during the shortest night of the year -Summer Solstice- takes the Sun down, so the days wouldn't get even longer, so the balance between the light and the darkness could be restored. www.etsy.com/listing/4318... #goddess #ragana #summersolstice #paganart #witchsky #wheeloftheyear
June 11, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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The gracious potato flower.
#potato #bloomscrolling
A bouquet of light purple clusters of potato flowers with orange in the center and dark potao leaves in a glass vase.
June 11, 2025 at 11:43 AM
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I wonder... how are these pumpkins still holding on? I know I'm still holding on to them because they're damn pretty.

#pumpkins #CoffeeWithAView
A glass cup of dark coffee sitting alongside two pumpkins from last year's harvest that miraculously still haven't started to rot, so they've moved outdoors.
June 9, 2025 at 9:52 PM