This project is about researching and establishing the aesthetic of modern-day witchcraft. I want to find out what constitutes as Pagan beliefs and what this means to people. I will research various beliefs in relation to self-identifying witches, Wiccans and Pagans such as Herbalism, Alchemy and Deity Worship. I want to explore these themes through the medium of sculpture and photography.

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I want to explore the notion of what a pre-Christian alter would look like for the modern witch. Something natural such as a tree combined with more modern man-man products like scented and dyed candles. I also want to explore the notion of an ever-growing sculpture. My final intent for this piece will probably outgrow the boundaries of this assessment as I want to continue adding and melting candles to this structure until the naturalism of this piece is completely engulfed by wax, showing a dedication to a craft and ever-growing community of those creating new beliefs and practise outside of an organised religious space. 

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Paganism is something that was born from being ostracised and destroyed by an invading culture. The roots of paganism have stretched across dead and dying cultures and revived them. People can now pick and choose the aspects of those cultures to practise their own spiritualism. It’s a seemingly impossible feat, beauty and faith growing from an impossible place of oppression and decimation. Thus I want to create an capture that in my sculpture. The Impossible Tree.