Skulls, sheets and good causes

(Nimue)

I’ve followed Skulls and Sheets on Twitter, Bluesky and Instagram for some time now. She’s a lovely artist – I’ve met her in person. She specialises in Mari Lwyds – horse skulls dressed in sheets, usually decked with ribbons. They’re from Welsh folk tradition and go to pubs for seasonal rap battles (approximately).

At this time of year, Skulls and Sheets runs an art auction on ebay, raising money for assorted charities associated with domestic abuse. I’m a domestic abuse survivor so this is a cause that I deeply care about. In the UK on average three women a week are killed by their partners, and most countries have similar figures (or worse). While the abuse of men by women is certainly also a thing, it results in nothing remotely like the same death toll.

You can find the auction over here, and if you click on any given card, you can see who the artist was and where the money is going. https://www.ebay.co.uk/usr/skullsnsheets

My contribution is over here – https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/155884248037?hash=item244b6cdbe5:g:veoAAOSws5llUN92 and I’m waiting nervously to see if anyone bids on it. I’ve really pushed myself this year on the art side, both to do more of it and to try and take myself more seriously, so this is a bit of a test.

Recently I had the wonderful experience of getting to write a story in response to one of Skulls and Sheets’ images, and you can find that over here –

In the winter mist