BONUS Episode! Taschen's WITCHCRAFT co-editor Jessica Hundley and designer Nic Taylor
The Witch Wave
Pam Grossman
4.9 • 1.6K Ratings
🗓️ 27 October 2021
⏱️ 61 minutes
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Summary
Happy Halloween and Blessed Samhain! We've got a special Witch Wave bonus episode to celebrate the release of the bewitching new book that Pam co-edited and co-authored: WITCHCRAFT from Taschen's Library of Esoterica series.
On this episode, Pam speaks with Library of Esoterica series editor Jessica Hundley and series designer Nic Taylor about all of the art, writing, design, and magic that went into WITCHCRAFT.
Jessica Hundley is a journalist, editor, and author of numerous books on music, film, counterculture and psychedelia. As series editor of Taschen's Library of Esoterica series, she has overseen and written for all volumes including TAROT, ASTROLOGY, and WITCHCRAFT. Her other books include The New New Age: Crystals, an acclaimed biography on country rock icon Gram Parsons, and an extensive overview of the photography of Dennis Hopper from Taschen to name but a few. Her interviews and articles have appeared in such publications as Vogue, Rolling Stone, NY Times, Mojo, and many others. She is also a creative director and filmmaker, who has collaborated with such artists and brands as John Legend, Pepsi, and Bonobos.
Nic Taylor is the head of Thunderwing Studios, an award-winning Los Angeles-based creative studio founded in 2007 by Nic and his partner Jennifer Brandt-Taylor. They specialize visionary work with visionary people via a diverse portfolio of projects in publishing, music, film, fashion, food, interior design and cultural institutions. Some of their projects include design for the recent film adaptation of Emma directed by Autumn de Wilde and for gorgeous brands like Bellocq Tea and Rule of Three.
Our sponsor for this special episode is VERAMEAT.
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| 1:03.2 | Would you like even more Witch Wave? Then come join us on Patreon where you'll get bi-weekly bonus |
| 1:10.7 | Witch Wave plus episodes, add free Witch Wave episodes, and detailed show notes for all. |
| 1:19.3 | Rewards also include magical merch and giveaways, early heads up about my workshops before they sell |
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| 1:49.8 | and to support the show. Thanks so much. |
| 1:58.1 | The world is filled with bewitching people, and you might be one too. Welcome to the podcast |
| 2:04.0 | where art is magic, magic is real, and reality is stranger than dreams. I'm Pam Grossman, |
| 2:11.2 | and this is the Witch Wave. |
| 2:41.6 | Hello and welcome to the Witch Wave. Yes, my friends, it is a Witch Wave bonus episode here |
| 2:55.2 | just in time for Sawin, Halloween, and all of the other bewitching holy days that are being |
| 3:03.5 | celebrated over this weekend and through early next week. I hope you're getting in the mood already, |
| 3:10.0 | and are filling your home with candles and candy. Now ordinarily, I'd be releasing this as a |
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