Elysian

24/06/2022

Elysian is an independently run magazine seeking to showcase how people use their creative practices to connect with God and how people's faith inform their creative practices.

I still have copies of Issues 1, 4, 5 and 6 that are available to buy online.

24/06/2022

Re_definedco share their vision for their podcast and instagram page to step out and share their faith journeys with their followers.

23/06/2022

Rachel Carpenter shares her story of how art was able to depict how she was feeling when she couldn't find the words amidst deep despair and pain. How those art pieces she created were able to help other people who were suffering and how her pieces of art developed as she recovered to present hopefulness despite the pain gone before.

22/06/2022

Chloe Osborne talks about how her creativity is fuelled by a desire to seek beauty and to discover beauty in the world God has created.
Read more in Issue 6!

Credit: Chloe Osborne

21/06/2022

Jackie shares some thoughts around the theme of worshiping in Spirit and Truth and the different ways in which we can express our worship.

21/06/2022

One of two beautiful artworks by Khembi Maynard featured in Issue 6 as an artistic response to song 'Honeycomb' by Renieta Pashova
See more here: www.elysianmagazine.org.uk/shop

Credit: Khembi Maynard

17/06/2022

Maggie of shares her story of how a simple desire to take up macrame as a hobby grew into a business when she realised the need of her colleagues who were furloughed during 2020 and set about providing materials and teaching them a new skill.
Read more in Issue 6 available here - www.elysianmagazine.org.uk/shop

16/06/2022

Carina Pegg shares part of her testimony from her time at university and how she rediscovered her faith in God and a loving church community in a period of anxiety and depression.

15/06/2022

Amy Blandford of shares her story of how she came to be a glass artist and how she finds she is able to express the things she understands about God though the medium of glass.
Want to read more? get your copy here www.elysianmagazine.org.uk/shop

14/06/2022

Issue 6 comes with a pull out poster of these drawings by Kath Rudge of 9 views seen from her home during quarantine last year.

13/06/2022

Laurent Collective Share some thoughts on creative purpose and partnering with God in our creativity. Read the full article in Issue 6 - Out now!

09/06/2022

Use the code SUMMER22 at checkout when buying Issue 1, 4 or 5 to get 25% off your order!

09/06/2022

Issue 6 is out today! Super excited to share this with you - head over to order your copy today!

08/06/2022

It's release day tomorrow! Issue 6 will be available to buy from the website from 9am🎉

30/05/2022

Keep an eye out 👀

25/04/2022

Elysian is an independently run magazine seeking to showcase how people use their creative practices to connect with God and how people's faith inform their creative practices.

I still have copies of Issues 1, 4 and 5 that are available to buy online.

14/04/2022

As we approach Easter weekend why not look over these beautiful illustrations by in Issue 5, reflecting on the elements of the Easter story.
If you don't already have a copy you can purchase one from the website for £5.99!

11/02/2022

These lovely watercolour robin notecards and beautiful flower stickers are available on our website. These could look great as artwork on your wall our even as a bookmark or laptop decoration!

11/02/2022

A little flick through some of the zines that are available in our shop!

Bethel Music • Life (Interlude)

10/02/2022

Your love LORD, reaches to the heavens,
your faithfulness to the skies.
Your righteousness is like the highest mountains,
your justice like the great deep.
You, LORD, preserve both people and animals.
How priceless is your unfailing love, O God!
People take refuge in your wings.
They feast on the abundance of your house;
you give them drink from your river of delights.
For with you is the fountain of life;
in your light we see light.
- Psalm 36:6-9

01/09/2021

The main vision behind Elysian is to explore and share how faith influences creative practice and how these creative practices can be used to pursue God.

Is this something you explore in your own creative practice or have been seeking to pursue?

Do you have a story or testimony evolving around your creative practice that you feel led to share?

Would you be interested in doing a piece of artwork in response to a song or poetry?

If the answer to any of these is yes, then please do get in touch either through DM or email at [email protected]

30/08/2021

Last chance to use the code SUMMER21 to get 35% off orders of Issue 4*. Have you got your copy yet?

*Offer ends tomorrow evening

07/08/2021

I will be at tomorrow morning with a selection of magazines (Issues 1-5) that will be available to buy. I will be able to take card and contactless payments. See you there!⁠
Issue 1 - £3⁠
Issue 2 - £3⁠
Issue 4 - £6⁠
Issue 5 - £6

27/07/2021

Do you consider yourself creative? Would you like to do a response piece of artwork?
I am looking for 2 artists; one to do some artwork in response to a song and another to do some artwork in response to a poem.
If you would be interested please do get in touch, either through instagram or email [email protected]
Thanks!

02/07/2021

shares her testimony of how her Jewellery making business came to be and how the events of 2020 have shaped her designs. From teardrop designs, 'He will wipe away every tear' to her chain collection 'My chains are gone/I've been set free'.

30/06/2021

In this issue of the magazine Rio Nuevo Chocolate share their story and their vision behind their chocolate business.
Read the full story in Issue 5 now!

28/06/2021

A few snippets from a reflection on Ecclesiastes 1:4 written by Tamara Blakemore

'It is the truth that as
“generations come, and generations go”
The beauty of this garden is out of my hands
Though I may toil and sacrifice till old age,
The place may once again be overtaken by the brambles.'

'I noticed the beautiful butterfly that passed me,
I recognised in between the brambles lay beautiful pink flowers.
This is what Joy feels and looks like
Recognised in chaos.'

25/06/2021

Roger writes about his thoughts on Daily Faith and how it something we must pick up on a daily basis as we chose to walk through life and choosing to see the world with eyes of faith. Read more in Issue 5!

24/06/2021

Surveying the landscape with fear⁠
Until I realigned my gaze⁠
Realigned to the maker of it all⁠
Realised the truth⁠
Embraced with grace⁠
Not set to determine the race⁠
Defiant to no end⁠
Evermore captivated in awe⁠
Reawoken at the very moment of surrender⁠
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Photo and words: Carina Pegg

21/06/2021

Phill talks about how re-reading the Parable of the Three Talents at the start of lockdown awakened him to the realisation that he may have buried a talent that God had given him and how this spurred him on to rediscover this talent and start painting again.

Artworks: Phill Pegg