Mari Lwyd Pins and Buttons

The Mari Lwyd is a Christmas tradition from South Wales. The wassailing puppet is constructed by mounting a horse skull on a pole. It is then carried by an individual hiding under a cloth as the group goes door to door caroling.

A design of Mari Lwyd, the Welsh holiday tradition

The Mari Lwyd (Welsh: Y Fari Lwyd) is a wassailing folk custom found in South Wales. The tradition entails the use of an eponymous hobby horse which is made from a horse's skull mounted on a pole and carried by an individual hidden under a sackcloth.

Celebrate Christmas the Welsh way this year by sporting this Mari Lwyd inspired design!

Digital Drawing of Mari Lwyd. the Gray Mare of Welch tradition. According to this folk tradition you go wassailing or caroling with a horse skull with ribbons and evergreen and holly in place of its mane. The tradition also says that Mari Lwyd coming to your house is good luck but you must first deny them entry to your home before eventually allowing entry.

For when you want to go a-wassailing, Welsh style.

Mari Lwyd the ghost of christmas

Don't worry, she's not scary! Celebrate Christmas in a unique way with this magical re-imagining of the Mari Lwyd!

The Mari Lwyd is a Welsh tradition in which folks carry around a hobby horse that is made with a real horse skull. People with Mari Lwyds travel from house to house demanding food and drink through caroling battles.

The festive period often brings unexpected surprises to your door. And in Wales - if you're (un)lucky - you may get a visit from the Mari Lwyd... With this design, perplex the unexpecting with the mysterious & grisly aspect of the Mari Lwyd, emerging from the Carnyx "Wyrd Era" logo!

Celebrate all the festive Christmas characters!

Even though this is a winter tradition for the people in south Wales, why not have this fun singing horse skull year round?

Mari Lwyd inspired digital collage of horse skull with hollyhock and sage.

A hand carved linocut of a mari lwyd, a traditional folk custom from South Wales.

Mari Lwyd Winter Ghost Horse

Pilgrims of the Long Night

Horsecskull version of my dead inside design