𝔗𝔥𝔢𝔢 𝔄𝔯𝔱𝔢 𝔬𝔳 𝔚𝔦𝔫𝔱𝔢𝔯 𝔅𝔢𝔞𝔲𝔪𝔬𝔫𝔱

This is the sigil of Saphœðra (pronounced: Sa-foe-ethra). In your mind's eye or in your dreams she may take the form of a fierce mother jaguar with white fur like fresh snow, spotted with black and gold that glitters like a rippling pool catching the sun at dusk. Her eyes lit with a soft glow of cherry blossom pink. A staff is held in her coiled tail. Mother Saphœðra exists for the empowerment and protection of queer people, all of whom she considers her cubs. Saphœðra brings her power and protection to the wishes and desires of those placed into her care, represented by the sigils that surround her own, and nurtures them safely into fruition. A queer person that has beheld her sign may call upon her whenever they desire by closing their eyes and speaking her name three times.

" 𝖘𝖆-𝖋𝖔𝖊-𝖊𝖙𝖍𝖗𝖆 𝖘𝖆-𝖋𝖔𝖊-𝖊𝖙𝖍𝖗𝖆 𝖘𝖆-𝖋𝖔𝖊-𝖊𝖙𝖍𝖗𝖆 "

In 2023 I was commissioned by Nottingham Contemporary and 1525 Collective to produce an occult artwork with the theme of queer empowerment. It began with a workshop in which I taught the art of sigil magick to a group of local young queer people. The sigils that they created were placed under the charge of a servitor spirit called Saphœðra that was brought into being for the purpose of this work. The wall of the gallery was painted with a design incorporating all of the sigils made at the workshop, united and intertwined with the mother sigil of Saphœðra at its centre. It was opened to the public in January 2024.
Special thanks to Gender Phoria, 1525 collective, Chan Fagan, Lynx/Nyx, Leif-Moss, Murphy, Delia, Grayson, and Riley.