templars – Jon Eland

Through the eyes of Elias

A spooky tale of the Templars and the undead; grounded in fact but fiction in nature.
Based in the universe I’ve created around the Knight’s Templar farmstead at Temple Newsam, Leeds.

As an inquisitive artist, my goal is not to present a definitive historical account, but to use the threads I find to piece together a believable narrative and reflect on contemporary change. There are no first-hand contemporary documents about the Newsam preceptory, the documentation we do have is limited to legal documents as the Templars…… Continue reading Sources – Templars of Newsam

Pondering… a new project

Entirely fictitious image of a would-be templar layperson in somewhere that could vaguely be Temple Newsam (Leeds, Yorkshire) - AI image created in midjourney

So, I’m at that point where long term project/s need work (both Along the Calls and a new project of Gen-X Queer portraits) so, what do I do, but take on a ‘small’ side project. This came about because I’ve started attending meetings of the Leeds Stitch and Textile Group (relating to the Embroiderers Guild);…… Continue reading Pondering… a new project