Barney Bubbles. The Muff, the Witch, and the Mantelpiece.

Splendid item found in Curious magazine c.1971 issue 16:

 

Photo by Phil Franks.

 

© All rights reserved Copyright © Phil Franks 1971 - 2009 All rights reserved.

 

Of Myths and Man,

Two apprentice sorcerers perform a coming of age witch painting ceremony in the living room of a Holland Park apprentice pastry chef. The witch Nicki Kozakovitch, is preparing for a latter day coven to take place in public at the Hendon Classic. The Mystic sign is a reference to the duality of masculaine and feminine roles implicit in some forms of modern witchcraft. This photograph taken by Count Divanovitch Alexei Kravetski, of Portobello' Road, London wins a £5 prize in the Curious body painting competition.

 

Hmmm. I think this is a reference to the Richard Cavendish weekly compendium 'Man Myth and magic', I do not believe for a second that a Pastry Chef would be involved in such a caper... This is Barney Bubbles, in a public outing of the very few (probably less than 10) published photographs of him ( on the left). The painting is pure barney, I have posted up the label used for Glastonbury Fayre disc - the correct colour variation which show the same flame colours on Nicki the witch, yellow ,red and green. Please note, even in this published image of BB and friend the man foxes us - the image is printed in reverse*

 

* Please see new post here at Daevideo with the image back to normal.

 

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