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During my recent interview on the @paranormalmonkey.bsky.social I talked about the Green Man. Viewer Steph asked if there were any stained glass foliate heads. There is! Check out my Substack to read all about it:

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The Stained-Glass Green Man at St Mary Redcliffe, Bristol
A foliate fragment
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October 9, 2025 at 6:00 PM
annajordan.bsky.social
Foliate head with starlings, ivy and dandelions.

#englishfolk #folklore #greenman #foliatehead #nature
September 28, 2025 at 2:39 PM
tamsinwilson.bsky.social
Finally made it to Kilpeck. What a stunner that church is, and I immediately want to go again. Here is a lovely disgorging head for you. #greenman #foliatehead
Photo of a Norman stone carving of a very stylised face which looks surprised, with plants coming out of the mouth. The carving is part of decoration around the door way into the Church of St Mary and St David at Kilpeck, Herefordshire.
September 22, 2025 at 8:22 AM
tamsinwilson.bsky.social
Green person of the day from Lawrence James Bailey. The Green Man, 2023, embroidery and textile appliqué with wooden frame. 30x23cm

#greenman #dailygreen #greenpersonoftheday #foliatehead #folklore #dailyfolklore #folksky #embroidery
Portrait colour photo of a framed embroidery. A white person wears a dark green mask. There are holes for eyes and a hole for the mouth where you can see some teeth. It is quite menacing.
August 15, 2025 at 5:35 PM
tamsinwilson.bsky.social
Green person of the day is a mosaic from the Great Palace Mosaics Museum, Istanbul. In the museum are surviving mosaics with mythological, bucolic, hunting, and circus scenes, dated between 450-550 AD.

#greenman #dailygreen #greenpersonoftheday #foliatehead #folklore #dailyfolklore #folksky #photo
Portrait colour photo of the remains of a mosaic. The majority is a white man with flushed cheeks and a large green bushy beard. His eyes are looking to the left of the image and he has a handsome and kind face. Below him are a few green olive looking leaves and a decorative scrolling pattern in red, yellow, grey and brown. The background of the mosaic is green. The tiles used are very small and delicate. Landscape colour photo of a close up of the face in the other image. The green looks more vivid in this photo and his cheeks are more flushed.
August 13, 2025 at 5:50 PM
tamsinwilson.bsky.social
Green person of the day - this stunning costume and accompanying crocodile from the latmul people, Papua New Guinea. Photo by Jimmy Nelson.

#greenman #dailygreen #greenpersonoftheday #foliatehead #folklore #dailyfolklore #folksky #photography
Portrait colour photo taken by Jimmy Nelson. Two black men of the Iatmul people stand in a a field. They wear huge voluminous skirts made of long green leaves with bits of magenta. The skirts cover down to their knees and are wider than they are long. On top of the leaves are white circles made of possibly bone? Their legs below the skirt seem to have white stripes painted on and their ankles have raffia type material tied round them. They have bare chests apart from the support strings holding up the large skirts, and they seem to be subtly painted red. One of the men wears a fur hat and has some white markings painted on his face. The other man wears an absolutely huge beautifully made life sized crocodile that looks like wicker on his head. It looks pretty realistic!
August 12, 2025 at 5:19 PM
tamsinwilson.bsky.social
Green person of the day is 'Untitled' from Ana Mendieta's Silueta Series (1973-78).

#greenman #dailygreen #greenpersonoftheday #foliatehead #folklore #dailyfolklore #folksky #photography #fineart
Portrait colour photo. A tanned woman lies naked in what looks like the ruins of a building. The majority of her is covered head to ankles in picked white wild flowers and their leaves. Her head is totally obscured but you can still see her limbs. The stone blocks frame her as she lies face up on the bare earth. Her legs are straight and hands are by her sides.
August 6, 2025 at 4:20 PM
tamsinwilson.bsky.social
Green person of the day is Tree Woman by Francis Picabia 1930, oil on canvas.

#greenman #dailygreen #greenpersonoftheday #foliatehead #folklore #dailyfolklore #folksky #painting
Portrait colour photo of an oil painting. Tree Woman by Francis Picabia 1930, oil on canvas. A white woman with warm red brown hair looks down at something in her hand. We only see her head and her hand lifted to near her face. In front of her there are large green trees with brown trunks, which are transparently painted across her face and hair. She melds with the trees. The whole painting has sepia and green tones.
August 5, 2025 at 5:40 PM
tamsinwilson.bsky.social
Green person of the day from @blackmenwithgardens on insta.

#greenman #dailygreen #greenpersonoftheday #foliatehead #folklore #dailyfolklore #folksky #photography
Portrait colour photo of a black man standing in front of a wall. The wall behind him is tiled in white tiles with a navy blue and orange repeat floral motif. Looks kind of 70s. There is a recess in the wall which is tiled with grey blue small square tiles. The man is wearing a white jumper and holding a large leaf up which obscures most of his face. Only one eye looks out from between the leaflets.
August 4, 2025 at 8:19 PM
tamsinwilson.bsky.social
Green person of the day is this beautiful oil painting from Nicholas Jolly.

#greenman #dailygreen #greenpersonoftheday #foliatehead #folklore #dailyfolklore #folksky #painting #oiloncanvas
Landscape colour photo of an oil painting by Nicholas Jolly. A white woman faces you and looks slightly surprised. Wide eyes, lifted eyebrows, mouth slightly open. Her long broken straight hair flows down her shoulders and the image cuts off there. From the corners of her mouth leafy twigs are sprouting. There is a cascade on left and right of various green leaves, flowers, fungi and insects. The background of the painting is a muted grey blue.
August 2, 2025 at 5:50 PM
tamsinwilson.bsky.social
Green person of the day from @hmoorecraft on insta - 'Cerne Abbas giant limberjack'.

#greenman #dailygreen #greenpersonoftheday #foliatehead #folklore #dailyfolklore #folksky #photography
Portrait colour photo of a marionette of the Cerne Abbas giant. Carved from wood the model is jointed at the knees and hips and the arms move. The chalk outline is painted on the green figure. A white tattooed hand holds the figure up to display in a workshop. Portrait colour photo of a marionette of the Cerne Abbas giant. Carved from wood the model is jointed at the knees and hips and the arms move. The chalk outline is painted on the green figure. The model is seated on a piece of wood in a workshop.
August 1, 2025 at 5:28 PM
tamsinwilson.bsky.social
Green person of the day, a lovely photo of a carved gravestone from @presently.here on insta.

#greenman #dailygreen #greenpersonoftheday #foliatehead #folklore #dailyfolklore #folksky #photography #gravestone
Colour portrait photo, close up of a green/yellow lichen covered gravestone. A face is carved into the stone.
July 31, 2025 at 7:01 PM
tamsinwilson.bsky.social
Green person of the day - Daphne's Metamorphosis. Fresco by Carlo Cignani in the Palazzo del Giardino, Parma.

#greenman #dailygreen #greenpersonoftheday #foliatehead #folklore #dailyfolklore #folksky #painting #Italy #parma
Portrait colour photo of close up of a painting. A white woman with outstretched arms leans from bottom right to top left and looks as though she will fall over. Her fingers in the top left of the image are turning into branches with leaves on. Unfortunately for her one breast has fallen out of her grecian robe as she is turning into a laurel tree. The tale of Daphne and Apollo. In the distance behind her is a hillside, trees, and the sky.
July 30, 2025 at 8:53 AM
tamsinwilson.bsky.social
Green person of the day is 'How to Camoflage' by Dara Engler. Oil on canvas, 36in.x 48in, 2018

More on her website - daraengler.com/section/5307...

#greenman #dailygreen #greenpersonoftheday #foliatehead #folklore #dailyfolklore #folksky #painting #oilpainting
Landscape colour photo of an oil painting which looks slightly digitally painted in style. A woman sits on a red ground of leaves. She is covered in green leaves which have red highlights. Behind her are green bushes which she is trying to camoflage into. Her hands, feet and face are visible and her hands look like they're holding something, though it isn't clear what. She looks directly at the viewer warily.
July 25, 2025 at 4:26 PM
tamsinwilson.bsky.social
Green person of the day today from @stoneclub.bsky.social The Long Man of Wilmington, with great footprint crop circles to boot.

#greenman #dailygreen #greenpersonoftheday #foliatehead #folklore #dailyfolklore #folksky #photography
Portrait colour photo of a greeny brown hillside with a chalk figure of a person holding two long sticks. The Long Man of Wilmington. In the yellow field in front of the figure are two huge footprint crop circles.
July 24, 2025 at 4:51 PM
tamsinwilson.bsky.social
Green person of the day today a 'Wüeschte' meaning ugly. Part of the 'Silvesterchlause' new years mummers tradition. Urnäsch, Appenzell Ausserrhoden, Switzerland.

#greenman #dailygreen #greenpersonoftheday #foliatehead #folklore #dailyfolklore #folksky #photography
Portrait colour photo. A person covered in dense green leaves from head to toe stands in a field with a mountainous setting. They're wearing a pale scary grotesque mask and carry an absolutely massive alpine bell. The metal bell is the size of a backpack.
July 23, 2025 at 7:05 PM
tamsinwilson.bsky.social
Green person of the day is this lovely haunted piece from Gabriele Castellano.

Her insta is gabriele.castellano and there's more of her work here caracolarte.it/artista/dani...

#greenman #dailygreen #greenpersonoftheday #foliatehead #folklore #dailyfolklore #folksky #illustration #art
Landscape illustration of a woman in the dark, illuminated in green by the light of glowing fungi. She is sat on the floor next to the delicate glowing flowering plants and fungi. In one hand she holds a glowing green ball.
July 22, 2025 at 5:19 PM
tamsinwilson.bsky.social
Green person of the day (for yesterday but I'm getting lax) is this cute as hell mandrake from Tacuinum sanitatis, a medieval healthy living guide. Superbly unbothered. We should all aspire to this.

#greenman #dailygreen #greenpersonoftheday #foliatehead #folklore #medieval #cute
Landscape medieval colour illustration of a mandrake plant/person. Half of the body is in the grassy ground. The head and body are beige and a bit rooty looking. The face is composed and calm. There are huge green leaves coming out of the top of the head.
July 22, 2025 at 4:28 PM
tamsinwilson.bsky.social
Green person of the day from @catherinegogerty.bsky.social

#greenman #dailygreen #greenpersonoftheday #foliatehead #folklore #dailyfolklore #folksky #art #painting
Portrait colour photo of a painting. A childlike figure stands on brown ground against a dark blue night sky. They wear an outfit made of leaves, with an elaborate radiating headdress of leaves. Only their hands, face and feet are visible. Their face looks apprehensive.
July 17, 2025 at 6:25 PM
tamsinwilson.bsky.social
Green person of the day 'Hot Lavender' by Ellie Hiscocks - @bookandthimble on insta. Absolutely stunning interpretation of a Walter Crane illustration. Wimbledon degree show, June 2025.

#greenman #dailygreen #greenpersonoftheday #foliatehead #folklore #dailyfolklore #folksky #costume #art
Portrait colour photo. A mannequin stands against a white wall. It holds a huge spear of lavender. The dress it wears is in a Victorian style, in olive green. It dobs a purple hat with a sprig of lavender on top, a lavender flower ruff. There are lavender sprigs bursting out of the shoulders and draping down the long green sleeves. The waist band is purple, and there are lots of other little lavender and purple accents and details.
July 16, 2025 at 12:45 PM
tamsinwilson.bsky.social
Green person of the day is this lovely painting by Natalie Tottenham

#greenman #dailygreen #greenpersonoftheday #foliatehead #folklore #dailyfolklore #folksky #art #painting
Portrait colour photo. A painting hangs on a white wall. A green field with rippling grass, with hills behind. A large shadow of a person is striding through the field.
July 15, 2025 at 8:06 PM
tamsinwilson.bsky.social
Green person of the day is a sculpture in George Wright's garden in Dorset, England. Found in the book Living Sculpture by Paul Cooper.

#greenman #dailygreen #greenpersonoftheday #foliatehead #folklore #dailyfolklore #folksky #photography
An iron bed in a green grassy meadow. The bedding is made of short grass with the shape of a figure underneath. There's a wooden chair on left of the bed with grass as the seat.
July 10, 2025 at 7:30 PM
tamsinwilson.bsky.social
Green person of the day 'Vestige' sculptures by Rob Mulholland.

#greenman #dailygreen #greenpersonoftheday #foliatehead #folklore #dailyfolklore #folksky #photography
Portrait colour photo of a leafy green wood. In the middle of the photo is a distorted reflection of the wood in the shape of the upper half of a person. The sculpture is a mirrored surface in the shape of a human which is almost totally camouflaged by the reflection. Portrait colour photo of a leafy green wood. There are four distorted reflections of the wood in the shape of four standing people. The sculptures are a mirrored surface in the shape of a human which is almost totally camouflaged by the reflection of green. Portrait colour photo of a brown bare wood. In the middle of the photo is a distorted reflection of the brown sticks in the shape of a person. The sculpture is a mirrored surface in the shape of a human which is almost totally camouflaged by the reflection.
July 9, 2025 at 11:58 AM
tamsinwilson.bsky.social
Green person of the day - Jade 'Mask of the Red Queen' found in the tomb of a Mayan noble woman.

#greenman #dailygreen #greenpersonoftheday #foliatehead #folklore #dailyfolklore #folksky #photography
Portrait colour photo of a mask made of fragments of jade. The mask is very lifelike with whites of eyes and brown irises. The lips are thin and the nose is round. There are disc earrings and many disc shaped beads above and below the face. Square colour digital mock up of the inside of a sarcophagus. The remains of a body are laid out face up. We can only see from the waist up. The body and surrounding area is covered in bright red cinnabar dust. The green blue jade mask and jewellery stands out against the red background.
July 8, 2025 at 5:40 PM
tamsinwilson.bsky.social
Green person of the day is from Jonathan Baldock - 'No one had paid them any particular attention', plus inspiration photo of Wakefield Cathedral medieval wooden carving of foliage being.

#greenman #dailygreen #greenpersonoftheday #foliatehead #folklore #dailyfolklore #folksky #sculpture #art
Portrait colour photo closeup of head of textile sculpture. Profile of the beige/grey face with green leaves and a green tongue. Background is pale blue and muted sage green. Portrait colour photo closeup of head of textile sculpture. Front on photo of the beige/grey and brown face with green leaves and a green tongue. Background is pale blue and muted sage green. Portrait colour photo of a textile sculpture. Side view of the whole sculpture which is two heads back to back with a large leafy protrusion upwards between them. The shape is the same as a poppyhead church sculpture found on pews. The sculpture has beige/grey/brown faces with green leaves and sticking out snakey green tongues. Background is pale blue and muted sage green. Portrait colour photo of a poppyhead wooden carvings on a pew in Wakefield Cathedral. It has two heads back to back so you can only see one currently. The face has leaves coming from the mouth and leaves for eyebrows.
July 7, 2025 at 4:12 PM