Original lino print deisgned, carved and hand printed by Minifi. A4 onto A3 paper
In European folklore of the medieval and early modern periods,familiars were believed to be supernatural entities that would assist witches band cunning folk in their practice of magic.
The black cat is a common modern representation of this, yet they also were toads, crows, bats, hares, newts, spiders....
This Black cat is named Salem after the Salem witch trials from February 1692 and May 1693. More than two hundred people were accused. Thirty were found guilty, nineteen of whom were executed by hanging (fourteen women and five men).