PMP: Laura Tempest Zakroff & her many hats

Artist, Designer, Dancer, Witch - just a few of the words that can be used to describe Laura 'Tempest' Zakroff.  Based in Seattle, WA - she is a renaissance woman of many talents and hats. 

Dance: 
Tempest is the most recognized name associated with Gothic & Steampunk Fusion Bellydance in North America and across the world. Tempest's fascination with sacred and ritual dance lead her to bellydance over 15 years ago, and the exploration of Myth is an important and recurring theme in her work. Website: www.darklydramatic.com She is the producer of Waking Persephone in Seattle.  Website: www.wakingpersephone.com 

Art & design: 
Her artwork has been published in numerous books and magazines. She is inspired by myth and mystery, extreme detail and dreams, mixing the macabre with fantasy and wonder www.owlkeyme.com

Witch:
She has been a practicing Pagan and Modern Traditional Witch for over 20 years. She founded the Cauldron of Annwyn Pagan Society in New England (1998-2001), started the first Rhode Island Pagan Pride Day, Associate Editor of Crescent Magazine (1998-2004), and was the youngest attendee of the Pagan Leaders Summit that took place in Bloomington, IN in 2001. After about a decade of taking a break from being publicly active in the Pagan Community, she recently has begun blogging about Witchcraft, and revamping the Modern Tradition of Witchcraft website: http://moderntraditionalwitch.blogspot.com/

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