This numbered edition Acrylic Glass Print, designed by Irina Wolfe, comes with a numbered and signed certificate of authenticity. Printed on archival-quality photo paper mounted on the back of a 1/8" thick, clear acrylic substrate, this artwork comes ready to hang on a wire attached to a wooden frame fixed on the back.
Today more than 400 species of wormwood have been officially registered, more than half of which can be easily found in our country. You can find mentioning of wormwood and its healing properties in the papyri of Ancient Egypt. It was known in China, Ancient Greece as well. Priests of ISIS, the goddess of motherhood and fertility, wore wreaths on their heads, woven from the branches of wormwood. In Ancient Rome wormwood was added to wine. The winners of the chariot races received a valuable prize in the form of a Cup filled with this drink to the brim. In Russian and Ukrainian villages and cities wormwood was put on the thresholds, windows, under the eaves of houses. Fires were burnt with wormwood, people put it under their heads during the nights in the fresh air, wore in their bosoms... Wreaths of wormwood were woven by young girls on the night of Ivan Kupala. These secret wreaths were hung on the door of the house to protect it from quarrels and unhappiness.
Ubud, Indonesia
