The history of oak and the magic of working with wood
Trees are poems written by the earth. They tell secrets and sing songs in a lost language, while their life is so mysterious and full of beauty. Nowadays we live in a time that is so different from how people used to live. Mother nature has been our source of inspiration for ages, but suddenly we found ourselves in an artificial world, separated from nature. My work tries to return to it. It pays tribute to wood and forests, and respects traditional craft values. Always handmade. Runes Fehu, Urzus bookmark The primary material I use is oak. This tree is also called the king of trees. It was the most sacred tree of the Slavs but also all Indo-Europeans, represented in various mythologies throughout history. Our ancestors dedicated oak to the god Perun, who ruled the thunder. Druids, for example, held their sacred rituals in oak groves and ate acorns that fell from the trees in hope of seeing t...