Zemlia (Ukrainian for: earth) — a two-meter wool-woven artwork with a layered texture that incarnates black Ukrainian soil.
Created using an ancient Ukrainian craft ”lizhnykarstvo” passed down through generations in the Carpathians, a mountainous region of Western Ukraine. Victoria Yakusha used the age-old technique as the core, but added her own creative vision — rich layers emerged one onto another, like live soil, which as the author observes, is never homogenous. Every stitch in the tapestry is the DNA of generations, a witness to the power of the land, its history and spirit.
