The Hope Chest. Ukrainian Treasures

Exclusive edition with special effects – traditional Ukrainian paper laces, icons on glass (printing on transparent basis), golden necklaces (gold embossing with textural glossing), 6 meter carpet (fitted in).

The Art-Book, The Hope Chest. Ukrainian Treasures aspires to catalogue the Ukrainian treasures that our grandmothers’ world embraced, the essence of which is irrevocably fading from our own lives and soon will become as mythical to us as Atlantis. The belongings they placed in their hope chests were commonplace and practical but blessed with the grace of an “otherworldly” beauty. They appear to be drawn from and serve as portals to a “higher world,” to a “paradise city where the grass is green and the girls are pretty.”

We went across all the regions of Ukraine in quest of these folk treasures and came up with a list of Ukrainian must-haves – the things that should belong in hearts and homes of every Ukrainian. We searched for, collected and carefully packed these belongings in our Hope Chest as if it were a cultural Ark preserving its treasures from the outpour of globalizing floods—so that they may be returned to their place in our homes.