CIMARUTA

Wild herbs and flowers twine together, their cadence measured by bow and blossom. In the light of the hunter’s moon, it’s hard to tell if Cimaruta is a seductive serpent or creeping vine. Stregheria — an ancient form of Italian witchcraft — believes in combining plants like rue and vervain with small, apotropaic tokens to craft a cimaruta amulet, worn around the neck or hung over a bed to ward against the evil eye. Named for the branch-like talisman, Cimaruta enchants with its chimerical nature, speaking to the bizarre, the mythical and the monstrous.

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