Bitter herb // Piołun by Maria Ornaf

When wanting to stop breastfeeding a child, a Mother in the old times would rub wormwood ointment into her bosom. Upon tasting the bitterness, the child would never desire for the mother’s milk again.

Maria Ornaf born in 1989 in Poland. She graduated from Poznan Fine Arts Academy, scholarship in Universidade de Belas Artes in Lisbon 2012. She is currently studying at the Directing Department of the Polish National Film School in Lodz.