This handmade linocut print celebrates Athena — Greek goddess of wisdom, strategy, and crafts — paired with her iconic owl, a symbol of insight, protection and double‑vision. Designed for mythology lovers and those who honor owl wisdom, this art piece weaves mythic feminine energy, archetype and handcrafted charm into one timeless piece of art.

This artwork brings to focus Athena's companionship with an owl, along with a variety of botanical forest elements representing the forest where this deep friendship originates. This myth is about how Athena gains her wisdom after befriending an owl suggesting that wisdom includes more than just one perspective: it requires double sightedness, multiple orientations, two different vantage points. Perhaps it also invites us to consider that wisdom also includes a collaboration and vision that emerges from a deep relationship with the wild.

Place it on your altar, in your study, or gift it to a woman who carries the wild, creative intelligence of Athena within.

SIZE: 12" x 24"

MATERIALS:

This handmade linocut design is printed with Caligo Safewash (non-toxic) Relief Ink in six colors. The colors are hand mixed so please expect slight variations. Photos are taken to carefully represent the actual colors.

PAPER: This design is printed on Awagami Seelect Hosho paper, an archival heritage paper from Japan handcrafted from natural materials - except for Cobalt Blue which is printed on Strathmore Paper, a bright white archival printmaking paper locally made in Massachusetts. Important* please note the Hosho paper comes in different shades of white, some bright white and others slightly warm-white. Please refer to the photos to see the differences in paper color. If the paper color matters to you, please indicate in the note to seller which kind you would prefer.

PACKAGING: This print will be carefully rolled in Kraft paper, packed in a recycled clear bag and shipped in a recycled cylindrical tube. A one-page insert including a description of the folktale is included with the print. Gift wrap and a handwritten note to a gift recipient is possible, please mention it in your note to seller.

SHIPPING: All my prints are packaged and shipped out within 1-3 business days. This print has free shipping for U.S. Customers, and there is a flat rate fee of $20 for international customers. There may be an additional customs tax international customers depending on your country of origin. IMPORTANT* For international customers there may be an additional tax you have to pay for the artwork to pass through customs.

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