Hemp Wick Lighter, 1658
‘Still Life with a Glass of Beer, a Pipe, Tobacco and Other Requisites of Smoking’ (including hemp wick lighter) by Jan Jansz. van de Velde in 1658
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‘Still Life with a Glass of Beer, a Pipe, Tobacco and Other Requisites of Smoking’ (including hemp wick lighter) by Jan Jansz. van de Velde in 1658
Taima Shukaku (Hemp Harvest) by Tomoyuki Shimizu in Japan 1929
The Hashish Smokers In his pursuit to capture the light, Italian painter Gaetano Previati (1852-1920) would turn to an unlikely source of knowledge to illuminate his canvas… The Hashischins! Check out my new article on marijuana.com for the full Read More …
‘The Smokers of Hashish’ by Norman Berrow, 1934 “When young Bill Hamilton decides to spend some time in exotic Tangier, he tells his mother he’s mainly looking for romance and adventure. But when he gets there, he finds much more Read More …
‘Odalisque and Slave’ Painted by Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres in 1842
‘A lacquer worker and turner finishing a hookah’, India 1870 “The object to be lacquered is turned from hard wood, usually shisham [Dalbergia]or box. After being smoothed and cleaned it is again fixed in the turners’ frame (a kind of Read More …
‘Tunisian Pilgrim’ engraving by Alois Schönn in 1878
‘Roach’ vintage rolling papers
“One often asks oneself what roles planning and chance play in the realization of the most important events in our lives” – Albert Hofmann in a 1996 Worlds of Consciousness Conference speech in Heidelberg, Germany Man smoking pipe with bicycle, Read More …
‘Nächtlicher Gemüsemarkt’ (Nocturnal Vegetable Market) by Johann Mengels Culverhouse, 1874