This book illustrates the oeuvre of the unique artist Gintautas Gavenavičius (1960–2004), who was until his untimely death, according to Valentinas Antanavičius, probably the only artist in the world to have created original sculptures from unbroken flax for two decades.

The coat of arms of Lithuania Vytis – a mounted armoured knight depicted on a red shield – has already entered its seventh century.