Mastic Resin Harvest

Mastic Resin Harvest is an original illustration set in Mastichochoria, Chios, Greece. It lies in mid-latitudes, where the climate is mediterranean — hot dry summers, wet winters.

Low rounded mastic shrubs grow in terraced, dry-stone fields under bright Aegean light. Fine cuts on their trunks hold clear resin tears, and each plant stands over a carefully swept white circle where a family gathers hardened drops; pale limestone hills and blue sea appear beyond.

Why is the ground beneath each clipped shrub swept white?

Growers spread clean white mineral soil beneath each shrub so falling resin does not stick to ordinary dirt and remains visible for collection. Controlled incisions release small tears without killing the evergreen plant, while pruning keeps branches reachable in the hot dry season. The white circles, resin-bearing trunks, low aromatic scrub, and southern Aegean limestone landscape together identify Chios mastic cultivation.

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