Sustenance
These works fuse clay with fabric, wire, and screen-printed Hebrew scripts. Consisting of bonded and reiterated elements, they reflect on the basic human need to connect and nature’s malleable way of reproduction. Clay vessels are emblems of our primal necessities, as containers for carrying food and water. In these distinctive works, they are also carriers and supporters of delicate porcelain parchments inscribed with sacred prayers and cherished handwritten words.
Potent yet delicate these works present ideas of personal, cultural, and historical significance. Relating to my place of origin, Israel, they convey a transcendence of time, evoking the wish to comfort and protect, to nestle and embrace. To keep the perishable timeless.
NESTLED
Comprised of reiterated bonded elements, the structure reflects on nature’s malleable way of reproduction and its way of shielding the vulnerable organs.
Cocooned by the form are delicate porcelain parchments inscribed with a secret Hebrew prayer ‘Birkat-HaKohanim’. This pray is traditionally recited as a farewell blessing for loved ones wishing for wellbeing and sustenance. Fused into the form it reflects on the dual notion of the need to comfort and protect and the need of being sheltered.