The Temple, the Jaguar & the Kung Fu Lesson
This is a post about three paintings: A view of the Second Temple in Jerusalem, a Jaguar E-type sports car,
This small architectural sculpture depicts a Yemenite house with a Mikveh (Jewish ritual purification pool) on the roof. It’s an imaginative piece based on the architecture of Yemen, as well as the aesthetic of mud brick construction in general. Measuring about 12cm high, it is of fired clay, with a coloured glass inlay, and white engobe decoration.
I really enjoy working with the roughness of the clay, fully aware that this is a true elemental material. Later the firing process transforms it into a durable and hard ceramic which can last thousands of years. In these photos you can see how it recalls the exact texture and colour of mud bricks. It’s basically the same material. This house truly combines the elements of Earth (clay), Fire (through the firing process) and Water (the Mikveh).
I’ll soon be creating more pieces in this style, and am happy to make work specially to order, so do get in touch if this sounds interesting to you.
You can read more about the mud brick architecture of Sanaa in this BBC article.
And at the other end of the spectrum, Dezeen magazine showcases a project about a house that is 3D-printed using mud reinforced with other natural materials.
There is more artwork in clay on my ceramics page, and I hope to be adding further architectural sculpture soon.
This is a post about three paintings: A view of the Second Temple in Jerusalem, a Jaguar E-type sports car,
I want to try to explain, from my point of view, what it feels like to be living here in Israel in these critical and dangerous times. One of the friends I’ve made through my art, who lives in Oregon, wrote me this: “………How are you in Israel REALLY doing?”