Photo: Courtesy of Chai Modern Tell us a little bit about yourself and your background. I started out to become a psychologist and landed up in the clothing industry, almost by mistake. I have always had a strong feeling for colours, materials and design, though more recently it has been mostly in terms of interiors […]
Tag: Ceramics
Meet the Artist: Maya Sadeh
Photo: Courtesy of Maya Sadeh Tell us a little bit about yourself and your background. My name is Maya Sadeh and I am a ceramic artist. I live in Israel, I work in a ceramic work shop with special needs people, teach ceramic at my home, and sell my own ceramic work. What inspired you […]
Meet the Artist: Amy Herzenstein of Cre8ive Pottery
Photo: Courtesy of Amy Herzenstein Tell us a little bit about yourself and your background. I am a professional educator, M.Ed., an Advanced Clinical Hypnotherapist, ACHT, a certified Usui Reiki Master practitioner and teacher and a very happy potter. I LOVE putting my hands in clay. When I am not creating in the studio, I […]
Meet the Artist: Elijah Silver of Ovnayim
Photo: Courtesy of Elijah Silver Tell us a little bit about yourself and your background. I have been making pottery on and off for over twenty years. In addition I do woodworking, linocuts, watercolor, and extensive doodling with my three year old. What inspired you to become an artist? My mother is an artist and […]
Meet the Artist: Jonathan Nosan of Nosan Ceramics
Photo: Courtesy of Jonathan Nosan Tell us a little bit about yourself and your background. I was born in Mt. Pleasant, Michigan 1969 making me 52 at the moment of 2021. My life course has essentially always followed a pattern of following passions: creating imaginary circus scenarios with best friends as a little boy, learning […]
Meet the Artist: Chaya Esther Ort of Kiyor Studio
Photo: Courtesy of Chaya Esther Ort Tell us a little bit about yourself and your background. I’m a Canadian-Israeli artist living in Jerusalem. We made aliyah in 2008 when the youngest of our five children went away to yeshiva. We planned to come for the year, and stayed. I make small-batch, limited edition ceramic art […]
Meet the Artist: Rachel Dubinovski
Photo: Courtesy of Rachel Dubinovski Tell us a little bit about yourself and your background. My name is Rachel Dubinovski and I am a ceramic artist who specializes in flowers. Before I started being a ceramicist, I practiced as a nurse for 10 years. In my last year as a nurse, I gave birth to […]
Meet the Artist: Shaina Botzer
Photo: Courtesy of Shaina Botzer Tell us a little bit about yourself and your background. I am 37, I was born in the US, In Virginia, and made Aliyah at the age of 4 with my family. I was raised in Israel, and I’ve been married for 14 years to my soulmate David. We began […]
Meet the Artist: Myriam Morgenstern
Photo: Courtesy of Myriam Morgenstern Tell us a little bit about yourself and your background. I was born in Canada, raised mostly in Europe, France and Spain, and made Aliyah in 1985 when I was 28 years old. I came equipped with an M.A. in Linguistics from McGill University only to realize that in Jerusalem, […]
Meet the Artist: Leah Goodstein
Photo: Courtesy of Leah Goodstein Tell us a little bit about yourself and your background. My path to becoming a potter has not been straightforward. My bachelor’s degrees are in French Horn music performance and Environmental Geography. After graduating, I was drawn to scientific research which required me to further my education in biology, scientific […]