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 […]
Tag: Pottery
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 […]
Meet the Artist: Na’ama Yacoby
Photo: Courtesy of Na’ama Yacoby Tell us a little bit about yourself and your background. My name is Na’ama Yacoby. I was raised in Jerusalem and trained as a baroque musician and a librarian. About 14 years ago, my family and I immigrated to the United States, following my husband’s work. I have four grown-up […]
Meet the Artist: Liz Lauter
Photo: Courtesy of Liz Lauter Tell us a little bit about yourself and your background. I’ve always been an artist and I’ve followed several artistic paths over my 63+ years growing up in San Francisco, Ca. I was trained as a painter, but also did ceramics on the side from age 11, besides several creative […]
Meet the Artist: Adriana Fallas
Photo: Courtesy of Adriana Fallas Tell us a little bit about yourself and your background. I was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and I moved to Houston, Texas, in 2014. Although I dedicated my career to Business and Management, Art has always been part of my life and recently it’s become a much greater force […]
Meet the Artist: Dannah Levy of Clay by Dannah
Photo: Courtesy of Dannah Levy Tell us a little bit about yourself and your background. I am best known for ceramic pieces that have been variously called cracked eggshells, broken spheres, and the like. Take a look at one of them and that will tell you more about my background than a recitation of my […]
Meet the Artists: Laurie Sartani & Zohar Jolles
Photo: Courtesy of Laurie Sartani & Zohar Jolles Tell us a little bit about yourself and your background. Zohar and I are partners, creating decorated, hand painted, Judaic and functional ceramics. I am the potter, creating the surfaces for Zohar’s decorations. We both live and work in Moshav Merhavia, in the North of Israel. We […]
Meet the Artist: Elana of Clayed by Elana
Photo: Courtesy of Clayed by Elana Tell us a little bit about yourself and your background. I was raised in a bicultural family in Massachusetts. My Jewish heritage influences a lot of my work. I was first introduced to polymer clay as a young child when my parents sent me to a therapist to help […]
Meet The Artist: Miri Kaiser
Photo: Courtesy of Miri Kaiser Tell us a little bit about yourself and your background. I loved to sing and draw as a kid, but I really began to take my artistic life more “seriously” at the age of 18. I fell in love with charcoal and lead sketching and enrolled at Betzalel for the […]