b. 1973
Born: Haifa,Israel
Active ceramist: 21 years
Mentor/s: In the first years after discovering clay I met great women who very much influenced me in my artistic journey in terms of sculpture. The first was Ora Ayalon who was the founder and Head of the Ceramics Department in the Midrasha Art Academy at the time; she opened for me the door to clay. The second one was Eva Avidar who influenced me in the technique of figurative sculpture, and the third was Shlomit Bauman who with precise guidance calmed me that I am on the right track for me with my work.
Why Clay?
My encounter with clay was in my second year at the Midrasha Art Academy. I had a window in my timetable and walked into a beginner’s class of throwing on the wheel. The sensation of working with clay, of working with one’s hands, was addictive. I stopped painting and only sculpted for years. Only in the last several years did I return to painting but now on my sculptures.
What do I want to Convey?
I don’t want to tell anything through clay, I make art. But the present material of choice serves me in the most accurate way in my artistic work process, and for now it is still clay. I am still overwhelmed by the possibilities which clay gives me and by the fact that I can create from it whatever enters my mind. I myself, in my studio, am still hooked on clay after 20 years.
What characterized my work process?
I always work on a few works concomitantly; they are usually at different stages in the making: rudimentary sculptures at the beginning of the process, sculptures at a more advanced stage, and sculptures at the stage of being painted with acrylic paints after having been fired. All the work surfaces are movable on wheels, and the studio “changes face” following my needs.
My tools of choice …Can’t create without them:
A small sculpting tool with a wooden handle and a concave and sharp metal blade with a very precise angle, which allows in figurative sculpting to create skin creases.
Absolutely necessary in my working environment:
To be alone for hours in my studio and to listen to books while working
