I finished a new linocut of an hamsa with the home blessing Birkat haBayit. The motif is the plant añañuca (Rhodophiala rhodolirion) which is native and endemic in the Chilean and Argentinian high Andes. The plant is about 10 – 20 cm high. It is … Continue readingHamsa with Birkat haBayit and the plant añañuca
Linocut, edition of 4. Printed on Guarro Super Alfa paper, 56 x 38 cm. Jewish history is characterised by exile, expulsions and emigrations. Often the flight allowed only to take the clothes on body, a small suitcase and the most important religious items. The boat on … Continue readingLinocut “The Boat”
This is an hamsa with the home blessing Birkat haBayit and the national bird and plant of Israel. Linocut, hand-coloured with watercolours. Edition of 18
Because the mezuzah klaf is rolled up in the mezuzah case, one never sees the text. Therefore, I made this linocut to display the text in the house in addition to the properly affixed mezuzot (it does not replace a mezuzah!). I decorated the linocut … Continue readingText of the Mezuzah scroll (Deuteronomy 6: 4‑9, and 11: 13-21)
Being bystander is not an option in Judaism. We can not simply stand idle by the suffering of our neighbour or any suffering that we witness. לֹא תַעֲמֹד עַל-דַּם רֵעֶךָ This phrase of LEVITICUS – VAYIKRA 19:16 is followed by the LEVITICUS – VAYIKRA 19:18: … Continue reading“Thou shalt not stand idly by the blood of thy neighbour” (Leviticus – Vayikra 19:16) with Oasis hummingbird
Another home blessing with the Birkat haBayit blessing. The bird is the Inca tern (Larosterna inca), a quite large seabird of 40 cm length found only – thus, endemic – on the coast of Chile and Peru. Three-layered hand-printed linocut. Edition of 18.
A home blessing with the Birkat haBayit blessing. The bird is the green-backed firecrown (Sephnoides sephanoides). Three-layered hand-printed linocut. Edition of 18.
This is an hamsa with the home blessing Birkat haBayit, fish (the symbol of abundance), the silhouettes of Jerusalem and Valparaiso, Chile, and a Magen David with the letters for Chai (=life) in the centre. Hand-printed four-layer linocut. Edition of 24.
Home blessing “You shall be blessed when you come, and you shall be blessed when you depart” (Devarim / Deuteronomy 28.6) with Peruvian pelican (Pelecanus thagus). Hand-printed multi-layered linocut, edition of 6. The Peruvian pelican occurs from central Chile to northern Peru on the coast. … Continue readingHome blessing Devarim / Deuteronomy 28:6, with Pelican
This is a linocut of my papercut of the home blessing “You shall be blessed when you come, and you shall be blessed when you depart” (Devarim / Deuteronomy 28.6) with thistle and clover in Art Nouveau style. Linocut, hand-printed using a spoon. Black & white … Continue readingHome blessing Devarim / Deuteronomy 28:6, thistle and clover in Art Nouveau style