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Strike portrait
commission, 2000
24" x 24" x 1 1/2"; from photography; obsidian, jasper, leopardskin
jasper; brass, ceramic tile |
Time Capsule, 1999,
commissioned by the National Museum of American Jewish History, Philadelphia, for their
1999 gala event. It will house video and photographic images about the museum and
its constituents. It is to be sealed for 100 years. |
The lid features
a rendering of the sculpture Religious Liberty, created by Sir Moses Jacob Ezekiel for the
Philadelphia Centennial Exposition in 1876. The sides of the Time Capsule feature
names of patrons of the museum. 24" x 24" x 24"; fluorite octohera,
abalone, teratella agate, leopard-skin jasper, rhodonite, pyrite; 24 semi-precious stones
and minerals repeat throughout the four sides (including amethyst, tigereye, turquoise,
jade) |
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| Phillies' Field of Dreams,
2001, commission to capture the feeling of a city baseball park, with fans,
players, vendors, Philadelphia skyline, scoreboard with Liberty Bell, fountain.
90" x 34". |
sodalite,
calcite, turquoise, seashell,obsidian,pyrite,jasper, onyx,agate, aluminum,chrysocolla,
unakite, ceramic tile |
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| I Am My Beloved's, 1999,
commissioned for the bride and groom in Florida and based on the wedding ceremony.
36" x 36"; jade, leopardskin jasper (ketuba
and bark), rose quartz,white quartz (yarmulkahs, bride's veil), pyrite, hickoryite,
abalone, turquoise, ceramic tile |
Casablanca, 2000,
based on an original black and white movie still and period posters; 94 1/2" x
33" x 1 1/2"; with Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, Paul Henreid, Claude Rains,
Conrad Veidt, Sidney Greenstreet, Peter Lorre, Dooley Wilson; rhodonite,
jasper,leopardskin jasper,granite,
quartz,obsidian,hickoryite,sodalite,aventurine,fossilized algae stone,ceramic tile. |
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| Tzedakah Box,
commissioned by the Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia; 32" x 16" x
16"; ceramic tile, sea shell and pyrite; donation slot at the top center and locking
retrieval door at rear bottom; It is on a stone finish 12" stand, bringing the total
height to 44". |
The Jewish
Federation logo is repeated on the left and right faces of the mosaic. |
The Jewish Path, 2000,
commissioned by Temple Beth Sholom in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania; 7' (84")
Diameter; imagery symbolizes the Jewish people's pursuit of their religion through
observance and adherence to its ideals; lion and lamb within kingdom of G-d, Star of
David, symbols of doves, shofar, lulav and etrog, Sedar plate, menorah; fruits and leaves
symbolize the sweetness of G-d. |
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| Restaurant
Interior, 2000, 24" x 24"; tigereye, agate, maraposite, leopardskin
jasper, abalone, marbles,quartz, chrysocolla; tile. |
Golf Shot, 2001 ,
36" x 36" x 1"; from the gallery of onlookers; tigereye, teritella agate,
fossilized algae, chrysocolla, malichite, white quartz matrix, iridescent glass, various
stones such as rhodonite (pink) and turquoise. |
The Beach, 2000; 36"H
x 48"W x 1 1/2"D; view of the beach as seen from a balcony; sunset; ceramic
tile, maraposite. |
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