Meet the Artist

“I love creating with glass, meeting the challenge of turning such a cold and rigid material into warm, expressive  objects.  Hopefully, objects that people connect to emotionally and take pleasure from seeing and using every day."

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I have lived in Israel for almost 30 years.  All my life I have expressed myself artistically; my illustrations, paintings, songs and writing have been sold and published in Israel and internationally.  I have supported myself and my family by delivering newspapers, working in hotels and in a ceramics studio, as a responsible safety engineer for a high-tech company for many years, and by keeping bees with a local beekeeper.  When my 4 sons were younger, I was a stay-at-home mom for almost 10 years.

Today I am a full time glass artist and sell my art through my studio, several internet sites (principally Etsy) and in art fairs around Israel.  I also produce special-order stained glass and fused glass pieces including windows for homes, businesses and synagogues.  I teach glass art workshops in my studio and have been privilaged to teach stained glass courses in a private women's college in Jerusalem. 

******* June 2008 update - We recently moved to a new house, a wonderful home in a very small community called Livna.  As we are truly hoping to spend the rest of our lives here, I am setting a new studio, painting the house and fixing up the garden.  After a year of fiddling with lampworking, I'm very pleased to be including a torch station in my new studio.  This doesn't mean that I'm giving up on stained glass or fusing - far from it - just that I am adding another dimension to my art. The community leaders have asked me to organize our local artists - and there are many.  Our efforts will start later this summer.  There is so much to see and do in this area; it is virtually unknown and very beautiful.  Our home has a stunning view of a forest, where visitors can hike and picnic.