Heavy
A black linen shroud has been embellished with tens of thousands of faces. Each face represents ten civilians killed in the Syrian Civil War. For each year of the war,…
Names Do Hurt Me
With rising anti-semitism in the world, one is reminded of the childhood taunt "...sticks and stones may break my bones but names will never hurt me."
A Coat for Chicken Little
"Chicken Little" is an old children's fable about a chicken who believes that the world is about to end. This coat contains hundreds of contemporary worries that those of us with hysterical…
Vest of Prayers
An artistic alternative to the suicide vests terrorists use. This is the Jewish response to violence: a vest filled with discarded prayer book pages, bound and wrapped. Thousands of pages…
Red Lines/Green Line
The Israeli settlements are complicated geographically. The 1948 green Armistice line and the red lines drawn by both sides create dilemmas on the ground. Often the debate is over literal…
Betrothed to the Land
A wedding dress into which hundreds of Jerusalem stones have been sewn. The dress expresses the relationship that both Israeli and Palestinian women have to the land, how this stubborn…
UnWearable Art
Reflecting the tension within the curatorial world: fine art versus craft, etchings have been deconstructed and re-purposed to make a coat. One can no longer understand the orginal etching image,…
What Have We Done to Her
Society today hyper-sexualizes little girls, either by covering them up as if a three year old is a sexual object or the opposite--dressing up little girls to look like grown…
A Vest for a Child in These Times
A symbolic vest created during the second Intifada. There was an overwhelming sense of maternal impotence- mothers could not protect their children from random acts of violence and destruction. This vest,…
Wearing Our Worries
This could also be called "The Dress of the Jewish Mother." A housecoat which at first glance appears to be a simple polka dot dress. Further investigation reveals that it…
Garments of Reconciliation
Male/female, Jewish/Palestinian ethnic garments have been appropriated and combined to create a hopeful framework for positive change. Original Palestinian embroideries from various villages were borrowed from a vendor in the Arab…
Beaten Out Of Them
True stories and direct quotes from women who have been abused are stamped onto delicate silk belts.
A blanket for Yael’s unborn child
A shroud like baby blanket made in memory of Yael Sorek, her husband Eyal and their nine month old fetus, who on June 8, 2002, were killed by terrorists.