My work arises from an intergenerational dialogue with my grandfather, a painter who lived between 1920 and 1997 and never received recognition during his lifetime. As a child, we painted together: his canvases captured the HaTikva Market and everyday life, while mine envisioned the glamorous world of fashion and beauty – an aspiration he dismissed as “unreal.” These differences created silences, especially around issues of gender and homophobia present in his household.
Today I revisit those silences through jewelry. His paintings become raw material – canvases, frames, and digital disruptions – transformed into brooches and “space jewellery.” The human body becomes a living gallery, reframing his artistic legacy.
The result is a deeply personal melting point: a space where materials, memories, and conflicts fuse into a new form of creation. This act is both a recognition of my grandfather as an artist and a creative reckoning, rearticulating our shared history through the contemporary languages of jewellery, body, and voice.