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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 531

ceramics

The Ohel family whose son, Alon, featured in the poster, was taken hostage by Hamas terrorists on October 7, 2023. (Courtesy)
December 29, 2024, 11:11 am
With her son held hostage in Gaza, one mother turns to pottery to publicize his plight
Making mugs, bowls and teapots helps artist Idit Ohel keep an even keel amid the ongoing captivity of her son Alon Ohel, kidnapped from the Supernova music festival on Oct. 7
By Jessica Steinberg
Byzantine-era clay lantern discovered at Tzippori National Park, in an image released on December 22, 2024. (Daniel Hittner/National Parks Authority)
December 22, 2024, 4:34 pm
Rare, intact 1,500-year-old ceramic lantern discovered in Galilee
Small clay lantern uncovered in Tzippori National Park dated to the 4th-6th centuries CE, was likely used by flourishing Jewish community there, archaeologists say
By Gavriel Fiske
Stylist Nurit Kariv sets this table with pieces from Nu, her home brand collection that includes a tablecloth designed with her own watercolors (Courtesy Nu)
September 7, 2023, 2:46 pm
This food stylist sets the table according to her clients’ personalities
Working with artisans to create ceramics and table linens for clients, Nurit Kariv launched Nu, her own home brand
By Jessica Steinberg
'Arteology' exhibition by Nicole Kornberg-Jacobovici at the Jerusalem Archaeological Park through October 14, 2022 (Courtesy Eric Sultan)
October 13, 2022, 8:04 am
Contemporary ceramics on display in archaeological setting
‘Arteology,’ Nicole Kornberg-Jacobovici’s solo exhibition of earthenware, stoneware and clay pieces, is up at the Jerusalem Archaeological Park
By Jessica Steinberg
Artist Koketit, aka Shira Barzilay, has used Instagram to market her art and find clients, particularly during the last ten months of the coronavirus pandemic (Courtesy Shira Barzilay)
January 17, 2021, 12:19 pm
Pinched by pandemic, Israeli artists paint new paths onto Instagram walls
Photo-sharing platform has helped several members of the creative community find new paths, or new clients, after work dried up due to health crisis
By Jessica Steinberg
Tiles designed by Armenian artisan David Ohanessian decorate a fountain in East Jerusalem's Rockefeller Museum. (Shmuel Bar-Am)
February 8, 2020, 7:44 am
Jerusalem museum showcases Armenian artists who reimagined ceramics for the city
Artisan David Ohannessian and a British sponsor changed the face of the capital in the 1920s; his work is on display in the Rockefeller Archeological Museum… and on city streets
By Aviva and Shmuel Bar-Am
Armenian master ceramicist David Ohannessian, whose work has become one of the defining characteristics of Jerusalem. (Wikimedia commons/CC-SA-3.0/Lantuszka)
November 16, 2019, 9:27 am
In 1918, the art of an Armenian genocide survivor changed Jerusalem forever
Written by David Ohannessian’s granddaughter, ‘Feast of Ashes’ tells how a top craftsman fled with his family to the Holy City, where his tilework is now a defining characteristic
By Matthew Kalman
A wall of Mimi Ziv's journal pages, part of her show at the Holon Meirov Gallery (Jessica Steinberg/Times of Israel)
January 28, 2019, 9:47 am
For these two artists, the medium is part of the message
Mimi Ziv and Moriah Edar Plaksin share their works in Holon, one with a collection of personal illustrations, the other with handmade porcelain pieces portraying model Bar Refaeli
By Jessica Steinberg
A favorite piece of ceramicist Yaara Nir Kachlon, a wide, deep salad dish imprinted with the words, "House Salad" (Courtesy Yaara Nir Kachlon)
March 29, 2017, 7:06 pm
Keeping it light, a small-town ceramacist finds a hefty following
Working out of a home studio, Yaara Nir Kachlon makes US inroads with unique, eggshell tableware that is as functional as it gets
By Jessica Steinberg
Attic red-figure column krater depicting Herakles on Mount Olympus between the Gods Greece, Classical Period, attributed to the Naples Painter, ca. 460 BCE, pottery BLMJ 4963. (Vladimir Naikhin, Bible Lands Museum)
January 26, 2017, 11:54 am
Ceramics shine light on ancient Greece, but collection’s cloudy history lurks
Rare kraters and amphorae in Borowski collection go on display at Bible Lands Museum, though some ask how items made it to Jerusalem
By Ilan Ben Zion
Loa'i Ghaithe carefully applies gold trim to a specialty item. (Brett Kline/Times of Israel)
January 3, 2017, 10:29 am
From Hebron hovel to airport kiosk, on the trail of Holy Land ceramics
Tourists flock to Jerusalem and Jaffa to purchase this ornate flowery pottery — made in Palestinian workshops in the West Bank
By Brett Kline
Ceramicist and 'The Hare With Amber Eyes' author Edmund de Waal (Ben McKee)
November 22, 2016, 4:01 pm
How tiny Japanese sculptures prompted a quest into Jewish roots — and Nazi looting
On emotional first visit to Israel, Edmund de Waal, heir to the mighty Ephrussi banking dynasty wiped out by Nazis, says his bestselling ‘The Hare with Amber Eyes’ is his proactive means of restitution
By Renee Ghert-Zand
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