Sari Srulovitch (; born 1964) is an Israeli artist and silversmith.

Biography

Sari Srulovitch was born in

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. She studied at the metal work and jewelry department of

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and the Royal College of Art in London. She lectured for several years at Bezalel and

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College of Design in

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Art career

Srulovitch creates handcrafted

Jewish ceremonial art Jewish ceremonial art, also referred to as Jewish ritual art, Jewish sacred art, and Jewish liturgical art, refers to objects used by Jews for ritual purposes. Because enhancing a mitzvah by performing it with an especially beautiful object is ...

using a combination of modern technology and traditional silversmithing methods such as raising, hammering and chasing. The

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included silver Torah shields and pointers created by Srulovitch in an exhibit entitled "Pointing the Way: Women Design Ceremonial Objects" that opened in the fall of 2013. Srulovitch has a workshop on Jerusalem's Arts and Crafts Lane, Hutzot Hayotzer. At her

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exhibit in December 2021 in the former synagogue of the historic Shaare Zedek building on

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, Srulovitch showed a collection of ceremonial Judaica and life-cycle pieces imbued with symbolism as well as social commentary.

Artistic motifs

According to Srulovitch, stripes are a leitmotif in her works: “The stripes woven into the

tallit A tallit, taleth, or tallis is a fringed garment worn as a prayer shawl by religious Jews. The tallit has special twined and knotted fringe (trim), fringes known as ''tzitzit'' attached to its four corners. The cloth part is known as the ''beged ...

(prayer shawl), the stripes impressed upon the body by the straps of the

tefillin Tefillin (Modern Hebrew language, Israeli Hebrew: / ; Ashkenazim, Ashkenazic pronunciation: ; Modern Israeli Hebrew, Modern Hebrew pronunciation: ), or phylacteries, are a set of small black leather boxes with leather straps containing scrolls o ...

(phylacteries), even written script – in all these I see Jewish ornamentation. The silver Torah shield I designed is made of interwoven stripes, a homage to the ancient art of weaving.”

Exhibitions

*Within Four Cubits - solo exhibition (2021)

Awards and recognition

*1987 Prize for Outstanding Achievements, Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, Jerusalem *1987 Lockman Prize for Applied Design, Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, Jerusalem *1988 Ron Eitan Award for Jewelry Design, Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, Jerusalem *1989 Romi Shapira Prize for Judaica, Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, Jerusalem *1989 Meisler Award for Outstanding Design *1989 Outstanding Student Award, Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, Jerusalem *1990 Crafts Award for Enamelwork, Alix de Rothschild Foundation, Jerusalem *1989 Prize for Outstanding Achievements, Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, Jerusalem *1989

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, Sharett Scholarship for Excellence *2002 Finalist for "Mezuzah", Spertus Judaica Prize, Spertus Museum, Chicago *2009 Crafts Award for Judaica, Alix de Rothschild Foundation, Jerusalem

References

External links

Sari Srulovitch website
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