Schultz Yakovetz Judaica

Calligraphy is a longstanding tradition in Jewish art—largely because of the Biblical injunction against making "graven images," which has been construed as any kind of representational or figurative artwork, so Jewish artisans got creative in using what they were allowed to use: letters and words. I am inspired by the letters as much as by the meaning in a passage. My goal with my art is to bring alive all the dimensions of the Hebrew text -- the meaning, the sound, and how the Hebrew correlates with the English.