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Rivka Hassan on ceramics, the Negev, and the patience of fire
From a small workshop in Mitzpe Ramon, the artist transforms raw desert minerals into ceremonial silverware. A slow conversation about craft, identity, and what it means to stay still.
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6:42Inside Yael Peretz's Jerusalem studio
Follow the ceramicist through a single day — from the morning walk to the kiln to the slow meditation of thrown clay.
7 min readThe new wave of Israeli studio jewelry — 12 makers to watch
Why the next generation of Israeli silversmiths is rewriting the rulebook, one desert-inspired ring at a time.
18 photosWeaving the Bedouin tradition into contemporary interiors
How a collective of Bedouin women in the Negev are redefining wool, warp, and weft for the twenty-first century.
0:45How Miriam Levi builds a painting, layer by layer
A 45-second time-lapse from blank canvas to finished oil — filmed in her Florentin studio over three weeks.
5 min readHow to care for your handmade ceramics: a beginner's guide
Dishwashers, sunlight, wobbly shelves — six simple rules for keeping your studio pottery beautiful for decades.
6 min readDan Oron on abstraction, wood, and the politics of restraint
The Tel Aviv painter on why his works keep getting quieter — and why that's the point.