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About the artist
Ina Golub creates unique, handcrafted fiber art
relating mainly to Judaic themes. Inspired by the exquisite formations of nature and the concept of light in Judaism, her work captures these abstract qualities by the careful juxtaposition of color and texture to create striking designs in woven, beaded, and appliqué techniques. A fascination with the elegant arabesques of eastern calligraphy has influenced her continued use of the beautiful Hebrew letters.
In 2005, her work was included in the "Scents of Purpose" spice box exhibit at the Contemporary Jewish Museum, San Francisco. The artist exhibits her work widely and has won numerous awards, most recently the coveted Spertus Judaica Prize, the leading international competition for contemporary Jewish ceremonial art. In 1996, the Yeshiva University Museum mounted a major retrospective of her work and her beadwork Spice Container I was purchased by The Jewish Museum, New York.
Ina Golub has been commissioned by synagogues, museums, and private collectors throughout the United States to create custom-designed fiber art, including tapestries, Jewish ceremonial objects, and textiles with secular content. In 2005, she received her first commission in Israel for Kehilat Mevasseret Zion, a new progressive synagogue in Jerusalem. She has completed more than forty synagogue installations that include nine monumental ark curtains, more than 450 Torah mantles, wedding canopies, handwoven tapestries and decorative wall hangings, and a major Holocaust memorial. In addition she has made more than 75 rabbinical garments and talit
sets for lay worshippers. Her
experimental works and small ceremonial
objects are both sculptural and
functional.
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"The book of Exodus eloquently describes the making of the accoutrements of the Sanctuary, all to be made by the artist Bezalel, in the shadow of God.
Each time I read these pages anew, my inner voice speaks, compelling me to pursue the creation of yet another ceremonial form, be it a monumental project that considers a total architectural environment, a garment worn by rabbi or cantor, a sculptural form that may turn into a fanciful megillah scroll, or a spice container crafted of the tiniest beads. As an artist, I feel privileged to create in the shadow of God."
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