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Animals
Jerusalim
Jewelry
Professions
Animals
"We inhabit the world with the animal kingdom. Ferocious, pathetic, playful and pretentious, we also share their characteristics. These qualities communicated through their fur, their wrinkled skin, flaps, beaks, and the forbidding horns of our fellow creatures. In my animals sculptures I seek to capture this common ground." F.M.
Jerusalim
"It is impossible to be indifferent to Jerusalem: it inspires, it infuriates, and as the 137th psalm warns, one forgets it at one’s own peril. The diverse buildings of the city have a powerful unity imposed by the stones from which they are constructed; Jerusalem stone quarried from the surrounding hills since biblical times. The dust from the quarries and walls settle on the trees, so that they also blend into this city of universal stone. The walls, towers, gates, and holy sites erected by...
Jewelry
"If I had another lifetime I might spend it in making jewelry. Large sculptures keep me busy and allow little time for making beauty in miniature - objects of art to wear. My other works, such as public sculptures, are situated in different parts of the world. Others are 'hidden' in private homes or galleries and after completion I seldom encounter them. But when in a street or restaurant, somewhere in the world, I see my jewelry displayed on the body of its owner as a statement of their...
Professions
"The professions and hobbies we practice shape our lives and alter us. This is emphasized in my group of figures who pose, perspire, lecture us, swing bats and golf clubs. Ultimately they try to create order out of chaos and seem to draw us into their activities." F.M.