ShirChadash's Profile

Bio

My Hebrew name is Tikvah ("Hope"), and this is how I sign most of my paintings. When I first started selling artwork, I took on the stage name "Orianna" and I had all sorts of crazy fashion shows with contortionist fire jugglers and "wearable paintings"... I still do these things, but I made this shop because I wanted a place for my Jewish-focused artwork to sit apart from the rest of the stuff I do. Not because either one is better, but because things can be appreciated more if they have their own space (like the Sabbath being separated from the rest of the week). This shop is entirely for my Jewish art!

For many generations in my family, being Jewish was a secret. So much a secret that it was almost forgotten! My relatives have vague memories of their grandmothers singing to them in Hebrew when they were children. I remember my mother telling me about dreams she's had with braids morphing into challah or havdalah candles, or where a secret magical family name is being hidden within the folds of a mother's braids. I am the last practicing Jew in my family, and I've been feeling the need to combine this with my artwork. Because I have only dreams and fragments left in my family, instead of thick strong roots, the artwork I've created so far is very surreal and magical, like trying to remember a far away dream before it vanishes.

You can check out my other artwork here:
http://www.BraidedBeings.etsy.com
and here:
www.OriannaStudios.com

Female, Born on January 22

Favorite Materials

colors, glue, gold paint, things with textures