Shards (Religion is Art and Art is Religion) by Chaim Bezalel


Ruins of Ashkelon, 7 x 36 in., original photographic laser decals on high fired clay with found Byzantine era pottery shards


Crowns (Jesus', Mary's, and Buddha's), 6 x 12 x 3 in., fired on decal on porcelain and press molded clay


Mimesis in the Digital Age (essay with that title by Chaim Bezalel) 9 x 20 in. , laser decals on porcelain with mother of pearl buttons


The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction (tribute to Walter Benjamin) , 16 x 19 in., laser decals on raku fired clay



The End of the American Frontier (after an essay by Frederick Jackson Turner) 12 x 23 in.

Enjoying Everyday Life (TV Evangelists), 7 x 21 in.


Religione (background figures in Early Renaissance Paintings) 22 x 23 in. laser decals and acrylics on porcelain


Crazy Quilt (from 19th Century quilt elements) laser decals on high fired clay, 20 x 20 in.

Cloud of Witnesses (crowd surging through the Vatican) diptych, 24 x 20 each frame


Shaker Triptych (from Shaker Village, upstate NY), 21 x 18 in. laser decals on porcelain

Gaza Celebrates Yeshiva Massacre (photo by Reuters) “Pour out thy wrath on the heathen that have not known thee ...” (Psalm 79:6, also found in the Passover Haggadah) illustration and calligraphy on the two left tiles taken from the Darmstadt Haggadah ca. 1430, Scribe: Israel ben Meir of Heidelberg  (size 6 x 34 in.)                     

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Image, Shadow, and Artifact, 11 x 9 in., laser decals on porcelain and found clay object

Dem Bones, 9 x 35 in., laser decals on porcelain with skull and horns



Our Town, 21 x 17 in., laser decals on porcelain with antique Ambrotype photographic montage on glass


What Me Worry Beads, 15 x 15 in. (laser decals on porcelain, plastic beads)




Self Reliance, 15 x 15 in., laser decals on porcelain with hand forged wrench


The Seventh Veil, 15 x 15 in., laser decals on porcelain with scarf


The Passion (collaboration with Yonnah Ben Levy) assemblage with laser decal, raku fired clay, and Byantine shards, 21 x 14 in.


New Moon Tammuz, 9 x 12 in.



Free Standing Assemblage and Sculpture


Nurse Log, 45 x 20 x 16 in., ceramic tiles with laser decals and sgraffito on reverse sides, brushed aluminum on driftwood base (private collection)


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I Want You, 19 x 12 x 4 in., laser decals on clay and found objects in 7-UP crate




Upstate, Winter, 14 x 21 x 5 in., Terracotta with laser decals, brass, wood


Shards, 10 x 15 in., shadow box with laser decals on porcelain with enamels on copper (private collection)




First there is a mountain, then there is no mountain, then there is.” -Zen koan (three sides shown), 11 x 6 x 6 in.


Catwalk, wood,brass, porcelain (spins on ball bearings) 25 x 18 x 18 in.

links to related work


An installation : "My Grandmother's Matchbook Collection"


Totem Bowls  


"The Twelve Tribes" an installation