חשך קדוש (Holy Darkness): Completed 3.2.2012



The following three images make up my assemblage sculpture series חשך קדוש (Holy Darkness).  The sculptures are all boxes roughly 13"x9"x7" with the insides being viewed through 200 degree peepholes like you'd find on a house's front door.  The photos were taken using a Canon 8-15mm f4L fisheye at 8mm to give the exact distorted look that the sculpture has when viewed in person. 



חשך קדוש: תהו ובהו (Holy Darkness: Formless and Void) - Completed February 10th, 2012





This sculpture is number 1 of 3 in the חשך קדוש series and is based off of the phrase תהו ובהו (prounounced tōhū vābōhū) - which is translated as "formless and void" in Genesis 1.  "תהו ובהו" is written on both side walls of the drawing in a mixture of acrylic paint and gel medium, with the name יהוה (the Divine Name of God in the Hebrew Bible generally vocalized as Adonai or HaShem) written in blue on the back wall.  The very simple statement that the sculpture makes is "Even in the formless and void places of life, God is still there." The sculpture is meant to give the sense of being under water, with a bit of light coming through the surface of the 'water' from above.  For macro photos of details of the sculpture, go here - and for process photos of the sculpture being made, go here.





חשך קדוש: במדבר (Holy Darkness: In the Wilderness) - Completed November 23rd, 2011


This sculpture is number 2 of 3 in the חשך קדוש series and is based off of the title of the Hebrew name of the Biblical book of Numbers, במדבר (pronounced ba-midbar) - which literally means "In the Wilderness."  "במדבר" is written on both side walls of the drawing in gesso covered with oil paint, with יהוה written in red on the back wall.  The very simple statement that the sculpture makes is "Even in the darkest wilderness, God is still there." The sculpture is meant to give the feeling of being in a dark wilderness or forest of sorts.  For macro photos of details of the sculpture, go here - and for process photos of the sculpture being made, go here.  





חשך קדוש: אם אסק שמים (Holy Darkness: If I Ascend to Heaven) - Completed February 2nd, 2012 
























































This sculpture is number 3 of 3 in the "חשך קדוש" series and is based off of Psalm 139:8 אם אסק שמים (pronounced 'im 'essaq shamayim) - which can be translated as "If I ascend to heaven..."  אם אסק שמים is written on both side walls of the drawing in acrylic and gel medium, with יהוה written in white on the back wall.  The very simple statement that the sculpture makes is "No matter where one is in the vast expanse of the universe, God is there."  The sculpture is meant to evoke being just over the surface of the earth, with the fiber optics representing sunlight reflecting off of the surface of the earth into space.  For macro photos of the details of the sculpture, go here - and for process photos of the sculpture being made, go here



אם אסק שמים: Macro Photos

The following photos are macro shots of my assemblage sculpture אם אסק שמים which can be found





אם אסק שמים: Process Photos

The following photos are process photos of my assemblage sculpture אם אסק שמים which can be found








































Materials included in this sculpture include wood, paper, ink, acrylic, gel medium, fiber optics, lighting gel, LEDs, hair, et.al.

תהו ובהו: Macro Photos

The following photos are macro shots of my assemblage sculpture במדבר which can be found here