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Double Sided Hannukkah Lamp. Double Sided Hannukkah Lamp 1994. Your browser does not support the video tag. The Minhag is to place the lamp of Hannukah just in front of a window, so that passers by may look at it from the street and recall the holyday. This lamp has been designed to fulfill entirely its duty - it is built out of the letters of the word Hannukah, making it readable from both the sides! A specimen has recently acquired by the Israel Museum, Jerusalem, for its permanent Judaica collection.

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ANAMORPHIC REFLECTION / / KIDDUSH SETS. Anamorphic Reflection Kiddush Set. Since 1988 Leo Contini created several hundreds ARKS: Anamorphc Reflection Kiddush Sets. Each ARKS is decorated by hand, monogrammed and accompanied by a signed photo certificate. The ARKS are made out of heavy gauge sterling silver, the beaker being gilt inside. Like an original painting, each ARKS is an unique work of art.

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ANAMORPHIC REFLECTION / / KIDDUSH SETS.

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Must be a good reason! MIP’s (Most Important Persons): four presidents of the State (Pinchas Navon as well), three Jerusalem mayors (Teddy Kollek as well).

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ANAMORPHIC REFLECTION / / KIDDUSH SETS. Basically an ARKS. The saucer has a Magen David shaped opening in its center and a bowl under it. It is possible to create it with any decorative pattern which applies to the ARKS.

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Gradient Kiddush Set 2005. Gradually transforming a flat circle into a convex Magen David is not an evident task. Yet an elaborated system of ridges and valleys does the job, which is applied to both beaker and saucer of our. Gradient Magen David Kiddush Set. The result is the intimate integration between a symbol - the Magen David - and a ritual - the Kiddush - in an original and unmistakable way. Each object is hand finished and punched with the artist’s seal, besides the silver punch.

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Inclined Parchment Mezuzoth 2001. It is hard to realize that the design of a Mezuzah never refers to the minhag of fixing them inclined to the doorpost. A few years ago Leo conceived and created his first interpretation of a Mezuzah featuring the pre-established inclination of the parchment. Since then a few designs were created; between them:. 9679; Magen David. A stern and topologically non-obvious three-dimensional object which is an unmistakable synthesis between a Magen David and a Mezuzah.

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Leo dealt with few objects. The reason is that he undertakes a project only if it is unprecedented. Not a question of a further decoration, of variation on a theme, of a gimmick. His research approach to Judaica is a straight result of his scientific background, his projects have to entail entirely new modes:. Inclined parchment mezuzoth, double sided Hannukkah lamp);. Originally apply disciplines, such as optics. Anamorphic reflection Kiddush sets) and. Gradient Kiddush set);. Born in Nice in 1939, to I...