https://mayabendavid.com maya ben david Thu, 07 Oct 2021 14:45:51 +0000 https://mayabendavid.com en https://mayabendavid.com/GALLERY Thu, 07 Oct 2021 14:45:51 +0000 maya ben david https://mayabendavid.com/GALLERY <img width="463" height="463" width_o="463" height_o="463" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/152d5429916704b9654624c97bfd9d8c7eb524eb2d3acc96a79f30cd7010b90a/web5.jpg" data-mid="120990083" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/463/i/152d5429916704b9654624c97bfd9d8c7eb524eb2d3acc96a79f30cd7010b90a/web5.jpg" /> <img width="1122" height="817" width_o="1122" height_o="817" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e78a49cbcfc8af5ee85b0a6e849ef161fd3f20b896304f651c44e80bae4e502a/Sinsanei_1_o.jpg" data-mid="121059817" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/e78a49cbcfc8af5ee85b0a6e849ef161fd3f20b896304f651c44e80bae4e502a/Sinsanei_1_o.jpg" /> <img width="1122" height="646" width_o="1122" height_o="646" 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data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/cff246b15bb6f091cd913849c474e54960cb3372352ff08e63cc5088dc6b9d68/8_web.jpg" data-mid="121059728" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/cff246b15bb6f091cd913849c474e54960cb3372352ff08e63cc5088dc6b9d68/8_web.jpg" /> https://mayabendavid.com/About-Us Fri, 17 Sep 2021 11:24:21 +0000 maya ben david https://mayabendavid.com/About-Us The ideal associate is a book. Of course a book is not the only ally wanted in this world — but arguably the best. Portable. Stackable. Focused. Infinitely reliable and wholly self sufficient. What else in this world speaks as much and keeps as quiet. A book is more patient than any friend. More ready with “mystic truths” than any artist.&nbsp; No living high-priest or scholar fits into an architectural niche like a book. No witch knows as many spells as a book. Books are even above influence and bribery. Suffice it to say, a book is a ridiculously good tool in this muck of a world — and risking redundancy — an ideal companion. Please note: Keep books away from open flame or sparks. Books are prone to mold and mildew under damp conditions. Isolate from caustic substances such as acids and bases. Optimus Librorum Sunt Instrumenta <img width="900" height="601" width_o="900" height_o="601" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3eba18c4fb2e35fd5fb8be3b67f747aaa50844cdc55513b619ff92e7ffe00c10/STP_5545.jpg" data-mid="120986098" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/900/i/3eba18c4fb2e35fd5fb8be3b67f747aaa50844cdc55513b619ff92e7ffe00c10/STP_5545.jpg" /> https://mayabendavid.com/About Sun, 21 Oct 2012 20:21:50 +0000 maya ben david https://mayabendavid.com/About ABOUT ME I'm a product designer and lecturer at Bezalel Academy for Art and Design where I lead the Performing Material platform exploring future applications for new materials in the convergence of science and design. In recent years my interest lies in designing the transition between raw technology into meaningful human experience. I explore the process of expanding technological visions and experiences to create empathic future environments. Exhibitions 2025- “Present Matter” |&nbsp;Edmond de Rothschild Design Award Exhibition | Edmond de Rothschild House, Israel Curator:&nbsp; Tzafi Sivan Spivak 2022- “Food” | Design Museum Holon, Israel Curator: Liora Rozin &amp; Dana Ben Shalom2022- “And I lived amongst you” | B.Y5 Gallery, Tel-Aviv, Israel Curator: Michal Krasny 2020- “ First Person. Second Nature”&nbsp; | The Tel-Aviv Crafts and Design Biennale| MUZA Eretz Israel Museum, Israel Curator: Henrietta Eliezer Brunner, Yuval Saar 2020- “X,Y,Z,T- Material Investigation” | Benyamini Contemporary Ceramics Center, Tel-Aviv, Israel Curator: Shlomit Bauman 2019- “State of Extreme” | Design Museum Holon, Israel Curator:&nbsp; Aric Chen, Maya Dvash and Azinta Plantenga 2019- “To The Glory- Local Souvenirs” | Benyamini Contemporary Ceramics Center, Tel-Aviv, IsraelCurator: Galina Arbeli 2019- “Not In Heaven” | Jerusalem BiennaleCurator: Judith Cardozo and Dr. Suzan Nashman Fraiman 2019- “Point Cloud” | Manofim Festival, Azrieli Gallery, Jerusalem Multidisciplinary College (JMC) Curator: Galit Shvo 2018- “Conservation” | Jerusalem Design Week Curator: Anat Safran and Tal Erez2018- “Nature-Technology” | Benyamini Contemporary Ceramics Center, Tel-Aviv, IsraelCurator: Shlomit Bauman 2017- “High Contrast” | Seoul, Korea 2017: “Image” | Benyamini Contemporary Ceramics Center, Tel-Aviv, Israel Curator: Shira Keret &amp; Itay Laniado 2017- “Violent Object” | Vitrina Gallery, HIT, Holon, Israel Curator: Shira Keret &amp; Itay Laniado 2017- “Violent Object” | State of Design, Berlin Curator: Shira Keret &amp; Itay Laniado 2017- “3D Print Studio” | Cuypershuis museum in Roermond, The Netherlands 2016- “Over View” | Design Museum Holon, Israel &nbsp; Curator: Maya Dvash 2016- “High Contrast” | TWDW, Taipei, Taiwan 2016- “World Design Capital” | TWDW, Taipei, Taiwan 2016- “Yes&amp;” | Triennale Museum Exhibition, Milan, Italy 2016- “Matter of Fact” | Benyamini Contemporary Ceramics Center, Tel-Aviv, Israel Curator: Maya Ben David &amp; Jhonathan Hope &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;2014- “Design Underground” | Benyamini Contemporary Ceramics Center, Tel-Aviv, Israel Curator: Shlomit Bauman 2014- “Design Museum at The Artists House” | The Artists House, Tel-Aviv, Israel&nbsp; Curator: Yuval Saar 2013- “Online Offline” | Beit Meirov Gallery, Holon, Israel Curator: Yuval Saar 2013-&nbsp; “Imprinting on Clay” | The Tel-Aviv Crafts and Design Biennale | Eretz Israel Museum, Israel Curator: Anat Getanio 2012- “How To...”&nbsp;| Design Hop, Dashilar, Beijing Design Week, China Curator: Liora Rozin &amp; Nitzan Debbi 2012- “Growth Curve” | Jerusalem Design Week, Israel Curator:&nbsp; Dan Hochberg 2012- “Memorabilia” | Liege, Belgium Curator:&nbsp; Giovanna Massoni 2012- “3D Print Show” | London 2012- “The Machin- Designing a New Industrial Revolution ” | Z3 House for Contemporary Art, Design &amp; Architecture | Belgiume Curator: Jan Boelen <img width="900" height="601" width_o="900" height_o="601" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3eba18c4fb2e35fd5fb8be3b67f747aaa50844cdc55513b619ff92e7ffe00c10/STP_5545.jpg" data-mid="119254421" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/900/i/3eba18c4fb2e35fd5fb8be3b67f747aaa50844cdc55513b619ff92e7ffe00c10/STP_5545.jpg" /> https://mayabendavid.com/Contact Wed, 21 Sep 2016 18:02:47 +0000 maya ben david https://mayabendavid.com/Contact CONTACT ︎ manocki@gmail.com ︎ +972 50 7562092 ︎︎ https://mayabendavid.com/Immigrants Thu, 22 Oct 2020 06:51:29 +0000 maya ben david https://mayabendavid.com/Immigrants Immigrants A lichen scanned in 3d in Japan arrived in Israel with us(in collaboration with Ori Ben Zvi). Lichens are a symbiotic partnership of two separate organisms, a fungus and an alga. In this unique association, the fungus provides the housing that supports the algae and/or cyanobacteria. In return, the algae photosynthesize and provide the fungus with essential sugars. They are very sensitive to their environment, reacting both to the type of forest they inhabit and the quality of the surrounding air and water. Lichen grows slower than what we are able to experience therefore using digital media triggered us to give it a new life cycle and growth patterns. In nature Lichen cling on tree bark and rocks, they are common In Japan woods as in many other places and together with moss form an enchanting atmosphere. The bench presents a still moment of growth and contemplation.We formed a hybrid of local Cupressus with a traditional Japanese technique called Shou Sugi-Ban which uses fire to sill the tree from moisture. On the burnt bench we projected a digital fast growing lichen. This new form of existence enabled the lichen to “survive” over time without sun or nourishment. As such it migrates and invades new places appearing as a hybrid digital lichen that continues to evolve in the course of the exhibition upon the charred wood that supports it, ........................................................................................... 2020 Commissioned by: The Tel Aviv Crafts and Design Biennale, Eretz Israel Museum&nbsp; Collaborator: Ori Ben Zvi <img width="722" height="476" width_o="722" height_o="476" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/72fc161793b63b2b890c919e7285c472012f7fccf3cb25f690f69c559b0102bb/web1.jpg" data-mid="119217355" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/722/i/72fc161793b63b2b890c919e7285c472012f7fccf3cb25f690f69c559b0102bb/web1.jpg" /><img width="722" height="476" width_o="722" height_o="476" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7aac53c1e943e1eff62e44c0ca5e94f8ccc33552c4eb2f144c38e547eccaa2e3/web2.jpg" data-mid="121371017" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/722/i/7aac53c1e943e1eff62e44c0ca5e94f8ccc33552c4eb2f144c38e547eccaa2e3/web2.jpg" /><img width="718" height="734" width_o="718" height_o="734" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/844ddba93e5d62c38b1c91fed1d4e4cf38d5ac9c59b39a114b1f8c8b6c1df1e6/web3.jpg" data-mid="121371018" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/718/i/844ddba93e5d62c38b1c91fed1d4e4cf38d5ac9c59b39a114b1f8c8b6c1df1e6/web3.jpg" /><img width="722" height="476" width_o="722" height_o="476" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/96851a64f57b2c74d042addf2f4288e0c297dd2be770def328f89a8a23e0959b/web4.jpg" data-mid="119217648" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/722/i/96851a64f57b2c74d042addf2f4288e0c297dd2be770def328f89a8a23e0959b/web4.jpg" /> https://mayabendavid.com/Thorn Wed, 15 Jan 2020 07:58:39 +0000 maya ben david https://mayabendavid.com/Thorn Thorn In recent years we see a growing ability to engineer plants according to our needs; it can be esthetic qualities like color and shape or even functionality like fridge fit size, better shelf life or less hair for a clean smile.The human centered approach reflected by these design interventions reshaped the last decade of consumption systems and products, today we ought to look beyond humans into a wider context of environmental systems.This case study looks at wild thorn flowers. When summer begins, thorn flowers are hardening their leaf structure to form spikes which physically deter animals, and ensure their survival during the extreme summer conditions. Among Israel local vegetation they have excelled their survival abilities- from ancient periods till today most of the species we see remained the same. Though they play an important role in the local ecosystem, from a human perspective they are a nuisance- they sting and accelerate summer bush fires. What may be the evolution of thorn flowers in a hipper human centered environment? Together with designer Yuri Movshovich we’ve created a speculative series of thorn flowers questioning the way we are choosing to reshape nature. What can we learn from them? (qualities to keep) and what will we desire to change? Should thorns be more empathic? or will they disappear from our envisioned future landscapes? The proposed structures use the core morphology of thorn while suggesting several ways to reflect on co living with thorns- softening edges, connecting edges to form protective cages sheltering the flower reproduction organs and looping edges to create rounded morphologies while keeping stings in strategic areas. ................................................................................... 2019 Supported by: Su-Pad, printed in Stratasys @Vero White Commissioned by: Jerusalem Biennale Collaborator:&nbsp; Yuri Movshovich <img width="818" height="585" width_o="818" height_o="585" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/14e2964c66e4eafd809d26b8bc606e4e7e73d534fe528e0e5b1863e76bda86a0/dardar.jpg" data-mid="119182084" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/818/i/14e2964c66e4eafd809d26b8bc606e4e7e73d534fe528e0e5b1863e76bda86a0/dardar.jpg" /><img width="818" height="550" width_o="818" height_o="550" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/850169e23add52baef40416c403eee0f37aa32ab9e1d00ea9beba2c2f663b0d7/process-1.jpg" data-mid="119182088" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/818/i/850169e23add52baef40416c403eee0f37aa32ab9e1d00ea9beba2c2f663b0d7/process-1.jpg" /><img width="1181" height="769" width_o="1181" height_o="769" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2bb5f8afd54e593461008f9e77ee7cc0047eab21fbc889df507ae40bd926a586/sketch2.jpg" data-mid="119219203" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/2bb5f8afd54e593461008f9e77ee7cc0047eab21fbc889df507ae40bd926a586/sketch2.jpg" /><img width="818" height="533" width_o="818" height_o="533" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ee234a806b8638e70b1de7867048ebbc8c98af850788091d3aa5888dcb1479ec/1-kipodan-small.jpg" data-mid="119182086" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/818/i/ee234a806b8638e70b1de7867048ebbc8c98af850788091d3aa5888dcb1479ec/1-kipodan-small.jpg" /><img width="818" height="576" width_o="818" height_o="576" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c705c3d1453e70d0aa3ff7d3b80656a850a944b2885723fcef6f51ca0d25e523/1-hohan-small.jpg" data-mid="119182085" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/818/i/c705c3d1453e70d0aa3ff7d3b80656a850a944b2885723fcef6f51ca0d25e523/1-hohan-small.jpg" /> https://mayabendavid.com/Digital-Landscapes Wed, 09 Jan 2019 13:26:17 +0000 maya ben david https://mayabendavid.com/Digital-Landscapes Digital Landscapes Wall mounted tiles and tableware presenting digital landscapes as future floral narrative. Tableware and other houseware have been tools for storytelling and heritage of cultural symbols, values and beliefs. Landscapes and floral motives have been subjects for their décor and ornament since ancient times. They expressed the desire to bring nature home and celebrate wealth and wellbeing. How our future past will look like? What new traditions will emerge? Together with designer Renana Ir Shai we use optic 3d scan to create digital “epidermis”, an outer digital layer of scanned plants, enabling us a microscopic tour inside the 3d space and structure. Default 3d software displays were used as a way to enhance details and blur original scale and proportions leading to imaginative landscapes presenting a hyper nature wilderness. .................................................................................. 2018Collaborators: Renana Irshai Commissioned by:&nbsp; Benyamini Center for Contemporary Ceramic, Israel <img width="818" height="552" width_o="818" height_o="552" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4bfc6397800e459a8964d054ebfb334ccead9f70e5335015ba16cff8f35aea06/clean_2.jpg" data-mid="119182096" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/818/i/4bfc6397800e459a8964d054ebfb334ccead9f70e5335015ba16cff8f35aea06/clean_2.jpg" /><img width="818" height="375" width_o="818" height_o="375" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ade6f271283d4b3e4705cb4c65e243438d8542b171c5613c2113e791e016321b/clean_5.jpg" data-mid="119182100" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/818/i/ade6f271283d4b3e4705cb4c65e243438d8542b171c5613c2113e791e016321b/clean_5.jpg" /><img width="4134" height="1745" width_o="4134" height_o="1745" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/50adc7a103f60a1e8d8fc26c56609b8944e40d876c8d23380b319b10a58c790d/group2_wall-02-03.jpg" data-mid="119207872" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/50adc7a103f60a1e8d8fc26c56609b8944e40d876c8d23380b319b10a58c790d/group2_wall-02-03.jpg" /><img width="3764" height="3350" width_o="3764" height_o="3350" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/55a935c24e4d59d59a7a5e0f55700a816ffe0cbe1728e3187531ee2adb10aa1b/leaf_602-2.png" data-mid="119208033" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/55a935c24e4d59d59a7a5e0f55700a816ffe0cbe1728e3187531ee2adb10aa1b/leaf_602-2.png" /> https://mayabendavid.com/Nymphaea-X Thu, 22 Oct 2020 06:45:44 +0000 maya ben david https://mayabendavid.com/Nymphaea-X Nymphaea-X Nymphaea-X practices the ability to imagine a future rather than predict it. Using a fictional scenario that connects pieces of data from the present and a series of questions regarding past and future events, a speculative interpretation comes to place. - The year is 3020, in an archeological site at the mega-cosmopolitan Tafo a complex of plant-like objects was discovered. Scholars believe that they were formed in the post-Paleodiomic period (pre fluidic.) which began after the global floods of the 1930s and 1940s. The objects (estimated to be about 1000 years old) made of polyamide, were kept in an unusual condition ,in relation to their age, in light of their resistance to moisture conditions. Researchers speculate that the objects are related to the worship that took place at the site during the Second Temple period in the last millennium and that they are exact replicas of the flowers - Bird of Paradise (Strelitzia reginae), Nymphaea (King of the Blues) and Iris pseudacorus. What was the function of these objects? For what form of ritual were they used? Is it possible to see a connection between the first tsunami waves that hit the area in 2031 and the later development of the same vegetation? Can it be assumed that these flowers were part of the beginning of symbiosis with the plant world and the green tiger epidemic? ................................................................................................... 2020 Commissioned by: XYZT exhibition,&nbsp; Benyamini Center for Contemporary Ceramic, IsraelCollaborators: Computational Archaeological Laboratory, Archaeology Department, Hebrew University, Jerusalem. <img width="680" height="598" width_o="680" height_o="598" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2d520c0ca5e17185fbe145820478f7d60b6cd2a569060b1a8b7269509d667b7d/web5.jpg" data-mid="119216629" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/680/i/2d520c0ca5e17185fbe145820478f7d60b6cd2a569060b1a8b7269509d667b7d/web5.jpg" /><img width="2852" height="3993" width_o="2852" height_o="3993" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/754843da4d956e3bee7cb0d51c042a7427263cfcfb203834c5d2b0c7634fa887/-.jpg" data-mid="119216076" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/754843da4d956e3bee7cb0d51c042a7427263cfcfb203834c5d2b0c7634fa887/-.jpg" /><img width="680" height="778" width_o="680" height_o="778" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/531cb5a95583ba6c196126788a636d350b714cbe60cdf5b8203bc589f3c5ca38/web2.jpg" data-mid="119182082" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/680/i/531cb5a95583ba6c196126788a636d350b714cbe60cdf5b8203bc589f3c5ca38/web2.jpg" /><img width="680" height="452" width_o="680" height_o="452" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8431447bbf5cfb55ccda4a5485b14ca44ab6ee5e497d511155503ee86af4d8fe/web4.jpg" data-mid="119216627" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/680/i/8431447bbf5cfb55ccda4a5485b14ca44ab6ee5e497d511155503ee86af4d8fe/web4.jpg" /><img width="680" height="452" width_o="680" height_o="452" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7acdf195bced0b2fa774066a795563ade89d80eb7349c32f27553dd9e560c8ae/web3.jpg" data-mid="119182083" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/680/i/7acdf195bced0b2fa774066a795563ade89d80eb7349c32f27553dd9e560c8ae/web3.jpg" /><img width="680" height="598" width_o="680" height_o="598" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ac3ff2a43976ca29091d8f9c8252fc8fee6e4bafe93846a70feaa2a40817536e/web6.jpg" data-mid="119216640" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/680/i/ac3ff2a43976ca29091d8f9c8252fc8fee6e4bafe93846a70feaa2a40817536e/web6.jpg" /><img width="1969" height="1575" width_o="1969" height_o="1575" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c46ec931614b3bd5a2ad2ab2dd7a8a5df33deece90cea233b49adcb745c7252d/small-2.jpg" data-mid="119216626" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c46ec931614b3bd5a2ad2ab2dd7a8a5df33deece90cea233b49adcb745c7252d/small-2.jpg" /> https://mayabendavid.com/Becoming-Digital Wed, 09 Jan 2019 13:41:33 +0000 maya ben david https://mayabendavid.com/Becoming-Digital Becoming Digital By using 3d print and 3d scan technologies I document organic, physical flowers and follow the process of transformation into digital files. Since a flower is a complex multilayered morphological structure, with concealments, transparencies and very thin surfaces it challenges these technologies and sharpens the ability to discern the unique gestures of “naturalness” created from the relationship between function, structure, material and form.From an industrial perspective, the printed results I received failed and were perceived by industry/printing services as “broken”. From my viewpoint the print was maybe altered but the holes and leaf skeleton were closer to an original natural expression than what I could get from a perfect printed flower. Observing the fragility of the printed surfaces I felt empathy. Why did it trigger empathy? And what makes it important ?The imperfect surfaces may resemble our own ephemeral nature placing the printed matter into a speculative sphere of questions- how printed materials can trigger our senses in the future? Can they grow old gracefully? .................................................................................. 2014-2018 <img width="1984" height="799" width_o="1984" height_o="799" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/061b9353ff5ebdc9c6ae13dff68d82f62def6bd7842ea902f2dd34eae401f25a/1_4.jpg" data-mid="121363940" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/061b9353ff5ebdc9c6ae13dff68d82f62def6bd7842ea902f2dd34eae401f25a/1_4.jpg" /><img width="1984" height="1324" width_o="1984" height_o="1324" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/66c6387b9544512c810257d539fe1b2ca9231b9ac5f8b4923efe8adee697c769/1.jpg" data-mid="121363969" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/66c6387b9544512c810257d539fe1b2ca9231b9ac5f8b4923efe8adee697c769/1.jpg" /><img width="4134" height="4134" width_o="4134" height_o="4134" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6ff139cdfbec5003b5fa2221884869ce067af2da4de98cc8dbcd84af394a8192/2.jpg" data-mid="119186172" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/6ff139cdfbec5003b5fa2221884869ce067af2da4de98cc8dbcd84af394a8192/2.jpg" /> https://mayabendavid.com/Hybrid-Botany Wed, 09 Jan 2019 13:06:19 +0000 maya ben david https://mayabendavid.com/Hybrid-Botany Hybrid Botany Hybrid Botany utilizes an ongoing creative process, which connects traditional bonsai techniques with algorithmic design and 3D printing. The process began with a raw tree trunk on the one hand, and an algorithm that simulates natural tree growth on the other.The algorithm produced a three dimensional model, which served as a mathematical prediction of the manner in which the tree can grow. Parts from this model were printed out, and attached to the raw tree trunk using a system of printed supports. As the tree grows, the printed parts serve as a template, and guide the design decisions used to develop the tree as a bonsai. However, since the tree’s actual growth is random, and it does not react in the mathematically perfect manner predicted by the algorithm, there is also an inherent conflict between the manner that the computer simulates a tree’s growth, and the tree’s actual growth in the real world. In this case, the role played by man and the application of traditional craft, is to mediate between the two worlds and try to synthesize an aesthetic that highlights the beauty of each.* Bonsai is a transformative, process-oriented artform of sculpting with living trees. Originating in China and Japan, bonsai initially sought to imitate landscapes and natural scenery, transporting them into the urban environment. The use of a living medium – which continually grows, develops and changes serves as a source of formative and conceptual inspiration for bonsai, but also imbues it with unique technical attributes. First and foremost, dependence on the medium is absolute – the artist cannot impose himself on the tree, and it is the tree that dictates the progress, direction and duration of the work. The creative process unfolds with the tree’s recurring growth cycles, which add new elements to the work while changing the existing ones. This reliance on natural growth cycles, governed by the changing seasons, requires persistent work over many years, during which time the tree itself is in constant flux. Thus, a bonsai tree can be considered a dynamic artwork, oscillating continuously between random growth and intentional design. .................................................................................. 2018Collaborators: Ofer Grunwald Commission by: Benyamini Contemporary Ceramic Center, Tel Aviv <img width="818" height="987" width_o="818" height_o="987" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a978a89db288a668fe114dfea25a22da1c96fdd5e735db10a6a00d9cfb086bf8/clean_4.jpg" data-mid="119182107" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/818/i/a978a89db288a668fe114dfea25a22da1c96fdd5e735db10a6a00d9cfb086bf8/clean_4.jpg" /><img width="5312" height="2988" width_o="5312" height_o="2988" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/971ef6f677d5e4a74d1ef809c0087556730fe9b9fbf29c47d626c6f981aff4fe/clean_3.jpg" data-mid="119220981" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/971ef6f677d5e4a74d1ef809c0087556730fe9b9fbf29c47d626c6f981aff4fe/clean_3.jpg" /><img width="4094" height="3069" width_o="4094" height_o="3069" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/960871732d65192505323a1b394a1705a7fb7e19a066e1772bc9880f8f182b46/2.jpg" data-mid="119220975" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/960871732d65192505323a1b394a1705a7fb7e19a066e1772bc9880f8f182b46/2.jpg" /><img width="4274" height="2841" width_o="4274" height_o="2841" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/459ba61a13a2da5f015fd8ee105fb12179ae3995f0802b6f82040478cc75e6c7/1.jpg" data-mid="119220955" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/459ba61a13a2da5f015fd8ee105fb12179ae3995f0802b6f82040478cc75e6c7/1.jpg" />