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NIDDAH (THE IMMERSION)
As a newlywed, I took on the Jewish ritual of immersion as a way to mark the end of separation, Niddah, between a husband and wife that takes place during a woman’s menstrual cycle. Immersing became an inspiration for a series of prints and paintings that explore the transition between impurity and purity.
Using etching techniques and acid as the ritualistic “water”, I created seven distinct abstract copper plates to represent the seven intentions a woman must have to prepare herself to make the transition from impure to pure.
During a Niddah immersion, a woman dips in the water three times.
I dipped the copper plates in acid three times.
Some of the plates became so destroyed by the acid that the entire surface became concealed.
Using black ink, I printed the images on white paper and attached the prints together to create a double-sided accordion book that incorporates special Hebrew and English text, based on the intentions.
Using etching techniques and acid as the ritualistic “water”, I created seven distinct abstract copper plates to represent the seven intentions a woman must have to prepare herself to make the transition from impure to pure.
During a Niddah immersion, a woman dips in the water three times.
I dipped the copper plates in acid three times.
Some of the plates became so destroyed by the acid that the entire surface became concealed.
Using black ink, I printed the images on white paper and attached the prints together to create a double-sided accordion book that incorporates special Hebrew and English text, based on the intentions.
Using etching techniques and acid as the ritualistic “water”, I created seven distinct abstract copper plates to represent the seven intentions a woman must have to prepare herself to make the transition from impure to pure.
During a Niddah immersion, a woman dips in the water three times.
I dipped the copper plates in acid three times.
Some of the plates became so destroyed by the acid that the entire surface became concealed.
Using black ink, I printed the images on white paper and attached the prints together to create a double-sided accordion book that incorporates special Hebrew and English text, based on the intentions.
Using etching techniques and acid as the ritualistic “water”, I created seven distinct abstract copper plates to represent the seven intentions a woman must have to prepare herself to make the transition from impure to pure.
During a Niddah immersion, a woman dips in the water three times.
I dipped the copper plates in acid three times.
Some of the plates became so destroyed by the acid that the entire surface became concealed.
Using black ink, I printed the images on white paper and attached the prints together to create a double-sided accordion book that incorporates special Hebrew and English text, based on the intentions.
Using etching techniques and acid as the ritualistic “water”, I created seven distinct abstract copper plates to represent the seven intentions a woman must have to prepare herself to make the transition from impure to pure.
During a Niddah immersion, a woman dips in the water three times.
I dipped the copper plates in acid three times.
Some of the plates became so destroyed by the acid that the entire surface became concealed.
Using black ink, I printed the images on white paper and attached the prints together to create a double-sided accordion book that incorporates special Hebrew and English text, based on the intentions.
Using etching techniques and acid as the ritualistic “water”, I created seven distinct abstract copper plates to represent the seven intentions a woman must have to prepare herself to make the transition from impure to pure.
During a Niddah immersion, a woman dips in the water three times.
I dipped the copper plates in acid three times.
Some of the plates became so destroyed by the acid that the entire surface became concealed.
Using black ink, I printed the images on white paper and attached the prints together to create a double-sided accordion book that incorporates special Hebrew and English text, based on the intentions.
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