Magnetic Sculpture

Cameraphone Magnetic Sculpture picture is courtesy of "bpendleton" who published it on Flickr. I like three dimensional Stars of David...maybe because I helped develop one myself.

Star of David on a Manhole

Japanese Manhole

 CC picture by "opencage" from Flickr

  Hexagram on a Manhole in Copenhagen

Picture is courtesy of "smoking_redmoon" who published it on Flickr. She wrote to me that she doesn't know what were the reasons to put a Star of David in such a place

 Hexagram on a Manhole in Cancale  France

CC Picture by Juanjo Marin from Flickr

Hexagram on a Manhole in Cancale  France

CC Picture by Aviruthia from Flickr

Hexagram on a Manhole in New York

CC Picture by i_follow from Flickr

decorated window in Cochin

Picture is courtesy of "williewonker" who published it on Flickr.
Cochin Jews say they settled there after the destruction of the Second Temple in Jerusalem in 70ce. Some sources suggest they came even earlier, with King Solomon’s fleet. It could have been significant for the history of the Star of David if there were found any artifacts from these times, but all the Stars of David that one can see there today are modern, like the one in this photo...

The Word Peace inside a Star of David

Picture of a stained glass window in a Jewish mausoleum in Paris is courtesy of Fugue who published it on Flickr. He wrote to me:

The Star of David itself doesn't have any specific meaning to me; I'm not Jewish and not very religious. But it was a lovely mausoleum, like a small granite Tardis with a window looking out on strange and beautiful worlds.

One day I'll make a list of all the words I found inside these emblems. It seems that only "important" words like the names of God, Zion, Israel, feel comfortable in this frame...

Perforation

Star of David Perforation

Mordechai Kafri, Sculptor [1920-2001] built in 1973 in Mount Herzl, Jerusalem, Israel, 300X400X100 cm memorial to the Israeli soldiers whose burial place is unknown. He made a perforation in the shape of a Star of David in a gray rock. Through it one could see the blue skies. Since then the plants around it grew so that now one sees through this shape green leaves.

Using Photoshop to illustrate a Psalms verse

Dvoit Ben Shaul made this illustration which includes the verse in Psalms where King David prays to the Lord, his shield, the Shield of David. In order to strengthen the association to the Bible I added the fonts of the Bible with Photoshop clonning brush and replaced the white background of the books' page with clouds filter that used Dvorits colors.

It Takes a Whole Village to Raise a Blog

This is the third illustration of Psalms 18:3 made by Dvorit Ben Shaul that I publish here on this blog.
Dvorit introduced me to Dr. Goldmann who taught me a lot about Stars of David. I learned a lot also from
Uri Ofir who let me translate into English his Hebrew research about the Jewish origin of the Star of David . There is a strange coincidence concerning these names- Ofir in Hebrew is a kind of gold. Last week a painter called Ofira Oriel sent me her Star of David Mandalas to publish. Ofira means-gold…
This coincidence reflects my gratitude to all those who help me raise this blog - to me they all look as if they were made from pure gold...