Pomegranate Paper Weight

A designed wall hanging by the israeli artist Shraga Landesman.

The main design and the story of this necklace comes by a quote from the bible (“Cast thy bread upon the waters”) in a circle pendant that hang on body by a silver chain.

“Cast thy bread upon the waters” (Ecclesiastes 11:1, King James);
This is the advice of Kohelet (Ecclesiastes). We can interpret this advice literally, as throwing bread on the surface of the water so the fish become accustomed to approaching the shore. Then we can catch them.
However, most interpretations teach us that Kohelet is advising us to do good deeds for others, without expecting anything in return.

‘Jeremiah’s prophecy’ wall hanging designed by the israeli artist Shraga Landesman.

I remember thee, the kindness of thy youth (Jeremiah 2:2, King James)
In Jeremiah’s first prophecy, I love the metaphor the prophet uses to describe the deepening relationship between the partners who are living on memories of shared experiences from the past.
The spiral in this work describes the 40 years of wandering in the desert as a time of bonding, and the 12 palm trees represent the 12 tribes.