Permission is the cornerstone of J9Joy. It’s about the freedom to explore
your creativity fully. It’s about turning off the critic in your head and dismissing the idea that you have to be perfect in order to create something perfectly wonderful.
That’s why my art is so diverse and varied.
Recycling, upcycling and nature are often part of my process. Bottles, jars, cans, lamps, lampshades, old sheet music, magazines, newspapers, clothes, linens, books, frames, etc., are given a new, beautiful, and lasting life. It’s important to reduce what we send to landfills. In addition to upcycling the things we use at home, I thrift, go to garage sales,
use and share on local boards. Natural elements have already fallen or are harvested sustainably. It’s tremendously gratifying to see the joy these renewed and reimagined pieces bring to others.
Embracing creativity, making beautiful things, giving old things new life, and inspiring others are the essence of this adventure. Join me!
"Ring the bells that still can ring. Forget your perfect offering. There is a crack in everything. That's how the light gets in." — Leonard Cohen, Anthem
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"Ring the bells that still can ring. Forget your perfect offering. There is a crack in everything. That's how the light gets in." — Leonard Cohen, Anthem 〰️
Books give us so much. They educate, entertain, transport and inspire. With the advent of digital media, the need to update as new information and new discoveries emerge, and simple wear and tear, sometimes books get discarded. Rather than let them go to landfills,
I love to repurpose them!
They are the stars of the show as hanging ornaments, an integral part of the Lumieres and Book Vases. Slices of them are shaped or quilled into birds, hills, trees, flowers, etc. The pages are folded into new forms. They also make beautiful backgrounds for other works.
And, so they get to live on.
Music exists in every culture as a means of expression, to entertain, celebrate, pray, protest and enlighten. It has served as a warning or notice of important information, has been proven to reduce stress, evokes emotion and memories. It connects us through shared experience and enjoyment.
When my mom passed, we tried to donate her HUGE collection of sheet music, but no one was able to use it. So, now, it has an honored place as bouquets, songbirds, as music makers, as an elegant background for the Divas and
All of these bouquets are made from a Beethoven score in C Minor. Some of the pages have small notes in pencil made by my mom.
Strong or delicate, clear, tinted or opaque, glass has countless uses.
It is infinitely recyclable, with virtually no loss of quality.
Yet, worldwide less than 30% of glass actually goes on
to become something new.
Here, bottles, plates, jars, windows, and any other kind of glass are turned into incense burners, sun catchers, wind chimes, jewelry and more. We cut it, drill it, break and tumble it, melt and fuse it, crush it and combine it with resin, so it can become something new. We even turned 90 bottles into a fence.
Thank you is beautiful in any language. In Hebrew, it's Toda Raba! Each of these is a lovely way to thank someone in the Jewish community —Rabbi, Cantor, Teacher, family, and friends.
"My mind is a raging torrent, flooded with rivulets of thought, cascading into a waterfall of creative alternatives." — Hedley Lamar
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"My mind is a raging torrent, flooded with rivulets of thought, cascading into a waterfall of creative alternatives." — Hedley Lamar 〰️
"A jack of all trades is master of none, though oftentimes better than master of one." — Robert Greene
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"A jack of all trades is master of none, though oftentimes better than master of one." — Robert Greene 〰️