Yair Emanuel Large Glass Hamsa - Flowers and Birds

Size: 15 X 10 cm / 6" X 4"

The hamsa (hand) shape has been used since ancient times for luck, protection, or decoration.  No guarantees about the first two, but everyone will agree that you have a thing of beauty!  The design features a cheerful colorful floral design with birds. 

Artist Yair Emanuel, a graduate of the Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, lives and works in Jerusalem.  Vivid and harmonious colors as well as a mixture of the old and the new characterize Emanuel's work, which is designed and crafted in his Jerusalem studio.  The principal techniques utilized encompass painting on silk, hand-embroidery, raw-silk appliqué and painting on wood.