No, this Synagogue is not in the Middle East but on Jerusalem Street in Prague. It is the most recently built, about a hundred years old and outside the old Jewish quarter. It seems to reflect the optimism of a new state, released from the Austro-Hungarian Empire to create its own path. The interior is covered in a riot of pattern in slightly competing styles. The decorators had fun. When I visited in June, the synagogue was hosting a photographic exhibition by Marek Bouda, entitled 'Event Horizon' - he described the horizon as a
'a border line beyond which we do not see and do not know what will happen.' The images were dominated by contrast , light and shade. This is a theme that I have also been thinking about as it is the shadows that define my carved decoration and create the interest on individual pieces.
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AuthorI am indulging my passion for ceramics by undertaking studies for an MA at UCLAN Archives
August 2021
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