Happy New Year!

Posted by Risa on January 5th, 2010 — in Newsletters | Click here to comment

HAPPY NEW YEAR to all of our friends from Jewish Gift Place! We wish you and your family the best of health and happiness in 2010!

It has been a very exciting year at Jewish Gift Place, so I thought I’d share with you the highlights of what’s been going on here, and what we hope to bring to you in 2010.

Artist’s Interview Series

At Jewish Gift Place, we are passionate about handmade items. Whether the piece is handpainted, sculpted, welded, built, or fired, every single piece we sell is made lovingly by hand with an artist standing behind every single item.

This year, we interviewed eight of our incredible artists. With questions such as “How did you get started?” and “What do you enjoy most about this career?” the following artists gave us insight into their lives as artists:

• Gary Rosenthal Interview
• Michal Golan Interview
• Ayala Bar Interview
• Eduardo Milieris Interview
• Jami Miyamoto Interview
• Emily Rosenfeld Interview
• Steven Bronstein Interview
• Jan Marie Lanier Interview

Don’t miss our round-up of the artists answering the question, “What advice would you give to an artist just starting out?” Read the entire article for their interesting and insightful answers.

Check out the entire Interview with the Artist series. We’ll be adding more interviews throughout the year.

New Artists Join Jewish Gift Place

We’re always on the lookout for new artists that bring a different style of Judaica to Jewish Gift Place. This year, we added the beautiful work of Davida Designs and Angie Olami. Davida Newman of Davida Designs creates sterling silver designs out of the Hebrew alphabet, creating beautiful letters with intricate detail. Angie Olami has a beautiful collection of Judaica made with 2000 year old Roman glass.

There are several new artists that we’ll be adding to our collection in 2010 including Sarah Beames,Susan Fullenbaum, and several more that I’ve had my eye on for a while.

We’ll also be adding more items from our existing artists including Infinity Art in Metal, Michael Bromberg, Ayala Bar, and Gary Rosenthal – who always has something new going on. Gary’s newest pieces, his picture frames, are already popular with our customers. His frames include both Judaic designs and designs for any occasion and religion.

WWe just added a few special new pieces from Michael Bromberg – Shema necklaces, lockets, and mezuzah pendants.

Jewelry from the Michael Bromberg Collection

I am very excited to announce that Lisa Storms has just joined our staff in November. Like Ulana Illiano (who will be with us 2 years in February) and me, Lisa is a work-at-home mom of Madison, her 9 year-old daughter. Lisa is an excellent writer and will be helping out with adding new products to the website and sharing what’s new at Jewish Gift Place on Twitter and Facebook. She’ll be writing articles and contributing to the blog, as well. Welcome, Lisa! Below are photos of Lisa, Lana, and me, and our kids.

Looking Forward

We’d love to hear from you! Is there is an artist whose work you’d like to see at Jewish Gift Place? Are there any articles you’d like to read? Let us know! I’m excited about going to the Jacob Javits International Gift Fair at the end of January to discover new artists and buy the newest items from our existing artists. I also hope to go to Philadelphia, PA in February for the Buyer’s Market of American Craft. If you love craft fairs, this is the most amazing craft fair you can imagine! I’d love to buy everything there!

Remember, through Friday, 1/8/10, save $10 off any purchase. Use Code 128 at Step 2 of checkout.

We wish you the best of everything in 2010!