Your Hadassah piece reminds me of my late husband, Richard Bitterman, who originally made jewelry out of scrap metal. Asked by fellow (Reform) congregants to make Judaica, he was very reluctant, saying "I don't want to make mistakes--they could be sacrilegious." He was finally convinced that "anything goes" and went on to a long, successful trnsatlantic career creating objects for home and synagogue.
Your Hadassah piece reminds me of my late husband, Richard Bitterman, who originally made jewelry out of scrap metal. Asked by fellow (Reform) congregants to make Judaica, he was very reluctant, saying "I don't want to make mistakes--they could be sacrilegious." He was finally convinced that "anything goes" and went on to a long, successful trnsatlantic career creating objects for home and synagogue.