A trans-affirming linocut based on the Jewish concept of all people being “b’tselem elohim,” or “made in the divine image.”

Linoleum block print, 2023

 

This traditional (& non-traditional) Jewish blessing for the home was commissioned as a wedding gift for a couple who share my love of the darker side of Jewish folklore & art! It features a “flaming serpent” as an angelic guardian keeping a host of creatures of the night at bay.

Illustrated birkat habayit (ink & digital, 2024)

These pendants combine my love of miniatures, jewelry, Jewish history & folklore – they’re based on real artifacts, and while I can’t recreate the Aramaic writing (I use impressionistic marks at this scale!), the demon & sorcerer drawings at the center of each bowl are faithful reproductions.

A collection of miniature incantation bowl pendants on cords & beaded necklaces (polymer clay, natural pigments, acrylic paint, 2024)

Each bowl averages between 1-2″ in diameter.

Incantation bowl packaging with cards.

The story of the golem is one of the most widely known pieces of Jewish folklore, having inspired many different forms of historic and contemporary art. I started making my own “pocket golems” in 2019 in response to feeling a need for small, tangible reminders of Jewish resilience & resistance. Since then I’ve created over 200 of these little guardians and shipped them all over the world.

Two of the first golems (polymer clay, wood ash, paper & ink, 2019)

Pocket golem packaging with card & mini-zine

A few more recent golems showing their variation in size & color

Another collaboration with Gabriel Robinson (Glowing Roots Press), Token is a two-player TTRPG about monstrous love and the strange offerings that bring people together.

Cover art for Token (ink, 2020)

Interior illustrations for Token (ink, 2020)

As a lifelong klezmer fan, I loved working with musician Jordan Wax on hand-lettering, art & layout design for two albums – the 7″ EP Kishinev in Galisteo and the 12″ LP Taytsh / The Heart Deciphers from Borscht Beat records. (cover photography by Annie Quick)

Hand-lettered titles on both album covers (Procreate, 2024)

Taytsh / The Heart Deciphers album jacket layout with hand-lettering & art (Procreate, 2024)

Additional art for Taytsh / The Heart Deciphers (Procreate, 2024)

I was one of two illustrators for the Jewish TTRPG Beyond the Pale, created by Yochai Gal and published by Lost Pages. My work focused mainly on location maps & creature design, but I also provided some graphic design elements in the form of the logo and symbols for the magic system.

The traditional triple-hare symbol logo and a set of magic characters corresponding to the sefirot (ink & digital, 2022-2023)

A map of the game’s setting (ink & digital, 2022-2023)

Creature designs – left to right: the shteknfolk, zamzum & vortsl witch (ink, 2022-2023)

 

Location illustrations for the town of Kest (ink & digital, 2022-2023)

Illustrating the dust jackets for the OwlCrate special editions of the Witch’s Compendium of Monsters series (Foul Days and Monstrous Nights) by Genoveva Dimova was an opportunity for me to really learn a new program – both wraparound book covers were made entirely digitally in Procreate.

Dust jacket illustrations for Foul Days and Monstrous Nights (Procreate, 2024)

The intricate designs for the hardcover foil on the OwlCrate special edition of Laura Samovin’s The Sins On Their Bones were based on the havdalah ceremony marking the end of Shabbat, with additional gothic elements suited to this dark Jewish fantasy story.

Front cover gold foil designs for The Sins On Their Bones (Adobe Illustrator, 2023)

Back cover gold foil designs for The Sins On Their Bones (Adobe Illustrator, 2023)

Death Strikes: The Emperor of Atlantis is a graphic novel adaptation of an anti-fascist opera written in 1943 by two Jewish prisoners in Terezín concentration camp. I worked with writer Dave Maass to develop character & prop designs that integrated historic material with contemporary influences, and my paintings & sketches were used by artist Patrick Lay to develop the final sequential art.

Final character concept paintings for Death Strikes (ink, 2020-2022)

Collected character & prop design sketches for Death Strikes (pencil & digital shading, 2020-2022)