Other Works

Most of my non-tattooing work takes place at the confluence of visual art, music, and storytelling. I use shadow puppetry and paper cutouts to animate on an overhead projector (or make crankies) using analog processes that utilize light and shadow. Currently I am focused on performing with a collective project called the Magid Ensemble. I also sell prints (woodblock, riso, linocut) at markets and in my online store.

“Shterna & The Lost Voice is a wondrous journey through today’s new landscapes of Yiddishland — deeply rooted in traditional tale and music yet written and performed in a trailblazing 21st-century voice. It’s a complete work of art in all its aspects: the riveting storytelling and plot, the heart-stopping, crystalline original score by three musicians who work together like family, the marvelous, old-new arts of the papercut and wooden crankie scroll leading us through the fiery, glowing terrain of epic and dreamtime. Shterna is a triumph of both art and craft, at once timeless and completely of the moment. It’s one of the finest pieces of performance of any genre I’ve ever seen.” 

– Michael Alpert, NEA National Heritage Fellow & Yiddish cultural scholar