Yaakov's Dream
Orli Perler, Miri Young

     For our piece, we decided to recreate the biblical scene of Jacob resting on a rock in the desert, dreaming about angels climbing on a ladder. However, we wanted to make our own interpretation of the event, so we suspended a dark angel and a light angel from the sky (the roof of our project). An ode to the book of bereshit, our project was inspired by Jacob’s story and of the growth of the nation of Israel after Jacob stole his brother’s birthright. While we were brainstorming ideas for our project, we began to ponder about the fact that the whole nation of Israel, our beloved Jewish people, was built on Jacob’s lies. Logistically, had Esav been granted the birthright as he was supposed to, we might not be alive today. Therefore, our piece is connected to the theme of Truth and Peace because it explores our history, the history of the Jewish people, since we are a peaceful nation that is built on lies. Does peace have to exist in order for there to be truth, or vice versa? Or can’t they exist with each other at all?

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     In order to represent Jacob, we sculpted modeling clay into the shape of a man, with clothing accurate to the biblical time period and closed eyes to symbolize his resting. Additionally we also used modelling clay to sculpt the angels, one light and one dark. For the rock, we used TinkerCad, an online way to design 3D printed objects, and then we sent it to the 3D printer. 3D printed the rock, and we used cardboard to create the ladder. We also made a box with sand on the bottom out of acrylic to place our project in, and we suspended angels from the top of the box. Originally, we wanted to place an LED circuit underneath the rock and project stars onto the roof of the box. However, the LED was not bright enough to reach the top of the box, so we had to get rid of that element. In building this project, we learned how to create designs using Inkscape and Tinkercad, along with building circuits.