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Markers’ Explorations - Roberta Pucci
Roberta Pucci, markers They are in almost every home, school and backpack. They are attractive and easy to use. It is not necessary to...
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Charcoal - The Spirit of Matter, Orbach and Galkin, 1997
Medium Characteristics Vine charcoal is a black, dark natural material produced from partially burned trees. It is fragile and brittle....
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Wax Crayons - The Spirit of Matter - Orbach Galkin, 1997
Medium Characteristics These crayons are made of wax, which bonds the pigments. Significant pressure will result in intense colors, and...
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Aquarelle- The Spirit of Matter, Orbach and Galkin, 1997
Aquarell by Nona Orbach, 2020 12X18 cm. Medium Characteristics Watercolors can be found as solid cakes in a pan or as an ointment in tiny...
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Pencils - The Spirit of Matter - Orbach and Galkin, 1997
Medium Characteristics A pencil is a simple linear medium. The graphite lead (indicated by a number marked on the pencil) and the...
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Markers - The Spirit of Matter - Orbach and Galkin, 1997
Medium Characteristics Colored markers give a very clear line while applying only light pressure. The colorful line of the marker is...
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Ink and Sumi - The Spirit of Matter - Orbach and Galkin, 1997
Medium Characteristics The Western black ink - Indian ink - comes in small bottles and is diluted in water. It can produce many rich...
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Needle Felting - Tova Goren
A Therapeutic Process with Evacuees in the "Safe Studio,” Israel, 2024 After the October 7th attack and the subsequent war that broke out...
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Journals, Notebooks, and Ledgers - Amira Or
In recent years, many art therapists have begun to use art journals. Unlike conventional art surfaces, ledgers or journals are readily...
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Junk - Roni Gonen Simchoni
She enters the studio, closes the door behind her, and immediately goes to the table. Beside the table, there is a large box with...
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Healing through Impermanence – Nomi Tannhauser
Plasticine as a means of dealing with life’s passages My journey with plasticine began when I was teaching the art of color mixing to my...
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A wave of a hand - Anat Schreiber
When I was nine years old, during the languid days of summer vacation, my mother enrolled me in a painting workshop just a short walk...
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An art & sandplay therapist's creative origins - Lenore F. Steinhardt
PHILOSOPHY OF SPONTANEOUS IMAGE-MAKING WITHIN AN ENVIRONMENT A wide sandy beach off the Atlantic Ocean was my first studio. Throughout my...
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Babe - Ron Geva
It’s Monday. Gali appears at the doorway in her pyjamas. “Slime!” The glue cap is stuck, it has been fused to its body since last Monday....
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Dancing with Clay - Ron Geva
You have to go down the emergency stairs to get to the shelter. The ceramics studio is located in the basement. Each step descends into...
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Magic, Mystery, and Spells - Amira Or, 1998
Turmoil in the room – wet sand, a pool of glue, newspapers, hammer and nails. Paint stains on the carpet and on my skirt. I’m on the...
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In the protected room - Amira Or
Crammed in the protected room with my partner, my patient, my son and my grandchildren My partner, my patient, and I lean on the concrete...
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Linking Attacks - Adi Eliel Leshem
Untitled, Adi Eliel Leshem, collage with photography and drawing, 2023. The text’s title is a reversal of Wilfred Bion’s “Attacks on...
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