About
Ella Almog, creator of the Mesh Sculptures, was born in Lithuania and immigrated to Israel in 1978. In 1979, she started her career as a nurse. She began to sculpt in 1998, using it in her practice for occupational therapy. Later, she discovered the work of stone artist Dvora Shavit and soon becoming her apprentice, learning to sculpt in stone. In 2000, Ella was exposed to the art of galvanized iron mesh sculpting, a new kind of sculpting technique developed by the artist Shulamit Hartal.
In the year 2009, Ella presented an exhibition at “The Nahum Sokolov House,’’ called “To Dance the Life.’’ This exhibition was composed of iron mesh statues capturing the movement of dancers. This exhibition was created by the inspiration of Ella’s life in Lithuania which was all about the art of dancing.
Ella believes that the pure-airy-virginal sculpting creates a more vivid organic-like statue. Ella found a way to express her deep feelings and emotions through sculpting; furthermore, it is a part of Ella’s manifesto is in art, as it is in life. Compassion and empathy is the way of dealing with the entities that surrounds us and come in contact with us and our world.