Elayne Cohen Ashbey is a Jerusalem artist born in Philadelphia, Pa.
Elayne graduated from Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge. Mass.
USA and than set out to explore the world, deeply drawn to the city of Jerusalem,
where she attended an Art Program. Creating in Jerusalem, a city where beauty,
spirituality and conflict intertwine. She was deeply inspired to symbolize
the hope and search for World Peace starting in Jerusalem toward all peoples,
nations and religions of the world.
Personal Words from the Artist
This jewelry is my hope for a better future for all the children of the world.
Traveling and getting to know the people from many countries and cultures
is one of my passions. Through Art and Jewelry making, I find I can connect
to people, to the land they come from and to the generations of artists that
have shapes our ideas and dreams of beauty. I am always searching for gemstones,
beads and exotic pieces which I can use with the Jewelry, those precious,
special elements that have power to create beauty, heal and give hope. I present
to you with a wish that you and I and people all over the globe will reach
out a hand and touch each other, perhaps even shake hands just as the doves
in the signature jewel of hope piece touch each other. Though a small Human
gesture, I believe the delicate winged handshake holds a message of tolerance,
possibility and new horizons for people, communities and countries.