Shayna Heller
Silver Spring, MD
Shayna Heller, a Maryland glass artist who incorporates her love of drawing and painting into the glass fusing media process.
MessageCollection: Gen-stones
This year I had the rare opportunity to visit my family’s graves in-person. It was an important moment of reflection on their legacy to me and mine to my children. Inspired by my brother’s d’var Torah (Torah teaching) on the Kabbalistic meaning of “אבן” (rock) as an acronym for multiple relationships*, I crafted these Gen-stones to commemorate the occasion of my visit, and now share these fused-glass stones with you to use when you visit your deceased loved ones.
אבן * Select the Gen-stone that’s right for you.
אב בן נכד Father, son, grandson
אם בת נכדה Mother, daughter, granddaughter
אהוב בית נאמן Beloved, a home faithful to tradition