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Hi there! I'm a small-time ceramicist in Chicago who does mostly one-off pieces that I either keep for myself or sell locally (mostly to friends) and I was hoping for your permission to do a piece based on your b'tzelem elohim print? I was thinking about a bench-style shabbat candleholder with an image based on yours as the main decorative element on the back plate, but i haven't actually started sketching yet.

I wouldn't mass produce your design or anything -- just sgraffito a magen david like the one you designed onto a single piece.

(Just to prove I'm not a bot or anything, here is my art insta: https://www.instagram.com/idle.handcrafts/?igsh=OGQ5ZDc2ODk2ZA%3D%3D&utm_source=qr )
thank you for considering it!

hi! thanks so much for asking - i certainly don’t mind you doing a one-off piece that’s based on or inspired by the print.

if you’re actually fully replicating my design, i’d of course love a credit/link if you post it online anywhere (& i would love to see it!), but from the way you phrased your ask i’m not totally sure whether you’re wanting to recreate my linocut with all its patterning, or just make something with that kind of symbol (the trans + star combination) on it.

if it’s the latter, i’m sure i didn’t originate (and certainly don’t own) the concept! i can only claim ownership over my own stylistic interpretation - which you are welcome to use with credit, but if you want to make your own version of the symbol in your own style, i wouldn’t consider that to be something you’d need my permission for.