Deganit Schocken: Architecture of small things / Rachel Sukman / 1995
Deganit Schocken’s creativity in reality stems from her refusal to accept the separation between The Ideal and The World. “Observing the universe is an infinite source of pleasure for the philosopher. It will sweeten his lonely hours, fill his soul with the noblest of sentiments, lift his contemplations from the soil of the earth closer to the divine throne”. So writes Moses Mendelssohn in his essay “Letters on the Sentiments”.
 
Schocken’s works invite prolonged, close-up observation not only due to their size, but also due to the sensuality impressed on them.
 

The fact that the pieces are small-scale testifies to the modesty of their creator. But it is the creator who makes new things and brings them to life.