Work in stained-glass using innovative layering techniques with brightly coloured chunk glass.
Azaz's first commercial stained glass was a commission onboard the Zim Lines cruise liner S/S Moledet, which routinely sailed between New York and Haifa in the early 1960s.
His technique of using pieces of intensely coloured glass, became a hallmark in his other glasswork commissions. Large stained glass window projects include synagogue windows at Carmel College, praised as using "extraordinary technique with rough pieces of coloured glass like crystals" and "brilliant and innovative artistic glass"; at Marble Arch Synagogue (over a period of 17 years); at Headington Hill Hall, once the former HQ of Pergamon Press, (now part of Oxford Brookes University campus) in Oxford, UK and at Temple Sholom in Chicago. USA.
Azaz also executed a number of private stained glass commissions, in collaboration with Israeli interior architects including Dora Gad, Lazar Heskia and Rafael Blumenfeld.
ZIM LINES
1961
KFAR SILVER
1962
CARMEL COLLEGE
1964-5
MARBLE ARCH SYNAGOGUE
1965-82
PERGAMON PRESS
1966
TEMPLE SHOLOM
1972
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FRUITS OF THE BIBLE
Year: 1961Location/Commission:
S/S Moledet (ZIM Lines).Description:
'FRUITS OF THE BIBLE': Stained glass windows for main dining hall. Stained glass panels metres long and 30 metres in total, thin sheet and chunk coloured glass set in black epoxy, fiberglass reinforced both for light weight and vibrations of motors.
The ship sank in 1988.Dimensions:
4m x 7.5mArchitect: Dora Gad -
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CONCRETE AND CHUNK GLASS WALL
Year: 1962Location/Commission:
Kfar Silver Agricultural College, Ashkelon, Israel.Description:
Concrete and chunk glass wall.
Stylised script of from Proverbs 28 (עובד אדמתו ישבע לחם - He who tills the land shall have plenty of food) and Psalm 23 (ה' רועי לא אחסר - The Lord is my Shepherd, I shall not want) is part of the motif of these windows.
The artwork remains in its original location.Dimensions:
18'x 24' (5.5 x 7.3 m )Architect: Meir Horman -
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'SIX DAYS OF CREATION' & COMMEMORATIVE WINDOWS
Year: 1964-5Location/Commission:
Carmel College, Wallingford, OXON, UK.Description:
'SIX DAYS OF CREATION' & COMMEMORATIVE WINDOWS: Multi-coloured plate glass windows.
The Eastern windows were storm damaged in 1987. Azaz remade the windows from new designs and a different glass technique. Carmel College closed in 1997. The synagogue is a grade 2 listed building with both the newer Eastern windows and the original front windows remaining in situ.Architect: Thomas Hancock -
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SAMSON WALKING OFF WITH THE TOWN GATES IN GAZA
Year: 1966Location/Commission:
Pergamon Press Headquarters, Oxford, UK.Description:
''SAMSON WALKING OFF WITH THE TOWN GATES IN GAZA': Stained glass window.
The artwork remains in its original location.Dimensions:For more information please cklick on the link below:
15'x 6' (4.5 x 1.8 m )
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SET OF WINDOWS
Year: 1972Location/Commission:
Temple Sholom Synagogue, Chicago, IL, USA.Description:
Set of five stained glass windows, which employ a layering technique for a three-dimensional effect and represent selections from Job, Proverbs, Psalms, Ezra and Nehemiah.
The artwork remains in its original location.Dimensions:
each 8'x 2.5' (2.4 x 0.75 m)Architect: Loebl, Schlossman and Hackl -
