HoupArt®
The glass of your Chuppah, transformed into a work of art.
A powerful symbol, an eternal creation. From the broken glass of the chuppah emerges a work that celebrates unity and life.
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THE MODELS:
*These two designs offer a symbolic interpretation of the Chuppah ritual, evoking this foundational moment and what it represents. Each creation is unique and conceived as a sensitive evocation of this instant.
ORIGIN: The frame and resin are made in a matching color: black frame with black resin, or white frame with white resin. The glass used is raw glass, carefully selected and then hand-broken in our workshop.
It is not painted and is directly integrated into the resin. In this model, the glass blends almost completely into the composition: its transparency makes it discreet, blending naturally into the black or white background.
GLOW: The frame and resin are made in a matching color: black frame with black resin, or white frame with white resin. The glass is selected and then hand-broken in our workshop before being hand-painted with metallic paint: gold, silver, or copper. Each shard captures the light differently, giving the Glow model its luminous and precious character.
*This model preserves the true memory of this lived moment, by integrating the original glass into the final work.
Each piece is unique and made to measure, like a tangible extension of that moment.
ESSENCE: This model is made from your own chuppah glass. Once your order is confirmed, you will receive a confirmation email containing the exact address of our workshop for sending the glass. It will then be broken and embedded in resin in our workshop, respecting its history and symbolism.
Don't forget to personalize the Plexiglas plaque by indicating: "initials of the bride and groom and date of the Chuppah" .
This plaque is an integral part of the work and marks its history.
The images shown are not contractual: each piece is unique, handcrafted.
TIPS - MAINTENANCE
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Avoid using water for maintenance.
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Dusting
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Do not handle the glass fragments.
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Do not place the painting outdoors.
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Minimize contact with the inside of the frame.
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Protect it from any source of moisture.
HOUPART - A Unique Object
“Light born from the breaking”
Born from the ritual of breaking glass during a Jewish wedding, this work draws on an ancestral gesture recalling the destruction of the Temple in Jerusalem, a symbol of the fragility of happiness, of memory at the very heart of joy, and of the depth of commitment.
While this ritual is emblematic of Jewish marriage, the idea of breaking an object to bring good luck, ward off evil or mark a passage exists in other cultures: in Italy or Greece, where glass or ceramics are broken to celebrate the union; in Germany, during Polterabend, where broken dishes announce good luck; or in some Slavic traditions where a container is smashed to drive away evil spirits.
Through HoupArt, these collected fragments become material for transformation. Sealed in resin, they do not disappear: they are illuminated. From the break, light is born. Each fragment embodies tikkun, repair; this central idea of Judaism according to which beauty arises from imperfection and where the divine presence is revealed in the flaws of the world.
The artist does not seek to erase the fracture, but to give it a new form: sometimes by recomposing the pieces as a rediscovered unity, sometimes by letting them draw a more symbolic silhouette, such as a tree of life, a figure of continuity, rebirth and vital impulse.
Thus, the memory of the ritual transforms into a meditation on memory, reparation, and metamorphosis. The scattered fragments find their place again, like two souls in marriage, to form a new unity.
Between sacred and contemporary, the work becomes a space of suspension: a place where matter is silent but memory speaks, a celebration of light that persists and is reborn through the fracture.
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