This month’s Oculus column features a 14 x 4-inch clay figure by Graham Diamond, a member of the shul’s Judaism and Art group. As the artist explained, he was working on a figure of a sleeping woman in a class with six women and Margaret Wozniak, their Polish teacher. One of the women began talking about the many different ways of making pierogies — what spices to include, which oils to use in the pot. “Eavesdropping, I learned there are different uses for the cooking oil once the pierogies are done. As my piece took shape, my sleeping sculpture resting there with her eyes closed, I knew it was fate.

I titled her ‘Pierogi Dreamer.’”

Photo by the artist