Yaakov Greenvurcel - Designer Silversmith. Yaakov Greenvurcel, an award-winning graduate of the Bezalel Academy of Art, Jerusalem, creates ritual objects in his studio in Jerusalem. Greenvurcel is probably one of the most prominent artists in his field.
Every creation is crafted to the highest finishing quality with unequaled attention to detail.
Yaakov Greenvurcel was born in Poland in 1952 and came to Israel in 1957. In 1980 he graduated with honors from the Bezalel Academy of Art, Jerusalem. In 1996, the year celebrated as the 3,000 anniversary of Jerusalem, he designed a Torah Crown especially for the International Judaica Design Competition. It was awarded an Honorable Mention including a monetary prize. In recent years Greenvurcel had started creating functional art as well, such as vases, collectors Chess Sets and more.