The JMG collections include plates and jugs decorated by Nikos Stavroulakis with religious symbols and calligraphy. He also designed on paper, to create posters and cards for the cultural activities of the Etz Hayyim Synagogue, i.e. concerts, musical events, social gatherings and the Interfaith Calendar. The themes of NS’s graphic design come directly or indirectly from the religious tradition, although his expressive means include abstract mark-making, combined with non-traditional calligraphy, the main characteristic of which is the fluctuating scale of the depicted object.
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Decorated plate for the Passover bitter maror. The term maror refers to the bitter herbs that are eaten during the Seder (symbolic meal) of Passover, JMG.

Cap decorated with herbal illustration and the phrase: בודא פדו הגפן - Be sure to pay for the vine, JMG.

Cap decorated with herbal illustration and the phrase: בודא פדו הגפן - Be sure to pay for the vine, JMG.

Cap decorated with herbal illustration and the phrase: בודא פדו הגפן - Be sure to pay for the vine, JMG.

A poster with a Menorah as the central theme, designed for a musical evening at Etz-Haim Synagogue; on the top it reads: “We are happy to meet you”. Etz Hayyim Synagogue.