patterns for textiles which are
manufactured by Arts Unbound
and sold in their retail gallery in
Maplewood New Jersey.
Yezza has hundreds of art piec-
es and thousands of designs
for textiles so it is surprising to
learn that he didn’t start creat-
ing art until about 1990. Yezza,
now age 71, had no inclination
to become an artist until he was
forced to retire from computer
operations in 1987 on a medi-
cal disability – due to a seizure
disorder - and was looking for
something to fill the void cre-
ated by leaving his full time job.
At age 2 Yezza was diagnosed
with encephalitis, inflammation
of the brain, due to infection.
The seizures started shortly af-
ter diagnosis. At first they were
manageable with the help of
medication. But eventually the
drugs stopped working, the
seizures became worse in fre-
quency and severity and in 1987
he was compelled to go on per-
manent disability. But amazingly,
after Yezza had Gamma Knife
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