As any Jew can explain to you, the problem is not with "making a graven thing," but with making an image of a false god.
Which is why, based at least on my discussions with them, they have no problem with Catholics having images of Mary, or St. Francis, or St. Therese of Lisieux ... because we don't believe any of them to be God, or "gods", or anything like that.
They have a big problem with Catholic images of Jesus, precisely because we do consider him to be God. But so do you.