Creating Creation
Last week, the pre-schoolers at Kol Ami in White Plains worked together to make seven fabric art pieces about the days of Creation. Each of the classes of 3's and 4's made a piece about one day of Creation. In each class,…
Deborah: Breaking the Rules
Back in December, I got a message from Jessica McRorie, a friend from college. She told me that she is now working in law enforcement and asked if I was interested in creating a commissioned piece inspired by the Biblical Deborah. When…
Studio Clean Up: A Two Year Project
Those of you who follow my blog know that I have a history of a messy studio getting in the way of my work. You may also remember that we moved to a new house two years ago and, with…
Bringing Values to Art
Last week, I had the privilege of working with Zieva Konvisser and her granddaughters for a private workshop. We started by talking about possible points of inspiration for their fiber art piece and they decided to work on a piece…
Remembering Sandy Hook Part 3
At the end of the last post about this quilt, I had added 25 of the 26 triangles that each stand for one victim of the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary and quilted the piece. When I next got into…
Remembering Sandy Hook Part 2
A few weeks ago, I started making a piece that has been in my sketch book for over a year. The piece commemorates the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School on December 14, 2012. I wrote about the first steps…
Remembering Sandy Hook
About a year ago, I started sketching a piece to commemorate the second anniversary of the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School. Of course, between work and a one year old at home, it didn't make it to fabric in…
Custom tallitot
I was thrilled to have a little time to get into the studio the last few weeks to finish three custom tallitot! I'm still stuck on modified bed rest and my studio is upstairs and insanely hot even with the…
Quilting Psalms
Back in December, I worked with a wonderful group of people at Temple Emanu-El of West Essex as they completed their semester of studying Psalms with an art project. Each person created a piece of fiber art which represented their…
Zakhor – Remember
Each year, Temple Israel Center in White Plains selects a theme for the year. This year's theme is zakhor - remembrance. One class of students in the Havurat Torah High School Program studied this theme with Rabbi Gordon Tucker during the…