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Chilling With a Book
Chilling With a Book
Just Hanging Around
Faster, Faster!
Faster, Faster!
Flying Away
Flying Away
Climb and Hang
Slide
Slide
Sandbox
Sandbox
Rescue
Rescue
Seesaw
Swinging
Swinging
Photographer
Painter
Painter
Flower Reader
Flower Reader
Flower Climber
Flower Climber
Flower Lounging
Flower Lounging
Relaxing
Relaxing
Outside Looking In
Outside Looking In
Climbing Up
Climbing Up
Acrobats
Acrobats
Layers of Truth
Layers of Truth
Ten Years Later
Holding On
Holding On
Fiber art quilted wall hanging about a single mother and salon owner tangled in a web of unscheduled time detail of fiber art piece showing a stuffed purple figure caught in black cording
Tangled in the Time Between
Fiber art quilted wall hanging about a doctor during the early days of covid unable to hug her kids
When Can I Have a Hug?
Fiber art quilted wall hanging about a doctor's strength in returning to the hospital each day during the early days of COVID-19
Combatting COVID
Fiber art quilted wall hanging about a priest who takes on the burdens of others and creates meaning from their grief and anxiety
The Clergy's Burden
Fiber art quilted wall hanging about a family walking in the woods with their new dog
The Hidden Blessing
Cultivating Beauty
Cultivating Beauty
Fiber art quilted wall hanging about a grandmother living in a YWCA residence who was separated from her family during COVID but was happy to be on her own
Content Alone
Fiber art quilted wall hanging about a grandmother living in a YWCA residence separated from her family during COVID
Confined and Lonely
Everything is Not Okay three dimensional fiber art piece about climate change and how people are not taking the needed action three dimensional fiber art piece about climate change and how people are not taking the needed action Fabric soft purple figure relaxes in a hammock as the earth below them melts and fires burn
Everything is Not Okay
Land of the Free? Soft purple figures behind wire painted to look like the American flag
Land of the Free?
Mending Our Country Soft purple figures work together to stich a tattered pieced fabric American flag
Mending Our Country
Soft fabric purple figures work together to stitch together a quilted landscape that is torn with batting showing Detail of tikkun olam Soft fabric purple figures work together to stitch together a quilted landscape that is torn with batting showing
Tikkun Olam (Repairing the World)
A lone soft purple figure sits in a fractured quilted landscape
Broken World
The Weight of Decisions 3D purple figure lies in the corner trying not to get crushed by blocks with all the decisions she needs to make
The Weight of Decisions
Escape 3D fabric astronaut floats in space near a quilted planet
Escape
Web of Guilt Fiber art showing a small purple figure made of fabric caught in a fabric spider web with words printed on the web Detail showing purple fabric person stuck in a spider web with items she feels guilty about printed on the yellow web
Web of Guilt
Hanging by a Thread Fiber art piece about losing touch with Judaism and spirituality - a purple figure hangs from the strings of a shredded tallit detail image showing a purple figure made from fabrics hanging from the tzitzit of a shredded tallit
Hanging by a Thread
Custom Torah covers for the High Holidays featuring the seven species
Torah Covers
Custom Chuppah (Wedding Canopy)
Custom Chuppah (Wedding Canopy)
Tallitot (Prayer Shawls)
Tallitot (Prayer Shawls)
Challah Covers Challah covers made from batik fabrics with Shabbat and Holidays painted on them
Challah Covers
Innocence Lost Fiber art piece about school shootings with one piece of black fabric for every school shooting since Sandy Hook
Innocence Lost
From the Depths I Call to You Quilted wall hanging showing images from hurricane Sandy and Hebrew text which says from the depths I call to you
From the Depths I Call to You
Ripples 3D fabric sculpture of a seedling in a pond with waves rippling away from it
Ripples
The Whole World is a Narrow Bridge 3D fabric sculpture of a suspension bridge made from map fabric and thread tied like tzitzit
The Whole World is a Narrow Bridge
Our Sister, You Should Become a Multitude quilted banner made for Yeshivat Maharat's ordination
Our Sister, You Should Become a Multitude
The Torah Sings 3D fiber art piece showing an open Torah scroll with a hand and a music note holding it open
The Torah Sings
Torah Cover Torah cover made for Kehilat Hadar showing two trees
Torah Cover
The Fruit of Her Hand Three-dimensional fiber art piece of a fabric apple made from fabric with the Creation story printed on it stuffed with colorful sheer fabrics Side view of fiber art piece showing an apple made from the Creation story text with colorful fabrics coming out of it
The Fruit of Her Hand
Jonah Quilt art piece about the Bible story of Jonah
Jonah
fiber art quilted piece inspired by Jewish liturgy showing famous people through time who have used words to change the world
Baruch She'amar: Turning Speech into Action
quilt art piece about the morning blessing baruch she'amar
Baruch She'amar: Creation
Shema Koleinu quilt art piece inspired by Jewish prayer calling God to hear our voice
Shema Koleinu
Psukei D'Zimrah Fiber art sculpture with a tube of fabrics spiraling from floor to ceiling
Psukei D'Zimrah
Interactive fabric art piece where people flung prayers at a fabric mountain using a catapult
Flinging Prayer
Pink fabric ribbon with the hebrew words for heal her printed on it over and over
Heal Her
Three-dimensional stuffed fabric heart made from stone fabric
Open My Heart
Anim Zmirot Quilt art piece made from woven strips of music themed fabric
Anim Zmirot
Quilt art showing white flames
Holiness
Fiber art piece with an open zipper and messy yarn spilling out
Repentance
fiber art of blue quilted fabric with a zipper through the center and yarn hanging out of the corner
Forgiveness
Fiber art quilted open mouth with ocean waves inside
Ilu Finu
Women of Valor Fiber art quilt piece about the Biblical women matched with the qualities of Eishet Hayil
Women of Valor
Quilt art piece about the two stories of Creation with the seven days on one side and the story of woman made from man's rib on the other
Reflections of Eve: Creation
fiber art quilted wall hanging with three-dimensional hand reaching for an open book held by a serpant
Reflections of Eve: The Garden
Miriam Fiber art quilted wall hanging showing music notes at the edge of the reed sea celebrating their crossing with Miriam
Miriam
Gam Zeh Ya'avor three-dimensional fiber art piece showing a ring with the Hebrew letters gimmel, zayin, yud
Gam Zeh Ya'avor
Social Distancing? three dimensional soft fabric children cling to their mother side view of 3D fabric children clinging to their mother
Social Distancing?
Fiber art piece showing a 3D fabric purple person dancing in spite of all the worries behind her
Letting the Joy Flow
When Worry Takes Over 3D fabric mother with wire hair sits worrying and can't see the joyful things about life written behind her
When Worry Takes Over
Mom Life: Why Nothing Gets Done Fiber art piece of a 3-dimensional purple fabric mother distracted by her to-do list and her children's calls
Mom Life: Why Nothing Gets Done
Wind in Her Hair A 3D purple fabric figure swings on a swing with her hair flowing in the wind Detail of three dimensional purple fabric girl swinging on a swing
Wind in Her Hair
Fiber art quilted wall hanging showing a family of three-dimensional purple people facing the darkness and bringing positivity
Teach Them
Fiber art quilted wall hanging showing purple fabric parents protecting their children from the dangers of the world
Protective Instincts
More More Bubbles Fiber art quilted wall hanging showing a silhouette of a young child blowing bubbles
More More Bubbles
Fiber art quilt showing a silhouette of two young children holding hands
Holding Hands
Fabric sculpture of a clear bottle full of colorful fabrics and items that represent the parts of the artist that were bottled up when her children were young
Bottled
Torn: Parenthood vs. Art Fiber art quilted wall hanging showing the divide between the artist's calm work life and the bright playful life as a mother
Torn: Parenthood vs. Art
The Joy of Parenthood Fiber art quilted wall hanging showing moments of joy in parenthood with kids dancing reading and making music
The Joy of Parenthood
Snow Catcher Fiber art quilted wall hanging showing a young girl catching free motion quilted snowflakes on her tongue
Snow Catcher
Why is the Sky Blue? Fiber art quilted wall hanging showing news headlines on the earth and a weeping sky
Why is the Sky Blue?
See Me 2 Fiber art quilt of a homeless person sitting behind the text of an article about homelessness
See Me 2
Fiber art quilted wall hanging with eyes looking through an article about homelessness
See Me
Fiber art installation about homeless New Yorkers ages 4-75 Fiber art quilts from the inside of an art installation about homeless New Yorkers Fiber art quilts from the inside of an art installation about homeless New Yorkers Fiber art quilts from the inside of an art installation about homeless New Yorkers
Temporary Shelter
Shattered Childhood FIber art quilt art silhouette of two young boys behind a shattered article about the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary
Shattered Childhood
Dark Days: When Does it End? Fiber art quilted wall hanging with a bright orange background to show the joy of childhood cut short by one mourning ribbon for each school shooting in the three years after Sandy Hook
Dark Days: When Does it End?
A soft purple figure made of fabric faces a black background and she tries to bring light to the darkness
Bringing Light to the Darkness
Let Down Your Guard Fiber art mixed media piece with a quilted background and layers of wire and tulle peeling away to reveal the fabric behind
Let Down Your Guard
Beyond Words Fiber art quilted wall hanging of a word cloud showing a coach helping a gymnast on the beam
Beyond Words
Fiber art quilted wall hanging of a red dancing figure with music notes behind using only music themed fabrics
Feeling the Beat
Fiber art quilted wall hanging of a sheer black exclamation point in a bright yellow triangle
Danger Danger!
Fiber art quilted wall hanging about an autistic person who got caught in circles of thought and had trouble breaking free
Circle Thinking

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