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…
Teaching Teachers
Last month, I had the opportunity to work with librarians at the Queens Library to share my "Translating Text into Textile" techniques. As part of The Big Read, the library is offering several creative programs around Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451.…
Midrash Tallit
Earlier this month, sixth graders at Temple Israel Center in White Plains had the opportunity to complete tallitot based on their Bnai Mitzvah Torah portions. See my earlier blog post to read about the beginning of this process. Julia and…
Midrash Tallitot
This morning, Temple Israel Center's sixth graders saw their Bnai Mitzvah Torah Portions for the first time. Together with their parents, they studied their parsha, found a section that spoke to them, and designed and created tallitot based on the…
Fabulous Student Work
Over the last few weeks, I have had the privilege of working with a couple wonderful groups. The first was at the Drisha Institute for Jewish Education in NYC where I taught a fiber art workshop for the Arts Fellows…
Fiber Art at Drisha
I taught a wonderful group of women at Drisha this evening. Each participant made a piece based on this past week's Torah portion and/or Berachot 6b which the Arts Fellows have been studying this year. Hard at work: Explaining their…
Online Class Starting!
Learn how to Translate Text into Textile with my online class! In five online lessons, you'll transform your favorite text (a book, poem, quote, or song) into an art quilt. The first lesson will be posted tomorrow so sign up…
Online Class: 3-D Fiber Art Elements
I'm excited to be teaching an online class in January on three-dimensional fiber art techniques. In the class, we will discuss techniques for creating 3-D embellishments, quilts, and fiber art sculpture. All of the techniques can be adapted to your…
Online Journal Quilt Class
I am excited to announce the start of my online Journal Quilt class! Hosted by the Fiber Arts Mixed Media Website, the 5 week class will begin October 4. Each participant will create a one-of-a-kind art quilt that conveys her/his…