textiles

Atifa / עטיפה : to wrap
(1992 - 2017)

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Torah Mantles, 1997
silk, cotton, wood, metal
Congregation Beit Simchat Torah (CBST),
New York City (www.cbst.org)

tallitot • prayer shawls

Block Design©, silk wrap

Traditional Bold Design©, silk wrap photo location: Ansche Chesed, New York City

Shin Design©, silk shawl photo location: Ansche Chesed, New York City

detail, Shin Design©

Block Design Tallit© silk shawl

detail, Block Design©

custom designed silk shawl

Geometric Design©, silk shawl

Shin Design©, silk shawl

Bold Traditional Design©, silk shawl

custom "Shin" silk shawl

detail, custom "Shin" tallit

Thanks to my Jacobson Feldman Family!
Evanston, IL 2008
tallitot • prayer shawls

chuppot • wedding canopies

"ת ו א/Chet & Alef" custom chuppah, silk

silk chuppah, photo location: Ansche Chesed, New York City

ש/shin-inspired chuppah, silk, commissioned for Temple Beth Emet, Evanston, IL. Calligraphy by Lisa Rauchwerger, Cutting Edge Creations

"ערב של שושנים/Erev Shel Shoshanim/An Evening of Roses" custom silk chuppah

"א,מ,ש /Alef, Mem, Shin" silk chuppah

detail, "א,מ,ש /Alef, Mem, Shin" silk chuppah

ש/Shin-inspired silk chuppah

custom silk chuppah, based on photo, client's Jerusalem apartment

"שבע ברכות‎/Sheva Brachot/Seven Blessings" silk chuppah

parochet • ark curtain
silks, linen, cotton tapestry

Torah mantles/covers and bima cover
cotton, silk, cotton tapestry, wood, metal

"I and Thou" CBST Torah cover commission

detail, "I and Thou" CBST Torah cover commission (and yad/hand, pointer, silver)

"Wrestling Until the Break of Dawn" CBST, artist gift

detail, CBST Torah coveres

"Entering the Promised Land" CBST Torah cover commission

Ketarim/Crowns, silver

"להבדיל/L'havdil Between Sacred and Ordinary" CBST Torah cover commission. This Torah, rescued by a CBST member's grandfather in 1946, has been returned to its original home in Germany.

גשר צר מאד/Gesher T'sar Me'od/The World is a Narrow Bridge Series, Torah mantles-Congregation Beit Simchat Torah (CBST), New York City

CBST Torah mantles. "With Our Own Hands: Torah Project" (blue mantle/cover)

Torah covers, West End Synagogue, New York City (https://westendsynagogue.org) (Breastplates-middle & right, Valerie Troyanski)

detail, Torah cover, West End Synagogue, New York City

Bima Cover, West End Synagogue, New York City (https://westendsynagogue.org)

detail, "בראשית/B'reshit/In the Beginning" Torah cover

"Revelation: Encountering The Word" silks, wood, metal 1999-2000, entry - Torah cover design competition, Spertus Institute, Chicago

With Our Own Hands: The Congregation Beit Simchat Torah (CBST) Torah Project 2010
New York City (http://cbst.org)

Atzei Chayim ("tree of life"), maple (l)

Writing our own Torah: writing the letter Shin with Soferet (scribe), Jen Taylor Friedman (r)

mantle parts and fabrics

completed mantle/cover (far right)

sash/garter/wimple
embroidery stitched by 53 synagogue members,
5 - 93 years old

completed sash/garter/wimple (far right)

Below: completed mantle and
CBST Torah dedication, May 2010