The Fruit of Her Hands | Tzipporah Johnston

Jan 10
3 min

Designing the Mantle

Happy New Year! I thought it was about time I shared an update on how the Fruit of Her Hands project is coming along. After a couple of m...

A Bit More About the Origins of Neuk Collective

Tzipporah Johnston

Nov 5, 2020
4 min

A Bit More About the Origins of Neuk Collective

As many of you know already, earlier this year I received a small grant from Creative Scotland’s Create:Inclusion funding stream to do a ...

Tzipporah Johnston

Oct 22, 2020
5 min

The ties that bind (the Torah scroll)

Along with the Torah mantle, I will be making a binder. The Torah binder is a kind of band or belt that goes around the middle of the sef...

Tzipporah Johnston

Sep 23, 2020
4 min

Dressing the Torah

It’s a halachic requirement to keep the Torah scroll respectfully covered when not in use, but each Jewish ethnic group has its own tradi...

Can you make a Torah mantle using scrap fabric?

Tzipporah Johnston

Sep 21, 2020
6 min

Can you make a Torah mantle using scrap fabric?

This post is a bit of a niche one, so if you’re not into halacha (Jewish law), you might want to skip it. As I explained in my first post...

Tzipporah Johnston

Sep 15, 2020
3 min

Notes on the Title, and a Bibliography

A note about the project title: ‘The Fruit of Her Hands’ comes from Proverbs 31, which describes the woman of valour (Hebrew: eishet chay...

The Fruit of Her Hands - About the Project

Tzipporah Johnston

Sep 10, 2020
5 min

The Fruit of Her Hands - About the Project

I was just beginning a career as a textile artist when Covid-19 hit. I’ve sewn, felted, knitted and embroidered since I was in college, b...

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