Mezuzah – As Above So Below | Embroidered Prayers of Peeling a Pomegranate

Posted in Judaica,Portfolio on 06.29.06
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Mezuzah – As Above So Below
Dimensions: 1.5″ x 4.0″
Stitches: blanket, stem, colonial knots, straight

Artist’s Personal Collection

Mezuzah is embroidered with alapaca, cotton, and silk on linen. It’s 4″ long and about 1.5″ wide. I was trying to go for something organic, as though the Shin were a living tree with roots.

The shin is done with a whipped double stem stitch in the alpaca. The whipping is two different green silk threads. The yellow ends are cotton colonial knots.

If you look at the really big version you can see purple flowers on on arm of the “above” shin that don’t show when you are looking at it at it’s actual size.

Technorati Tags: embroidery, sew sacred, mezuzah, organic, alpaca, stem stitch, colonial knot, hebrew

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By Xena on 06.06.06 8:34 am

Such beautiful work! You’re a wonderful artisan, and that is a terrific idea you had for a Mezuzah. : )

By Carly (Chava Chai - חוה חי on 06.06.06 12:11 pm

Thanks, Xena! I’m loving playing with mezuzahs and trying to bring an earth-based sensibility to them. It’s a bit trickier than I thought!

By soferet on 07.03.06 2:31 pm

BS”D
Totally gorgeous work. Beautiful idea. & because you’ve made it shatnes (wool & linen, which only the Kohen Gadol is allowed to wear), it hearkens back to our history of ritual receptivity. Kol ha-kavod!

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