Berit Engen WEFT and D'RASH – A Thousand Jewish Tapestries



OUR PRAYERBOOK (I)
– The Structured Outlines

The Siddur, the formulated, communal expression of Judaism, consists of prayers carefully compiled over 2000 years. I have woven three versions of the anthology: as a monumental monolith, as a systematic cluster of stepping-stones, and as a myriad of crafted pebbles.



- 3 tapestries (series completed).
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OUR PRAYERBOOK (II)
– Words and Chants as We Let Them Flow

Inspired by a fellow artist's paintings of weeping willows by the Skokie River, Illinois, I limited the colors to gray-tinted blues, yellows, and greens and a contrasting red that underlines each tapestry title. 

The etzim-shaped borders on the sides of the tapestries refer to the crème, ochre, and brown-shaded colors of The Seven Architectonic Stones (the second tapestry in the preceding series) in which each shade denotes a specific unit of the service. 

 
- 5 tapestries (series completed).
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