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Tzipporah Johnston

Oct 20, 20222 min read

The Bee-rometer

In my last post I wrote about my moths being a response to ecological anxiety; I started making my bees for much the same reason. When I...

Tzipporah Johnston

Oct 19, 20223 min read

Embroidering Ecosystems

Over the next month, I'm going to be writing a bit about the pieces I currently have on show at the Nature/Nurture exhibition at the...

Tzipporah Johnston

Oct 9, 20223 min read

Butterflies Revisited 2 - Embroidering Autism

Over the next month, I'm going to be writing a bit about the pieces I currently have on show at the Nature/Nurture exhibition at the...

Tzipporah Johnston

Oct 3, 20222 min read

Butterflies Revisted

Over the next month, I'm going to be writing a bit about the pieces I currently have on show at the Nature/Nurture exhibition at the...

Tzipporah Johnston

Jan 10, 20213 min read

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...

Tzipporah Johnston

Nov 5, 20204 min read

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, 20205 min read

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...

Tzipporah Johnston

Sep 23, 20204 min read

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...

Tzipporah Johnston

Sep 21, 20206 min read

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...

Tzipporah Johnston

Sep 15, 20203 min read

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...

Tzipporah Johnston

Sep 10, 20205 min read

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,...