My mother says when she is anxious she finds a seam,finds stitches on her clothes, on furniture she’s near, alwaysa verge has that feel, birch joints, wrinkles. It’s a reliefto think with the hands. Not with what years do,not with rings or someone else’s sadness. With the repairin a sheet her sister tore, breeze-fretted inContinue reading “Loom”
Author Archives: SilkQuilt
Join Me At The Heinz History Center
It happened and was very successful. to learn more about it, go to this blog entry: WITNESSING Dear friends, The Rauh Jewish Archives will exhibit Louise Silk: A Patchwork Life from September 2024 through April 2025. Through a retrospective lens of my work, the exhibit will consider the evolution of fiber art within the fine artContinue reading “Join Me At The Heinz History Center”
Yickus Part III:
The Matriarchs Met The Patriarchs My dad used to say it was plain luck. The analogy he repeatedly quoted was that of a dart board- maybe there is a little skill in there, being able to locate the dart and the place to throw it , but after that, fortune rules. My mom came fromContinue reading “Yickus Part III:”
Yichus-Part II
National Record Mart was part of my legacy. My grandfather was Hymen Shapiro, the very selfless spirit who brought all of his siblings and then his parents from Russian to Pittsburgh for a better life. Watching the video makes me feel a sense of pride being part of a family business that means so muchContinue reading “Yichus-Part II”
Yichus Part I
Searching for wisdom, I have spent considerable effort exploring each of my relatives. There is a beautiful video put together by the JCBA Pittsburgh that shows my family’s cemetery, among many others, maintained by JCBA. The cemetery is one way to sit with the souls of the Shapiro family in the quiet of their gravesites,Continue reading “Yichus Part I”
Snug Sturdy Wise
I had the pleasure of working with these poets yesterday. We talked about all of the ways text is used in art expression. I told them about some of the classics like Harriet Powers and the AIDS Quilt and some of the well-know contemporary artists like Barbara Kruger and Pope.L. Preparing to meet with them madeContinue reading “Snug Sturdy Wise”
Remembered
Two multiple memory quilt commissions: unique women remembered for their great acts as mothers, daughters, wives, & sisters.
Our Very Best: The Silkea Bag
SilkDenim is alive and functioning. While, we have lots of desire but no time to develop a new product line, we continue to sell retail on ETSY and wholesale on FAIRE . The order today was for Silkea-Minis. This is the very best use, ever, of out leftovers. Being so much fun to make andContinue reading “Our Very Best: The Silkea Bag”
Some Favorite BubbeWisdoms
The opening date for “Louise Silk: A Patchwork Life” at The Heinz History Center is Sunday September 1, 2024. “The Witness Project” is its narrative centerpiece. Launched at the opening of the exhibit, Silk and a team of stitchers will embellish an enormous, resplendent ritual garment with meaningful scraps of material donated by exhibition viewers.Continue reading “Some Favorite BubbeWisdoms”
SilkDenim Bat Mitzvah Bag
Sometimes the product is so much fun to make, so filled with joy, that it seems like absolutely no effort is required. It helps to have a good eye, a way with the materials, and an ease with the construction, all turning toward the perfect Silk Denim Tote to gift friends of the Bat Mitzvah.
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