Allow me to introduce Traci Arieli, a certified end-of-life doula. I met her through an article I wrote for Hadassah Magazine. (The article is on page 38 in the link.) We spoke through her podcast, Comforting Closure – Conversations with a Death Doula, Stitching Stories in this episode, Quilting as Life Review with Louise SilkContinue reading “A Meeting Of The Minds”
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UnMaking The Witness Quilt
Witness עֵד2023-24. 1200+ individual detachable patches.Overall:178”W X 101”L. Panels: Right_Front7/Back_Left1 19”WX71”L; Right_Front6/Back_Left2 22”WX78”L; Right_Front5/Back_Left3 22”WX 87”L; Middle_Front4a&b and Back4 52”X 101”L; Left_Front3/Back_Right5 22”WX87”L; Left_Front2/Back_Right6 22”W X78”L ; Left_Front1/Back_Right7 19”WX71”L. Under Layer: Materials: Crème colored linens, clothing, embroidery floss, yarn, old quilts. Technique: individually hand embroidered BubbeWisdoms or phrases ofa contemporary version of Viddui prayer finishedContinue reading “UnMaking The Witness Quilt”
Riding The Wave Of Transference
There is unrelenting tragedy in the air. We feel it deeply and personally, wondering about any hope of a healing resolution. It’s easy to project these sad negative feelings onto others. In Jason Shulman’s Kabbalistic Healing we work with those projections and judgments by riding the wave of transference. The technique does not avoid theContinue reading “Riding The Wave Of Transference”
Fast of Gedaliah: Day of Divine Goodwill
Today, along with the first anniversary of October 7th, we observe The Fast of Gedaliah. This year, both occur during the Ten Days of Teshuvah between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur. I used the occasion of this fast day, some twenty-four years ago to enact: Moving Through Loss: A Wise Woman Ritual. This day advocates The ThirteenContinue reading “Fast of Gedaliah: Day of Divine Goodwill”
A Patchwork Life: The Primer
I. Set Up: Complete the script. Give over the objects. Ask for what is needed. Not a retrospective, a quilt display, nor a one-person art exhibition; it is the herstory of acquiring deep knowledge and skills through a series of significant life events. Another step on a long arduous journey, beginning without a 70th birthday celebration dueContinue reading “A Patchwork Life: The Primer”
Loom
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”
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”
The 72 Names of G-D
The quilt shown above was my first try at the 72 to Names. “And the angel of G‑d who had been going ahead of the camp of Israel now moved and went behind them, and the pillar of cloud went from in front of them and stood behind them. Thus [the pillar of cloud] cameContinue reading “The 72 Names of G-D”
Dayneu Quilts: The Zen Circle
A year plus ago, I made the commitment to a 10 Year plan which helped me to zero in on the need to have a one person show- as a kind of summation of My Patchwork Life. This, my seventh one person exhibition, including fourteen quilts following its chapters, will occur in the fall ofContinue reading “Dayneu Quilts: The Zen Circle”
France 2022
Memories of a lifetime with my daughter, Sarah, my granddaughters, Maya & Naomi. We started in Nice, stopped in Eze and spent two nights in Monaco. We rented a car in Monaco and drove through Provence. We ended with a train and four days in Paris. Our favorites, hands down, were people watching, shopping, andContinue reading “France 2022”
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