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Tzipporah Johnston
Embroiderer and visual artist
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,...
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