The primary theme for my work is to create emotion with surprising and evocative color relationships enhanced by shape and texture. I also have a passion for the warmth and feel of textiles and am drawn to handcraft and the textile arts. Textiles have layers of meaning, and I like to use tallitot as canvases for expressing stories, histories, and rituals. I have recently been inspired by specific prayer fragments and imagery. These textiles represent a complex layering of handcraft and artistry along with a deep appreciation for the objects of daily life that are a part of our tradition.
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Sold By: Ruth Simon McRae
Designed to be used as a challah cover or small wall hanging, Circles is hand painted with dye over a wax resist on silk fabric, lined with print cotton fabric. -
Sold By: Ruth Simon McRae
The Garden tallit is boldly patterned in a geometric patchwork of hand-dyed linen, some of which is printed in a hand-made block print of cabbage roses. With dyed and hand-tied linen tzitzit. -
Sold By: Ruth Simon McRae
Designed to be used as a challah cover or small wall hanging, White Stitch Study has antique embroidered fabrics appliqued on two layers of vintage linens. -
Sold By: Ruth Simon McRae
Designed to be used as a challah cover or small wall hanging, Flame Stitch has a multi-hue shibori fabric inset into linen with accent over-stitching, lined with print cotton. -
Sold By: Ruth Simon McRae
Designed to be used as a challah cover or small wall hanging, Color Grid is created with textile paint and stitching on linen fabric, with print cotton lining. -
Sold By: Ruth Simon McRae
Designed to be used as a challah cover or small wall hanging, Marble Flame is made with shibori tied multi-hue dyeing on vintage linen with a hem-stitched edge, lined with print cotton. -
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Shalom is a challah cover made from a piece of lovely vintage needlework sewn on a raw linen base, with linen backing. -
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Handpainted Floral is lettered with Shabbat Shalom, and includes dye painting and embroidery on a cotton file fabric, with cotton lining. -
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Designed to be used as a challah cover or small wall hanging, Leaves has block printing and embroidery on two layers of linen, over a background of wax resist hand-dyed cotton. -
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Designed to be used as a challah cover or small wall hanging, Deco is made with hand carved block printing on an overdyed linen tea towel, lined with a print cotton fabric. -
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Designed to be used as a challah cover or small wall hanging, Flickering is created with multi-hue dyeing and hand stitching on textured linen fabric, with cotton lining. -
Sold By: Ruth Simon McRae
Designed to be used as a challah cover or small wall hanging, Patchwork II is sewn of vintage Japanese fabrics on linen fabric, with over-stitiching, and lined with a printed Japanese cotton.