Curious about threads exchange...

here we go for more

1. "Kfar Kara", 102 cm wide , 85 cm high , 1998 When i saw Kfar Kara`s city plan i knew it has to be a spider`s net, the cith has a form of the Older part in the middle Which looks vaguely like a traingale with teeth. This i cut from Cordroi , on which i sewed with the machine the roads Than it has a second round of more modern houses , which were drawn in blue , i kniited and crochted a blue lace net around the middle Using diffferent stiches to indicate different grounds, and the roads were embroidered over the net. Next comes a round in a big Eye shape that surounds the blue , again nets are made in knitting and crochet , all parts were made from DMC praline, and again the roads are embroidered over the lace net. on the left side there is a big road going through agin made of Cordroi, and some more lace dma net to the left , than the whole copuond is sewn to a ready bought net and a blue embroidered line indicates end of planeed map, all this is mounted on a nylon black net. that was attached to a corner of the Hall with 8 tiny loops ,,, making the whole work vibrate with air movements , like a real spider`s net lurking for prey... This work is in the collection of Ein-Harod Musem .
2. "Zalafe".1996-8 , The city map was shaped like a dress worn by a dancing woman 1 hand pointing forward , one hand backwards ,, and the map was tringilar towards the bottom ,,, thus it naturally became a dress , I cut out every piece of ready made Tule nets inthe matching colors , yellow , light blue , green black , more colored placed got an underlying piece of cloth that thickened the color, And made the place look like a piece of Jewelry . little beads and tiny chars are spread here and there and houses are indicated bu embroidered squares here and there. work is neatly worked around with a blue zigzag ... on the `head ` of the model , there is the Northern neighbourhood made of sewn and cut layers of Tules .

1. "Bosmat Tivon " Fre form knitting and crochet , 124 cm wide and 130 high . The name of this city indicates a Herbal bush , thus i went for this feeling, Roads were knitted as Idiot cords , the various neighbourhoods were mainly crocheted mostly in Mustard color in flaat circular shapes , but the darker mauve and green shapes that looked like flowers or leaved were kniitted or crocheted double , the various group , kind of Islands , were than connected by white crochet widely spaced , and the whole thing looking laike a Flat bush with flowers , hung in mid air on a see through plastic rode , In Usa it was hung on the wall, but it really is double sided .

mirjam

Great, another description to add to mygrowing collection! *grin* What's an "idiot cord"?

Cheers,

David

Heh, heh, - also called an "I-cord".

Shelagh

An Idiot cord is a cord you knit on two Dp,,,, you cast on 3 stiches ,, turn the work [only this once ] move the stiches to other side of needle , so that the starting tail is on your right side at the edge and the continuing thread is on you right side where the longer part of the needle is. now take the thread and strat to knit at right hand of the stiches , move to other end of needle , DO NOT TURN , take theard left side and knit the stich normaly from right to left etc,,, after severl rows you will see that a cord grows from your needles ,,,, I have done it with more than3 stiches , even knitted Bubbles like that ,,, mirjam

Here are some more

1. "Zarzir" , 200-2001, 145 X 54x 68 This work shows a Bedooin settlement of 5 Families. thus the place has

5 seprate `centers`, but is connected with many roads, the living neighbourhoods are made with mustard strong woven cottonBetween and among those 5 centers are green parts either from green strong cotton over which i zizaged black lines , or with white coton patches which i embroidered with green lines, The many roads connecting between the various parts are made from Light brown, yellow , and orange Bias ribbon , which is connected with a many colors of sewing and embroidery threads not matching the bias ribbons color. All over the mustard parts small and big pink beads represent houses, pink buttons represent public buildings and very big private homes. green beads represent trees, somewhere in the middle of the map that from afar looks like an elaborate big tree, there is a part that resembles a big jewely. the map is mounted on a coarse black woolen blanket , with a blue ricrack bordering the embroidery/applique. the balnket is layed over a wooden [ unseen base ] and falls in the shape of bedouin tent = a large loaf of bread shape, and it sideare tied with 6 ropes to the ground, 2 small sheep and a trinagular amulet are added to the side.

1. " Ir Vradim"

1bed cover representing a map of mountain slopes -240 X 120 ffcrochet , rolling shapes in greens browns , yellows like mountains slopes or spirals rolling around each other and snaking their way to the next mound.

1. one cushion embroidery and patch work 66X 47 Showing a blue stripe =Mediterinean sea , leather buttons show the big cities in the neighbourhood. black embroidered lines show the roads. all background of cushions are made with a Cloth with ROSES as Ir veradim means = City of roses, thus the aplique map is in this cushion.

3 cushion embroidery and patchwork , general map of the town in planning , a foot shaped form , xstiched with flower like light and dark greens, a smaller foot shape in mauve on the right underside, and a big ballon of white with black lines on upper right side. al roads are embroidered with black , and 3 white with black lines are under the big foot Over the baloon is another gray ballon all xst .

1. cushion felt patchwork and embroidery , a part of the foot enlaraged it now looks like a long bread sliced lengthwise with some parts nibbled out of it. dark 3 dark green butterflies one at the right side and 2 in the middle adorn the sahpe and a white Claw like shape adorns the left side.

5, cushion , 66X47 , this respresnts the neighbouirhood the background is mainly dark green ,groups of houses represented by Satin stivhed whilte squares contained in black lines are in 3 middle groups , a big road , from gray satin cuts through the middle , and also edges one part of the cark green , right side rolling it`s way up to the right , in the middle a patch opf brown cloth with white floweres represents forestry. a light green trapez like shape oh left sides with a cut circle and line for public ground , a trinagular shape is embroidered on left upper side, and another lih=ght grren part appliqued on right upper side. The FF crochet bed cover was laid on a sofa , the 4 cushions arranged on them , on the wall behind it hung the prints of the original maps arranged like a Borgoius pictures with a golden frame. mirjam

Thanks mirjam. Perhaps I can knit this one since I have been dropping loops like hot potatoes... lol

David

Mirjam,

As I was reading your descriptions just now, I felt a curious feeling I haven't felt since I was a child - like experiencing being inside one of Hans Christian Andersen's stories, magical (not depressing as some of his stories felt to me).

Thanks! David

Thank you David , you gave a very big compliment .....i am blushing a bit ......i try to share with as much as i can , and am not sure i do it good enough.

here are some more

1. "Shfaram Banner- Northern Neighbourhood" 2001

84 cm X 58 excluding the rod . When i saw this map , i was already after extensive reading about "Heraldry", and i `read` the signs and said that this map wants to be a Festive Banner, the kind that are carried in religious processions. The outlay was rathe plain but had a form of a falg flying in the wind a rectangular shape with a inner `dip` several roads went from side to side, I chose a Cotton gross cloth in the orange color that was on the map. The wide roads are made in shiny Lilac ribbon , the main one crossing fro upper right to lower left , and from it one goes to right under corner and 2 join into a square on the right , with a Green shiny silk surface fiekld , and under it Petrolium gross cotton shape like a spilled water. More prtolium shapes adorn the underside , and some petrolium lines cut over the orange middle where the main Lilac roads moves down wards on the left are some green and 1 squarish brown shapes. around the banner flag another lilac ribbon clothes the banner as frame. On the right side there is a Kaki linen `pipe ` for the rod, the pipe is adorned with a a ricrac made turned together from 2 ricaracs , an orange 1 and a petrolium 1. the top is adorned with a big see through button in the shape of a flower , and three Tafts , the kind one hangs on curtains 1 golden yellow , one green and one bordeau , 3 `plaques` made of laminated paper and adornedwith a golden ribbon, say in Hebrew , Arabic and English "wine-pits, cisterns & graves from Talmud time Sanhedrin Roman graves A Templar fortress "Saffran" Daher El Omar Jewish cemetry Synagogue

this relates to the many Historical levels in Shfaram`s history.

--------

12 Shfaram landscape - a Residential neighbourhood" 2001 knitting , embroidery 70 X 100 .

oopps i am sorry it ran away on it`s own ,,

12 Shfaram landscape - a Residential neighbourhood" 2001 knitting , embroidery 70 X 100 . Thinking of Shfaram`s history, levels upon levels , i felt the natural technique will be knitting , brecause we know that knitting covers something,,, cozily and warmly hiding shapes and contours. Thus i knitted the outer base of a frame in beige gross wool, and slowly started changing the beize for the colored earth height lines. browns, greens pulr and knit lines and stripes pile one on top of each other leaning towards the right, onthe upper right side is a Baked eye Egg Shape knitted from the center out with browns in several places i left openings, which i used to embroider on later applied background linenen various names from Shafram`s history, i ended it again with a beige frame ,, The openings also have symbols , a Jewish menorah a Druz star, a templar cross, a muslim crescent.

end of the exhibition

Mapressions Loci.

mirjam

oopps i am sorry it ran away on it`s own ,,

12 Shfaram landscape - a Residential neighbourhood" 2001 knitting , embroidery 70 X 100 . Thinking of Shfaram`s history, levels upon levels , i felt the natural technique will be knitting , brecause we know that knitting covers something,,, cozily and warmly hiding shapes and contours. Thus i knitted the outer base of a frame in beige gross wool, and slowly started changing the beize for the colored earth height lines. browns, greens pulr and knit lines and stripes pile one on top of each other leaning towards the right, onthe upper right side is a Baked eye Egg Shape knitted from the center out with browns in several places i left openings, which i used to embroider on later applied background linenen various names from Shafram`s history, i ended it again with a beige frame ,, The openings also have symbols , a Jewish menorah a Druz star, a templar cross, a muslim crescent.

end of the exhibition

Mapressions Loci.

mirjam

Mirjam.... (it's packed in storage, so I can't *look* at the moment)... but isn't this particular description in your catalogue?? Hugs, Noreen who is thinking about traveling on that broom to meet her dear friend, LOL!

David Now we move to my first solo exhibition: A Woman With Threads

--------------------------------------- "Unbody" 184 cm high , 102 cm wide. A woven work, in a background a figure of a woman in open weave is seen , it is exhibited with a light that shines through the fenale body as if it doesn`t exist. it relates to growing up as a 2nd generation child in a house of Holocaust survivers.

"Soldier give me chocolate" shows 2 pairs of Very high Kaki pants , they are hung so that the looker feels like a child the pants are hung over his head, the pants have leathergloves , that hold in one pants a big Chewing gum made of a big piece of elastic, [minus plus 10 cm wide], and A piece of Chocolate made from Dark brown felt , [cube is about 10cm X 10 cm , on one leg there is an embroidered blob saying Soldier give me chocolate , soldier give me Chewingum. and a little USA flag is sewn there as well. It has to do with the time after WW2 , when i followed the Usa soldiers for food. 'Virtual defences ' A hand knitted Wool Cap , the kind we knit for soldiers to be warm at night, 170 cm high and 180 circumference, of course this knitted caps don`t really Defend our soldier children, Nore does the red telephone hung there give any protection , between @ countries, nore do the Big Carnaval size Sunglasses , between the knitted wools in camouflage colors there are also pieces of nylon, {During the Gulf war we had to cover our windows with Nylon againsr possible Gas missiles}. plastic nets etc,,,, the hat is over a rolled `pole` of Chicken wire. -

Mirjam, Your descriptions are WONDERFUL, and very imaginative. I'm sure David will get a visual picture in his mind's eye! (I do!!!!) Hugs, Noreen

Wonderful descriptions, Mirjam!

Katherine

David and all here we have more

----------- Fruit from Israel This work includes an Enormous paper bag , Higher than me, on the paper a big blue Magen David =star of David , is painted and the text Fruit from Eretz [ =the land = Israel ]. on the top over our heads a Cloud of Orange Tule [mixed with a bit of Yellow, spills over ..... One of my first memories, are soldiers from the Jewish brigade , making us a Party of TU Bishvat [head of the year of the trees] and bringing an Orange packed in a bag that said Fruit from Eretz.

---------- There is - There is not

400 cm long , 116 wide , woven on the loom. When you walk the beach there is no line that gies straight to divide sea from beach , the waves coming up and going back make this line quite a wavy line. The sea outside is dark blue and slowly turns light blue, the beach starts with white/ yellow and slowly darkens into earth. Israel has a long beach almost half it`s length. The none line is a metaphore for my life,. i collected a warp where i slowly used colours from dark blue to brown , than i wove with same colours sometimes 6 different threads, one after an other in the same shaft, i inlayed 7 footsteps, some whole some partly , as the sea quickly wipes out the sunken footsteps in the sand. By playing with the colours i managed to have the feeling of sea water coming in and retreating at places ... work is ended with a long tail of the warp, and is shown hanging up from ceiling to floor.

-------------- Every one said that a `real artists` paints his portait,,,, :>:>:> One day i sat to weave my portarit, i took a small picture of mine, ans enlarged it on the copy machine until there wasn`t much left, most details became dots, only the eye lines the , 2 lines on my brow , my nose shaddow and mouth were left , sketched those on math paper and strated to weave on the side. I had the image of old browned photos, for warp i took Builders cotton , and for weft i took brown cotton,i also made black lines that slice the face horizontaly, i shaded the background by weaving in my technique , on the left upper side i wove in EUROPE 1943 , from above downwards, and than wove my face in twill for the hair , Sateen for the face, the left shoulder kept coming out empty even after 3 Rippings, it wanted something. one night i dreamed got up and crochted the number 2 in yellow and appliqued it on the left shoulder. this is my ID picture. my portarit. mirjam

Hi Mirjam,

Thank _you_ for taking the time to so vividly describe your work! I enjoy and appreciate such descriptions, especially because I have seen before and can imagine things like colors and variegated yarn, plus a whole host of other things that people blind since birth cannot appreciate or understand.

Hope you enjoyed your blushing! *grin*

David

As far as I'm concerned, you have been telling beautiful visual stories if I can call them that, of your work. I am currently saving them in one file so I can read them offline, I am having trouble with my other server right now, which is the reason for my other email addy.

I have a strong feeling that you are describing your work in the way you personally plan, view, make these pieces, I feel a strong intimate connection between you the writer/describer, you the artist, and the artistic work itself.

What's the Hebrew word for 'kudos'? "Well done, I appreciate that!"?

David