Sunday, August 29, 2010

Torah Adornments / Breast Plates




I'm not sure what my resistance is to calling them breast plates- I just prefer the term adornments!

Congregation Neveh Shalom in Portland, Oregon has been kind enough to offer ORA (my art group) display space. The High Holiday show opened today and will close October 5th. Much of our work is Judaica based...and the rest is spiritual in nature and represents the hard work of my artist colleagues.

I don 't have much to display since I haven't been able to create new items, but I am displaying a fused glass seder plate and a Torah Adornment.  Rabbi Brad Greenstein has agreed to display two additional Adornments on Torahs we'll use in the downstairs services he'll be leading with Cantor Ilene Safyan.

I am so honored....and so excited. I have been using the adornments to mark an eastern interior wall of my house...each, a mizrach. I love looking at them there, but seeing them actually on a Torah.....I can't explain the feelings I have! Much gratitude to the shul...and Rabbi Brad!

3 comments:

Esther said...

Eddy, your breastplates, er I mean adornments, are so beautiful! I can't wait to see them on the Torahs.

Chazak!

Sparks of Spirit Glass said...

....and your beadwork sparkles in the showcases at Neveh Shalom.

Happy New Year!

estherbeads said...

Heh-heh, my Mom used to call this a "mutual admiration society."