The exhibit in which I entered "Libi Bamizrach" has been cancelled. It may be resurrected at a later date. I have decided not to wait. So now I can show it (and hopefully sell it).
The inspiration for the piece is a poem of the medieval Jewish poet, Yehuda Halevy "My heart is in the East but I am in the uttermost West". The text in Hebrew is on the wavy lines in the central panel. The embroidered and beaded waves represent the sea which separates East and West. The English text is on the borders which are snow-dyed in shades of blue (-- what better expression of the uttermost West than snow?) The piece is 22 inches square (57 cm.)
I am waiting to hear about the other exhibit. It won't be cancelled but whether I'll be juried in remains to be seen.
I am now trying to get my act together to do my fabric portrait. I am making progress -- I've chosen the picture and posterized it. I'm two lessons behind but not worried, yet.
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