In a recent post I had posted one small photo of Nini's atara. I need to correct that. There was so much work that went into this atara. First, let's start with the text which is two verse fragments from Chapter 16 of the Book of Chronicles. יִרְעַ֤ם הַיָּם֙ וּמְלוֹא֔וֹ יַעֲלֹ֥ץ הַשָּׂדֶ֖ה וְכׇל־אֲשֶׁר־בּֽוֹ׃ Let the sea and all within it thunder, the fields and everything in them exult; We are using the first half of verse 32 and the first half of the next verse. אָ֥ז יְרַנְּנ֖וּ עֲצֵ֣י הַיָּ֑עַר מִלִּפְנֵ֣י יְהֹוָ֔ה כִּי־בָ֖א לִשְׁפּ֥וֹט אֶת־הָאָֽרֶץ׃ then shall all the trees of the forest shout for joy at the presence of the L ORD , for He is coming to rule the earth I hand couched the ocean text onto appliqued ocean that I made out of silk that I had dyed. The sky above the ocean was a little excercise in obsession. I hand couched hand dyed silk embroidery th...
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