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Nathanael Putnam

Pictures of New textile creations

The Musa Art Show, at Har-El Synagogue is Jerusalem, ran for three consecutive years and showcased the "final projects" of a group of artists who learned together in a special framework and studied a year of texts on a given theme. The theme of the 2003 series was man and nature, nature and man, in which the creation story of the Torah was a major topic. Each year, Nathanael designed a special holiday prayer garment for the women of the community. The garment serves as a tallit, with four corners and ritual fringes, but expresses the femininity that the normal "women's tallit" cannot do. Fashion trends of that year emphasized rusts and browns and yellows, and Nathanael combined these colors through hand printed fabrics of chintz, arabic and indian cottons which mix and match to form either seperates or an entire ensemble. In addition to the women of Har-el, Nathanael was also thinking of the women who participate in the Jerusalem Spanish Egalitarian prayer group, of which he is a member, and so the ensemble has Spanish design associations. The gorrah, headpiece, is much more dominant than the normal kippah worn by most egalitarian women, and is certainly suitable for the more orthodox and traditional woman. It shows influences of headware of Mediterranean and Balkan Jewish communities, and carries a phrase on the headband in Ladino, about the importance of prayer. The chaleco with four corners and four ritual fringes tied in the traditional Spanish spiral traitional from hand spun wool with blue lead thread, carries two panels illustrating the story of creation, which is a dual story of lights and darks. The buttons are old Israeli lira coins with interesting temple themes. The couture is modest and should appeal to any woman wishing to "dress up" in something appropriate for synagogue. The bufunda adequately covers not only the shoulders but also the head, allowing the woman to wrap herself in her prayers, as some men do with their tallitot.
It was printed with the hands upraised in prayer symbol of Har-El synagogue, in rich Spanish gold on the tinted chintz. The chintz is light and airy, and was used in accents and as linings in the other parts of the ensemble. Fashion designers and accessory dealers should take note of the exclusively designed special hanger, with firm name and logo.

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Pictures of New textile creations

The Musa Art Show, at Har-El Synagogue is Jerusalem, ran for three consecutive years and showcased the "final projects" of a group of artists who learned together in a special framework and studied a year of texts on a given theme. The theme of the 2003 series was man and nature, nature and man, in which the creation story of the Torah was a major topic. Each year, Nathanael designed a special holiday prayer garment for the women of the community. The garment serves as a tallit, with four corners and ritual fringes, but expresses the femininity that the normal "women's tallit" cannot do. Fashion trends of that year emphasized rusts and browns and yellows, and Nathanael combined these colors through hand printed fabrics of chintz, arabic and indian cottons which mix and match to form either seperates or an entire ensemble. In addition to the women of Har-el, Nathanael was also thinking of the women who participate in the Jerusalem Spanish Egalitarian prayer group, of which he is a member, and so the ensemble has Spanish design associations. The gorrah, headpiece, is much more dominant than the normal kippah worn by most egalitarian women, and is certainly suitable for the more orthodox and traditional woman. It shows influences of headware of Mediterranean and Balkan Jewish communities, and carries a phrase on the headband in Ladino, about the importance of prayer. The chaleco with four corners and four ritual fringes tied in the traditional Spanish spiral traitional from hand spun wool with blue lead thread, carries two panels illustrating the story of creation, which is a dual story of lights and darks. The buttons are old Israeli lira coins with interesting temple themes. The couture is modest and should appeal to any woman wishing to "dress up" in something appropriate for synagogue. The bufunda adequately covers not only the shoulders but also the head, allowing the woman to wrap herself in her prayers, as some men do with their tallitot. It was printed with the hands upraised in prayer symbol of Har-El synagogue, in rich Spanish gold on the tinted chintz. The chintz is light and airy, and was used in accents and as linings in the other parts of the ensemble. Fashion designers and accessory dealers should take note of the exclusively designed special hanger, with firm name and logo.

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