Berit Engan: 1000 Jewish Tapestries Pesented by Illinois Prairie Weavers

Berit began weaving as a child in Norway and now practices this ancient craft in the centuries-old tradition of expounding on Jewish texts. Her ongoing project, “WEFT and DRASH – A Thousand Jewish Tapestries,” begun in 2007, consists to date of about 640 pieces. She compares her small-scale, linen-yarn tapestries to Japanese Haiku: formally constrained by a miniature size, imagistic and focused, yet allusive.

Living and working in Oak Park, Berit proudly combines different traditions from her life’s journey.  In her presentation, she will discuss that journey and display about thirty of her series of Jewish tapestries woven with a variety of techniques and expressions.

All meetings 10AM-12PM CT, Tuesdays, unless otherwise noted. See our website, www.IllinoisPrairieWeavers.org, for location information. Visitors welcome. Guild members only for view only Zoom.