About the Artist

Using the finest handwoven silks and yarns combined with French ribbons, Reeva creates tallitot, kipot, women's kipa hats, chupot, Torah mantles, challa and matzah covers and any other fiber creation you may wish to have designed. A calligrapher with 18 years of experience, Reeva enhances these creations with Hebrew and English lettering and appropriate decoration. Personalization is a specialty.

All of the seamstress and crotchetiers are Jewish Russian immigrants--"a mutual delight," says Reeva. They are excited about working on Judaic items and she is blessed with their superior hand skills.

A Modern Interpretation of the Traditional - by Reeva

After many years as a calligrapher and graphic designer, I was asked to paint on an existing synagogue chupah (wedding canopy). My love affair with fabrics began at that moment and continues to this day.

I start with the most luscious fabrics I can find (or that I design), combine them with wonderful ribbons, trims and braids, sew them into Tallitot (prayer shawls), Torah mantles, chupot, or other Judaic textiles, and enhance them with painted or appliquéd calligraphic texts. All these elements seem to transcend themselves and form a whole that imbues a spiritual quality. I am blessed and constantly amazed that the work of my hands allows others to feel more fully of their Jewish selves. I am deeply thankful that what I absolutely love creating is coveted by others.

I design and fabricate: Tallitot, Kippot, Chupot, Torah Mantles, Parochet (Ark curtains), Lectern Covers, Ben Gavrot (cover for resting Torah), Challah Covers, Matzah Covers, Wall Hangings, Wedding Aisle Banner, Palls (Coffin Cover)

Examples of my art can be seen in museum collections and synagogues throughout the world as well as in the homes and on the shoulders of young and old.

Please call me to discuss all your Judaica fabric needs.