Chava, The Seeker — In Progress

I decided to finish this piece as larger than 6×4, but I wanted to submit to the 6×4 challenge, since that’s how it started out, so I scanned it now. The edges are unfinished, so I cropped it at the 6×4 marks. I’m planning on adding dimensional tree branches across the larger open area on the right, with natural dried leaves to continue the garden beyond the flat image. It’s matted on green felt, and there will be felt vines coming out of the background.

It’s intended to represent the moment when Chava (Eve) decides whether or not to eat the forbidden fruit. The snake is not present, because the focus is on her decision. In my midrash Chava makes a choice, she is not tricked by the snake. She listens to the snake and then does something she’s never done — she makes a decision on her own — thereby beginning history (herstory, if you like).

At this past week’s Kohenet intensive, I also realized that this represents Chava as the archetype of the Seeker to me (more on this later). It’s the moment of seeking knowledge — and then changing the course of her life beyond what she could imagine.

[tags]kohenet, chava, eve, pomegranates, satin stitch, long short stitch, french knots, linen, ribbon stitch[/tags]

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