Needle Felted Kippot with Simcha Shields
Event description
Part of the ORA/EJC Collaborative Educational Series
Join us for the launch of the ORA/EJC collaborative educational series as we learn to needle felt a beautiful, one-of-a-kind kippah. In this 2 hour workshop, you will be taught the basics of needle felting and get to take home your handmade kippah. Led by artist Simcha Shields, this workshop is for complete newbies, lifetime artsy types, and everyone in between.
$50/Student (includes materials fee)
About Simcha:
I am an oil painter. I graduated from the Portland Art Museum School of Art in 1964. I worked for many years at the old Jewish Community teaching art to both adults and children and then took on the Director of Cultural Arts when Mittleman Center opened.
In addition to art, I love working in the outdoors. I have worked as a sea kayaking guide in northern Canada and served as a crew member on the beautiful schooner, Adventuress out of Seattle. Much of my art is influenced by those experiences. I have also spent a good deal of time in Israel and love to paint the places I have visited and often include verses from the Torah or Haftarah in Hebrew into those paintings. I also love doing crafts such as needle felting and beadwork.
