One Cow at a Time, teabag shops art, embroidery, original art, beaded, Hebrew saying "Para, Para"

This is an original embroidery on a recycled teabag.

"Para, Para" translates literally "Cow, Cow" meaning when things are complicated and difficult do one thing at a time.


If you are interested, here is as short an explanation as I can come up with about these teabags:
The red thread is meant to conjure up a whiff of Kabbalah:

Kabbalah is a set of esoteric teachings meant to explain the relationship between an unchanging, eternal, and mysterious Ein Sof (infinity) and the mortal and finite universe (God's creation). While it is heavily used by some denominations, it is not a religious denomination in itself. It forms the foundations of mystical religious interpretation. Kabbalah seeks to define the nature of the universe and the human being, the nature and purpose of existence, and various other ontological questions. It also presents methods to aid understanding of the concepts and thereby attain spiritual realization.

My fascination for old parchments, journals, letters, stamps, maps, documents and ancient scrolls has lead me to a new series of small works on teabags. The teabags give me instant tiny “ancient parchments” to work on. They are also reminiscent of tea readings so also have an allure of magic. I am in love with Dead Sea Scrolls, Mezuzot and again all the magic they suggest.


In the Jewish tradition there is also:
Ketav Stam (Hebrew: כתב סת"ם) is the specific Jewish traditional writing with which Sifrei Torah, Tefillin, Mezuzot, and the Five Megillot are written. One who writes such articles is called a Sofer Stam. The writing is done by means of a feather, and ink (known as D'yo) onto special parchment called Klaf.Every aspect of the process must be done Lishma (לשמה), which is to say it is done for its own sake with pure motives. The Sofer must also be particularly concentrated upon the writing of any of the Divine Names. At many junctures in the process he is obligated to verbalize the fact that he is performing his action Lishma.