Heather was born and educated in South Africa,
where after studying in Italy and the United States, graduated
as a speech and hearing therapist. Now a calligraphic designer
and oriental brush artist, she has taught both disciplines
since 1982 both in this country and abroad. The wife of
a rabbi and a student of universal spiritual teachings,
she combines her love of the written letter with inspirational
wording in her commissions, both corporate and personal.
Her designs are enhanced by intricate, illuminated
and painted borders that complement her calligraphy. She
has appeared on TV and radio talk shows in South Africa
and in the U.S. In 1990, she was featured in a ten-part
series on public access television that she wrote and produced
entitled: Words Of Art: An Introduction
to Calligraphy. She has been featured in several
one-woman shows on the West Coast entitled: The
Spirit and The Letter: calligraphic interpretations of spiritual
truths. In 1993, she was commissioned to work
with renowned artist, Roberto Lupetti. Her artwork has been
included in juried exhibitions of liturgical and sacred
art.
In 1995, she published a feminist Hagaddah:
Towards Freedom: a
feminist haggada for women and men- which she
wrote and typeset the text and hand-drew the illustrations,
border design and cover. This work includes her calligraphy
and oriental brush painting. Her book, Dancing
in the Footsteps of Eve: retrieving
the healing gift of the Sacred Feminine for the human family
through Myth and Mysticisms
is being published and will be available in 2009.
Please visit the blog and share your thoughts
about the discussion you will find there. Heather was selected
as a Hero of the Central Coast by the local Chapter of National
Organization for Women and is featured in their 2002 calendar.
She was also selected by the Women's Press, a publication
of the Women's Center of San Luis Obispo CA, as Unsung Heroine
of Central Coast, 2004.
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