Seven Women’s House Keys is a tapestry that combines traditional and contemporary Palestinian embroidery designs and needlework. This large, five by seven foot canvas incorporates remnants of the traditional Palestinian hand embroideries produced in specific villages in Palestine with contemporary beading and designs. The names of Palestinian refugee camps in Jordan, Syria, Lebanon and Palestine surround the border of the canvas in painted and beaded calligraphy.
From August 31, 2013 to January 31, 2014 Klotz conducted an art salon entitled, “Seven Women’s House Keys,” working collaboratively in both traditional and conceptual art making practices with seven Palestinian women who were dispossessed from their homes in Palestine and are living in refugee camps in Amman, Jordan. The canvas conceptually addressed each woman’s remembrances of her family life, home and village in Palestine.
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