Secondary Donor Wall, The Jewish Home, Harrisburg

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Secondary Donor Wall, The Jewish Home, Harrisburg

The purpose of this donor wall is just what it says at the top – to honor heritage and build the future.   When the facility was totally renovated, this wall became necessary as a way of carrying the names of former donors into the future while encouraging new gifts. The oval panel at the top is a watercolor painting of the seven species, echoing the theme of the main donor wall and creating visual interest on a wall that is otherwise without vibrant color.   Commissioned work like this requires an ability to collaborate with architects and designers to produce a ‘look’ that fits the space and serves a purpose....

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Primary Donor Wall – The Jewish Home, Harrisburg

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Primary Donor Wall – The Jewish Home, Harrisburg

A five foot high oval watercolor painting anchors the donor recognition system at the Jewish Home in Harrisburg, PA.  It’s mounted in a wooden oval frame and my Hebrew and English lettered text and an acrylic crown are mounted on the surface to create more visual interest and depth.   Great care went into choosing the subject matter and wording, and the painting is hung to face people as they enter the Home.   It’s mounted low enough on the wall to grab the attention of residents in wheelchairs who often stop with their families and examine the Biblical fruits and grains painted in lifelike color. The painting was finished and had to be delivered to Welch Signage in Maine for final assembly. It was scheduled to be shipped for arrival on September 17, 2001.   Do you remember the tenor of the nation in the wake of 9/11?   The painting was attached to a 4 X 6 foot frame I had built to keep it from warping while painting, and it needed to be shipped in a custom crate.  There were no planes flying and UPS was not permitted to transport any packages over a certain size that they did not wrap and verify.   I was able to find one local shipper who promised to build a crate, vouch for the contents, and truck the painting north to arrive on...

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Abramson Center – Peacock Detail

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Abramson Center – Peacock Detail

Utilizing the style of traditional Jewish papercut art, and imagery from Yiddish literature, the Torah, and the Israeli landscape, this detail gives you a glimpse into the intricacy and charm of the much larger major donor wall at the Abramson Center in Horsham, PA.   The design was crafted so that every single bit is connected to other parts of the artwork, thus preventing things from falling away.   The decision to use a Formica panel that echoes the patina process of copper gives the entire design more movement since there are subtle color changes in even the tiniest detail. The entire donor wall installation measures about 12 X 40 feet.  I designed the work full scale and painted each segment in black ink prior to shipping the paintings to Maine for fabrication. Click here to see how this image fits into the entire donor...

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Abramson Center Detail

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Abramson Center Detail

This central panel of a 4o foot long wall features an intricate papercut-style design fabricated in Formica.  The panel shown here was mounted with clear acrylic behind the cut design to add depth and a play of shadow.

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Primary Donor Wall, Abramson Center

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Primary Donor Wall, Abramson Center

This installation, approximately 12 X 4o feet anchors the donor recognition system at Abramson Center for Jewish Life, in Horsham, Pennsylvania.   I painted the papercut-inspired panels at full size and they were laser-cut out of Formica in Maine before being mounted on Corian and installed in the center. The imagery includes the seven species, native Israeli wildflowers, and the golden peacock, a reference to the literary symbol of the continuity of Yiddish culture.   The rectangles in each of the two matching panels that flank the central piece are designed to capture the iron gate on a building in the heart of Jerusalem.   They are of a lighter color Formica and may be removed at such time as the space is needed for additional donor plaques. Images relating to this main donor wall are echoed throughout the buildings as well as around the exterior grounds.   Altogether, I painted approxiamtely 20 different pieces for a unified donor recognition and way-pointing system at Abramson.  Before they were shipped to Maine for fabrication, my entire dining room was hung for weeks, floor to ceiling, in full-size black and white...

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Founders’ Wall

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Founders’ Wall

In keeping with the overall donor recognition theme of the Abramson Center near Philadelphia, the design segments for this donor wall reflect the Seven Species:  barley, wheat, pomegranates, olives, dates, figs, and grapes.  I was given the templates (the outer shapes) of each of the four segments and worked to fill the spaces with balanced artwork in the style of traditional papercuts. The fabrication was completed by Welch Architectural Signage by laser-cutting my designs out of Formica and mounting them on Corian backing.

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