Custom Ketubah Art

Posted by on Jul 4, 2011 in Ketubah Art, News, Visual Art | 0 comments

At this time, all of my ketubot are commissioned, one-of-a-kind works.   Click on the “Read More” button to access the gallery of custom ketubah art.

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Dickinson College Torah Mantles

Posted by on Jun 30, 2011 in Jewish Ritual Art, News, Public Art | 1 comment

Dickinson College Torah Mantles

Dickinson College Torah Mantles When the Hillel at Dickinson College acquired a building on campus, a chapel was planned and furnished with a commissioned ark and reader’s table crafted by Gary Rosenthal.   I was hired to design and craft two Torah mantles and a wimple.  I first worked with student members of the Hillel to brainstorm colors and designs and then developed these two.  Crafted of Dupionne silks, with glass beads and mirror embellishments, the mantles are a perfect fit for the copper colored and dazzling glass Torah ark. Each of the colors represented in the silk designs is found in the ark.   Sewing techniques include crazy quilt piecing, trapunto, applique, and embroidery.  The panels were made fit the Torahs as each Torah has a specific length and thickness when rolled. The wording on the Torah to the left means, “It’s [Torah’s] way are ways of pleasantness and all of it’s paths are...

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For Your Sake Papercut

Posted by on Jun 26, 2011 in Awards, Certificates, and Commissioned Works, News, Papercuts | 0 comments

For Your Sake Papercut

Commissioned by a Jewish dayschool as an award, the intricate design makes use of the most delicate lines to hold the papercut together.  Notice  the fine lines of the tsitsit and the tallit itself, and the rays of light from the ner tamid.  Once I had the visual elements in mind, the challenge was to craft an overall pleasing design, so the long narrow image developed. I found the text in a museum exhibit of poster art from the time of early Israeli statehood.   The particular poster that grabbed my attention was urging new immigrants to learn Hebrew.   Notice the different ways in which the Hebrew and English letters remain attached within the artwork.  As a papercut design, everything that appears black in the artwork (positive space, as this is the paper that remains while the rest is cut away) must be attached to other black paper or else it will fall away....

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PHC Commonwealth Speaker Appointment!

Posted by on Jun 24, 2011 in News, Upcoming Events | 0 comments

PHC Commonwealth Speaker Appointment!

I’ve just been informed that I have been selected as a Commonwealth Speaker for 2012 – 2013.   This appointment means I will have the opportunity to travel to Pennsylvania non-profit groups (libraries, schools, community centers, even state parks!) with my lecture/recital program Women’s Voices in Yiddish Song with my honorarium and travel expenses paid by the PA Humanities Council.   If you live in the state or have connections to people or institutions within the state, please check out www.pahumanities.org for more information.   The updated e-catalog will be available in November of 2011, but for now you can see my listing as a presenter of  Jewish papercut arts. I’ll certainly be glad to talk to you about scheduling for the ’12/’13 calendar years. I will be available with the Women’s Voices program as of January 1, 2012.  This is a wonderful opportunity to partake of Yiddish culture, so please be in touch!  ...

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Pennsylvania Humanities Council – 2010/2011 Commonwealth Speaker

Posted by on Jun 23, 2011 in News, Upcoming Events | 0 comments

Pennsylvania Humanities Council – 2010/2011 Commonwealth Speaker

I am currently in my second year as a Commonwealth Speaker for the PA Humanities Council.  This appointment allows me to travel around the state lecturing on the history and vitality of Jewish Papercut art.  I find it very exciting to share this rather simple folk art form (What do you need? A piece of paper and scissors or a blade!) with people who have never encountered the intricacy and variety of papercuts that have specific calendric, ritual or family use, as most traditional Jewish papercuts do. Click here to see for yourself what the Humanities Council Speakers are up...

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