Morgantown, West Virginia

Posted by on Sep 13, 2012 in News, Upcoming Events | 0 comments

Morgantown, West Virginia

Tree of Life congregation in Morgantown will host me for a weekend residency October 26 – 28, 2012.  It’s a lovely congregation tucked into the mountains of West Virginia and I’m delighted to be able to return after many years.  I’ll be singing some niggunim during services Friday night and then delivering an interactive lecture on Jewish arts at the oneg shabbat.  After dark on Saturday night I’ll be presenting a concert based on my program on social justice in the needle trades titled, “Rage Against the Sewing Machine.”  I’m looking forward to the drive through the mountains and that spectacular geological wonder, the Sideling Hill road cut!  Visit the synagogue’s site at www.etzhaim.org...

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Tri-lingual Ketubah – Hebrew English Telugu

Posted by on Aug 24, 2012 in Ketubah Art, News | 0 comments

Tri-lingual Ketubah – Hebrew English Telugu

An extraordinary opportunity for me to learn came with a request to craft a marriage document (ketubah) in three languages:  Modern Hebrew, English, and Telugu, a language spoken by the bride’s family in their home in south eastern India.  Working closely with the rabbi/officiant, and then with a Hebrew translator and members of the bride’s family, we were able to acquire beautiful translations of the words that the bride and groom composed for their document.  While I spend much of my life creating song and visual art that could easily have come from the late 19th century, for this piece I have been praising the internet to the heavens! The couple chose a palette limited to mango orange and cobalt blue, and the addition of gold leaf (many, many leaves, I can assure you!!!) allowed me to use those three color elements alone to craft the ‘long and narrow, simple and elegant image with paisley design.’  I sought out a small volume from the Victoria and Albert Museum on 19th Century shawl designs, heavily influenced by patterns from India, and with that, the aging hippie within took to the studio, happily!  Can you imagine how many proofreaders I engaged?                               Notice below that the Telugu text is written with TWO different text weights.  Written in monoline (which means no thicks and thins within the letters), I used two different Rapidograph pens to be certain that the writing was absolutely correct.                ...

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Hamsa Ketubah II

Posted by on Aug 21, 2012 in Ketubah Art, News | 0 comments

Hamsa Ketubah II

The bride and groom searched for a ketubah that would reflect their backgrounds and visions and found that I had crafted a text once before within the shape of a hamsa.  The groom is Moroccan-born and speaks several languages, including French and Arabic. The Hebrew along with English and Arabic translations of a line from Shir HaShirim circle the text. The couple chose the colors they wanted to reflect a sunset atmosphere, and two tiny butterflies complete the design.  Raised gold leaf dots highlight the design.  The lettered art is created using gouache, an opaque, water-based paint, thinned to flow through a chisel-point...

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Four Seasons in Trees

Posted by on Jun 22, 2012 in Ketubah Art, News | 1 comment

Four Seasons in Trees

Inspired by a similar ketubah, this couple worked with me on developing a ketubah design that features 32 trees, each one slightly different from the one before and after, the foliage, berries, buds and blooms representing a discreet moment in the course of the year.   A few judiciously placed, raised dots of 22 K gold add the sparkle that make the piece come alive. The lettered verses across the top and bottom translate as “I have Found the One in Whom My Soul Delights” and “This is my Beloved and This is My...

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Soft Colors of Jerusalem Ketubah

Posted by on Jun 22, 2012 in Ketubah Art, News, Papercuts | 0 comments

Soft Colors of Jerusalem Ketubah

This couple had few but very specific requests:  a traditional text laid out with squared margins, a painting of the Kotel (Western Wall) in a lunette at the top, water-like abstract papercuts bracketing the text, and a background of the soft colors for which Jerusalem is known.   To emphasize the papercuts, I had my framer meticulously cut a backing mat with reversed bevels to elevate the lettered panel just a bit above the background painting while remaining invisible.  Then to pull the eye into the text itself, in discussion with the couple, we decided to prepare mats for the wedding that were the choice for the final framing.  The two outer mats were one four-ply and one eight-ply mat, the same color, cut to give great depth to the whole piece and keep the focus on the central area.  Very effective! The wonder of watercolor is that working with transparent paint, you can build up multiple layers of subtle color to develop a depth unattainable with opaque paints.   The paper must be stretched on a board to keep it from warping terribly with all the soaking the multiple layers create. Soft Colors of Jerusalem Soft Colors of...

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Queen of the Jews Book Cover

Posted by on Jun 21, 2012 in Awards, Certificates, and Commissioned Works, News, Public Art | 0 comments

Queen of the Jews Book Cover

The opportunity to research and develop a book cover and maps for a work of historic fiction by author Judy Petsonk was one at which I leaped!  An evocative work that paints in words images of ancient Judea prior the first Century also deserved cover art that would draw people into another time and place.  This is the story of Queen Salome Alexandra (Shalom Tsion), woven from fragments The History of the Jews by Josephus and bringing life of a woman who ruled a nation and oversaw tremendous development of infrastructure in her time. The mosaic design is based on recently uncovered floors in the area of Lod.  What goes around … ends up on a book! I had the delight of collaborating with graphic designer Tammi Reid who found the perfect typeface and photo image of a blooming almond branch which I was able to incorporate onto the back cover of the book A great...

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