The Same, Yet Different

I promised you more of the leafy style, so, here are a couple more.

This paper-cut was commissioned by friends on mine.  We decided on a 2 layer (one cut and one with the calligraphy) 10x10 inch square, they told me to have fun with the design, and use the following text from the Midrash Halakha Sifrei Bamidbar:

לא כרחמי בשר ודם רחמי המקום

בשר ודם רחמיו על הזכרים

יותר מן הנקבות

אבל מי שאמר והיה העולם אינו כן

אלא רחמיו על הזכרים ועל הנקבות

רחמיו על הכל

שנאמר

טוב ה‘ לכל ורחמיו על כל מעשיו- תהלים קמ"ה

ספרי במדבר קל"ג

Roughly translated:

Unlike the mercy of man is the mercy of God
Man's mercy upon males
Is greater than that upon females
But, He who spoke and the world came to be is not so
Rather, His mercy is upon males and upon females
His mercy is upon all
As it is written:
"God is good to all, and his mercy is upon all his creations" - Psalms 145
-Sifrei Bamidbar 133

To be honest, as beautiful as this passage is, I was not really sure how to properly illustrate this.  In the end, I decided to go with a somewhat feminine design.  And I think it was pretty successful.

(My photography skills still need some polishing up.  I couldn't figure out the flash, so in one picture you can see the design better, and in the other the text is more visible.)



Another one I made when I got a chance order.  I was showing off the blue Hadlakat Neirot to a friend one day in Givat Ram, and one of the librarians walked by and loved it so much that she immediately ordered a piece for her daughter's 17th birthday which she was celebrating a few weeks later.

This paper-cut is 8x10 inches, and 2 layers thick.  She asked me to write a few verses from a the song "חיוכים" (Smiles) written by Leah Naor about enjoying life.  However, as you are probably noticing, this design can really go with any text.

...and, we're back!

Some of you may have been wondering why I have not updated this non-blog-ish blog in over a year.  Well, I have a good excuse.   My friends and family have always been very supportive and excited about this hobby and have tried to encourage me to advertise and sell more.  So, over the past year, I have been working on opening a shop on Etsy (which was also to be called Tremping In Color).  Although that process has been a lot of fun and given me a new perspective, after a year of working on it, I realized that I do not actually have the time to run an official business.  So, I decided to put that plan on hold for the time being, but use the fruits of the past year to execute the new plan.  

Most of the time I spent working on the Tremping In Color shop was writing descriptions of all the pieces of art I have created.  I decided that for the next little while I am going to publish one post a week with the pictures and descriptions I have ready.

I still love doing designing and creating new things, and I still welcome orders when I have the time.  Hopefully this way everybody can still enjoy looking at my portfolio, and discuss my work with me, and I can keep investing the exact amount of time than I feel happy with.

And for the first post of this series…

This paper-cut is 12x12 inches.  It's 2 layers- the top layer has a prayer said after lighting the Shabbat candles, framed by two candlesticks.  The bottom layer both frames the whole paper-cut and fills the candlesticks with leaves.  I designed this particular candlestick pattern for the Shabbat candle prayer, however stay tuned for coming posts to see how I used the same leaf idea with other designs and texts.