A Confession

Some of you may have realized that recently I have been using the same basic designs and slightly adapting them each time I do a new piece.  I mentioned that in this post a little while ago.  Here is another example:

The design in the paper-cuttings below are basically mini versions of the design I made for the first Ketubah in this post.  Although I have done other variations of this design, like adding the nice leafy background, giving it somewhat of a musical character (below), and working with English text (also below), the bottom line is that they are pretty much all the same idea.

Although I quite like these pieces, I confess that I am getting bored of doing the same thing over and over again, and I've been having some trouble coming up with new designs.  Some might call this Artist's Block.  It's really not so bad.  I haven't stumbled into a deep depression of anything because of this.  I think I've been rushing so much to get pieces done I just haven't had time to stop, think and come up with new material.

And so, I present to you my plan to start my creative juices flowing once more.  I actually came up with this plan about a year and half ago and kept pushing it off.  I figure if I publish it here, I will be forced to stick to it.

From now until Purim I will not be taking orders and I will not be be working on the three wedding gifts I still owe to 6 of my wonderful friends.  Instead, I will finish the Megillah (for those of you who didn't know, I'm also a "Stam Soferet") I promised to Sod Siach two Purims ago, and I will focus on sketching new ideas.  After Purim, I will make three breathtaking and brilliantly original wedding gifts.  That will probably take me to through to July when I will begin taking more orders.

See you all then!

The Musical One

The One With the English