Anim Zmirot Arch

This is a square paper-cut 7x7 inches.  It has two cut layers, plus a background. The design is the first line from Anim Z'mirot framed by cutesy, happy, fun, free spirited dancers under an archway of music notes.

הווי

This paper-cut was commissioned by friends on mine. They requested the following text taken from Mishna Avot, we decided on a 3 layer, 10x10 inch square, and they told me to have fun with the design. 

הווי עז כנמר וקל כנשר ורץ כצבי וגיבור כארי

לעשות רצון אביך שבשמים

Translated:

Be strong as a tiger, light as a vulture, swift as a gazelle and brave as a lion

To do the will of your Father in heaven.

Mizrach

Here's another Yerushalaim themed piece in honor of Shabbat Nachamu.

It's a simple one, 8x10 inches, 3 layers.

(That little thing on the bottom right hand corner is my friends' wedding monogram.  This was a gift for them.)

Nachem

With 9 B'Av approaching, I though this would be an appropriate piece to post.

The verse in this piece is taken from the Haftarah of Parshat Shoftim, which is one of the שבע דנחמתא (seven weeks of consolation between 9 B'Av and Rosh HaShannah).

כי נחם ה' ציון נחם כל חרבתיה

וישם מדברה כעדן וערבתה כגן ה'

ששון ושמחה ימצא בה תודה וכל זמרה

Translation from Mechon Mamre:

For the Lord hath comforted Zion; He hath comforted all her waste places,

and hath made her wilderness like eden, and her desert like the garden of the Lord;

joy and gladness shall be found therein, thanksgiving, and the voice of melody.

The technical details:
3 cut layers, no background.  The people I sold it to framed it in a frame with no backing and hung it in the unpainted square they left in their front hall in memory of the destruction of the Beit Hamikdash, so the stone wall shows through the holes in the paper-cut (see blurry picture to the right).

15x12 inches (Or maybe a little bigger, I made it a while ago and I didn't write down the exact dimensions.)

Birkat HaBayit

Here are a few more versions of the Jerusalem Birkat HaBayit.  They are 7x7 inch squares, two cut layers, plus a background.

Shir HaShirim

This paper-cut is 8x8 inches.  It has two cut layers, plus a background.  The verse in the paper-cut is from Shir HaShirim (Song of Songs)- "כשושנה בין החוחים כן רעיתי בן הבנות, כתפוח בעצי היער כן דודי בין הבנים".  Translated- As a lily among the thorns, so is my love among the daughter.  As an apple tree among the trees of the wood, so is my beloved among the sons.  The design depicts both the apple tree and the lilies together.

Musical Squares

This paper-cut is 8x8 inches.  It has two cut layers, plus a background.  The bottom layer is geometrical pattern with all sorts of musical notes and notations.  The curved musical instruments in the top layer give the paper-cut a softer tone.

Both versions have verses from Tehillim on them.   

Green and Brown - "זמרו לא-לוהים זמרו, זמרו למלכינו זמרו"

Purple and Blue - "כל הנשמה תהלל י-ה הללוי-ה"

Beige and Green- "נריעה לצור ישענו נקדמה פניו בתודה בזמרות נריע לו"

Really anything that has to do with music works.