No Ketubah could be as colorful as the personality of the bride for whom it was created but I did try to make the border pretty vibrant.
The bride has been my close friend for the past eleven years, and it was such a privilege to be able to design her ketubah. Together we spent a couple of summers traveling through Australia and Europe, teaching some Torah along the way (mainly because of me) and sharing some pretty crazy experiences (mainly because of her).
The ketubah is an updated version of the Lisbon Ketubah, with blues replacing the earth tones of the original Lisbon manuscript. The filagree that surrounds the ketubah is cut with a knife to really make it pop and the border is inspired by illuminations from Rambam's Mishneh Torah (Lisbon,1472). The bride and groom chose meaningful verses from Shir HaShirim to frame the Ketubah.
Colored pencil, Indian ink and acrylic. (24 x 30 in.)
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