Fifty Years and Counting!

This family tree was created in honor of a couple who recently celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary.  Being that I've only been married 4 years I find that number quite impressive!
What was also impressive was the amount of effort, care, and concern the youngest child, who happens to be an old childhood friend, put in to making this gift happen.  It's not easy trying to get four other older siblings to agree on colors and design and every other detail that goes into creating a piece of artwork!  But they did it, and hopefully everyone will be pleased with the result.

The tree is made from canson paper, cut with a knife and mounted on a 20 x 24 in. canvas.  The canvas is painted with acrylic paint.

  
The writing is done in Indian ink and the edges are highlighted in gold paint.

 
Here's to another 50!  Mazal tov!

Bat- Mitzvah Gift

Who doesn't like to see their name up in lights?  Or at least a papercut of their name hung in their home!  This piece was created as a Bat-Mitzvah gift.  However it can also be a beautiful gift for a new baby.  Or you can make it into a Bar-Mitzvah gift and perhaps put a pasuk from the Bar-Mitzvah boy's parsha or haftorah around the cut out of his name.   

I'm not sure why I always take pictures from this angle.  I think it adds some drama, what do you think?

Also from this angle, you can really see the curling of the paper.  The piece is a square (12 in. x 12 in.) and is canson paper, cut with a knife and matted on hand made tie-dyed blue and purple paper.  Oh, and the Bat-Mitzvah girl loved it!