Sunday 11 September 2016

Guy's Album

In my last post I showed you the artwork I created for Guy's Bar Mitzvah. His parents asked me to make a guest book for the celebrations too. The album/guest book I put together had the same illustration of Guy on the cover as the rest of the items printed for his Bar Mitzvah. It shows him wearing his blue Rangers shirt and his black rimmed glasses. He has a golf club in one hand (swung behind him) and a microphone in the other. An Xbox and controller are to his left, and over his shoulder is a fast car. Apparently Guy is pretty keen on Jaguars. The dark blue lettering displays his name in both English and Hebrew and the word Bar Mitzvah in English only.
There is a tallit in two corners of the cover. A Jewish boy who has reached the age of 13 wears a tallit (the large sheet-like fringed prayer shawl) for morning prayer, during the week, as well as on Shabbat and other holy days. Guy's new tallit has different shades of blue stripes on it and so I tried to match the colours to the photo Mum sent me.
Inside the album I decorated several pages with a blue striped tallit, and a small illustration featuring Guy's various hobbies. The opening page featured a prickly purple thistle, the floral emblem of Scotland (Guy's Dad is from Glasgow), above.
Next I crafted a small microphone and added some music notes to represent Guy's love of singing and performing. The following page featured a fast car once again. A tiny Xbox and controller came after. Finally, instead of adding another gold club, the last page featured a golf ball and tee, with a little yellow flagstick fluttering in the distance.
I was delighted to be able to celebrate Guy's Bar Mitzvah with him here in Israel and was happy to see his album being circulated at the evening celebration, for all his family and friends to write a greeting in. Filled with special messages and good wishes for Guy, I hope this album becomes something that he will treasure in years to come.

* This post has been shared on Blue Monday and Seasons.

10 comments:

TexWisGirl said...

you are so good at the details.

Quinn said...

What a treasure! And what a great idea, to have a coordinated guest book for friends and family to fill with special messages :)

Miss Val's Creations said...

Beautiful work. I love the eyeglasses!

Anonymous said...

Wow, you are making sure you have all the details of a life correct in making your cards! I have seen tallits worn by people, but never have asked what the thought behind it is. Is it a sign of respect, or something else?
Am asking because there are also people in the USA who wear prayer shawls (and they are probably not Jewish, but Protestant), but they are knitted or crocheted.

likeschocolate said...

Love the details! Great job!
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Ida said...

Nice looking album. I like the little scarf detail and how you always personalize the cards & albums to fit the personality of the receiver.

Aritha V. said...

You are very good in details! Love the talliet.

Jeanne said...

What a lovely job you did on this work of art. The illustrations are well done and thoughtful in every way. A treasure for life.
Happy Blue Monday and thank you for sharing your wonderful work on this special album.
Jeanne

Villrose said...

Nice design and color!

Tamar SB said...

These are amazing!! I love the bar mitzvah book!