Jack's mum sent me a photo of the first time her son put on tefillin, the cubic black leather boxes containing Biblical verses, with leather straps, that Orthodox Jewish men wear on their head and their arm during weekday morning prayer. I carefully recreated the photo for the cover of his Bar Mitzvah album, adding some Jack playing cards, since the theme of the Bar Mitzvah celebration was deck of cards. Jack of clubs, spades, hearts and diamonds...
I then decorated five pages inside Jack's album, above. The first page had some books on it, to represent his love of reading. Then I cut out some tiny origami shapes, followed by a television with Netflix on the screen. Next I created a paper version of Jack's blue gi top which he wears for Jiu-Jitsu. His mum told me that he has a white belt. The word "gi" derives from "keikogi", which means training gear in Japanese. Keiko signifies "practice", while gi means "dress" or "clothes" (similar to the "ki" in kimono). Finally, I added the Dungeons & Dragons logo and some of the Dungeons & Dragons dice.
Jack's mum was very pleased with the album. "Thank you very much, it's beautiful" she wrote to me. Very often I end up squeezing a lot on the covers of my albums, at the request of the customer. It can look good but, in the case of this album, less is more. I like the simplicity of it being just the Bar Mitzvah boy and his tefillin against a bright blue background and a few playing cards.
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13 comments:
Another nice album. I love the small art on the inside pages.
What a fantastic album. I love all the little details. x
Love the details on the tefillin!
Another fabulous album! The details are always so incredible.
It was nice to see all your fine work in creating Jack's perfect album. He is certainly a young man who has no trouble keeping busy and I love to see that. I also appreciated learning a little about the tefillin ceremony.
So SO personalized and unique!
Another perfect keepsake. xx
Wow! Truly beautiful work!
This is another beautiful and creative work. I like how you added details to match Jack's interests.
Of course the theme of the Bar Mitzvah celebration was a deck of cards :) For a lad called Jack, the jack of clubs, spades, hearts and diamonds are perfect.
I am a card playing fan as well.
Your albums are always amazing, I hope Jack really enjoys his.
Congratulations to Jack. Love your very talented artwork, and they are a special card. Do you have site where you sell them?
I love your albums. There is always so much thought and detail put into each one. Brilliant! :)
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