Ketubah Artist - Archie Granot

Jerusalem artist Archie Granot is one of the most important papercut artists in the world. His works both revive and continue a traditional Jewish art form while innovating against it. Distinguished by multiple layers of paper, his complex and impressive works, each cut with surgical scalpel, require a lengthy and intuitive process of creation, a process often hidden beneath the multiple layers of paper. Curves and links are interwoven creating incredible depth, texture and movement. Archie Granot's use of Hebrew inscriptions, handcut in astonishingly precise calligraphic letters, is an integral part of his work. Many of the texts relate to Jerusalem and many of his papercuts carry a reminder of the city, a source of his inspiration. To take in the whole image, one must stand at a distance. And yet the intricacy of the cut invites you view the details from close up. The papercuts of Archie Granot have been exhibited extensively and are in public and private collections around the world including Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Jewish Museum, New York, and Jewish Theological Seminary, New York.

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