HAND-EMBELLISHED PRINTS - Women of Torah - Esther, Miriam, Deborah, Daughters of Zelophehad - Ready order to ship - Giclee Fine Art Prints

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Great one-of-a-kind gift for bar/bat mitzvah and other life cycle events!


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• 8"x8" layered, signed fine art giclee prints of artwork by Christina Mattison Ebert based on women of the Torah (see descriptions of each image in "DETAILS" section below).

• Layering gives a subtle yet fascinating 3D effect that enhances the overall image, and is hand-assembled by the artist.

• Each print is hand-embellished with high-quality, lightfast iridescent gold paint and signed by the artist.

• Can be purchased individually, or as a set of 2 or 3 (discounts for set purchases).

• Each image has a detailed artist's description that will be sent to the buyer as a printable PDF (or, if gifted, the description will be included with the order paperwork along with your optional gift message.)

• Outer borders of each print are 8"x8", with two smaller layers on top. Each print consists of three layers total as seen in the sample images.

• Professionally printed on archival-quality giclee fine art paper.

• D'rash Design prints make the perfect gift for bar/bat mitzvahs, Chanukah, and life cycle events!


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• A PDF information sheet accompanies each print and is sent to the buyer via Etsy messages. The information sheet includes details about the D'rash Design Project as well as a description of what inspired the image (as follows):

ESTHER
Theme: Diplomacy /מדינאות
Italian diplomat Daniele Varè once said, “Diplomacy is the art of letting someone have your way,” which is exactly what Queen Esther achieved by successfully navigating the unstable overlap of her background as a Jew and her new role as queen of Persian king Ahasuerus. Esther, although often described as a docile and obedient consort, bolsters her courage enough to act in order to save her native people from certain death. In this image, I represent Esther's diplomacy through overlapping shapes and colors—for example, the three rectangular color blocks overlaid on the top element (her portrait) were actually created by overlapping two transparent squares (kind of like a Venn Diagram). The background elements include a variety of intermixing ray-like shapes, whose colors blend with and influence each other.

**SOLD** MIRIAM
Theme: Sustenance / מחיה
I believe Miriam provided sustenance to her people in two key ways—by conjuring water sources throughout their journey in the desert, and by lifting their spirits with music and dance. She is a nurturer and healer, yet also flawed in very human (and thus relatable) ways. While Miriam is known to be Moses' and Aaron's sister, she is never described as a wife or a mother—she transcends traditional depictions of women and forges her own role among her people. I wanted Miriam's portrait to show her as if suspended in water or airborne during a dance, luminous and free-flowing.

DEBORAH
Theme: Victory / ניצחון
Women, in the Torah and elsewhere, are often represented as functions of their roles as wife, daughter and/or mother—they are described as existing by virtue of their relationship to another person, usually a man. Deborah stands as an exception to this unfortunate rule. She is, above all, a warrior, prophetess, leader, chieftain, protector and judge. She is a symbol of victory, a term often assigned only to men in a military capacity, and the force responsible for pushing the Israelite general Barak to fight against Canaanite commander Sisera. Visually, I translated Deborah's victorious spirit with rays that order give a sense of light and of being uplifted. The flowing nature of the rays and the swirls is a nod to Deborah's multifaceted role as a leader of the Israelites. I also included the botanical pattern behind her portrait as a reference to her habit of delivering prophecies under a date palm tree.

The DAUGHTERS of ZELOPHEHAD (Noa, Tirzah, Hoglah, Milcah & Mahlah)
Theme: Justice / צדק
In a world where everything seemed organized, arranged and pre-determined by rules, the daughters of Zelophehad in the tribe of Manasseh managed to buck tradition in order to secure their rightful destiny. Not only did they break the mold by initiating a major change of divinely-given inheritance laws, they did so in a way that was logical, respectful, and genuine. The background of this image is an organized, grid-like pattern that represents the original order of the Israelite encampments and the laws governing them. Moving through the middle ground and foreground of the image, the structural nature of the image becomes increasingly flowing as it joins up with the portraits of the five women. The shifting visual nature of this artwork is a nod to the daughters' ability to change established norms in a way that benefited them but also would affect many others after them in a positive, constructive way. By ensuring security in their own futures, they bestowed priceless independence upon future generations of Israelite women.

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• This artwork consists of reproductions of original art created with mixed and digital media.

• Learn more about the D'rash Design Project and view the entire collection: http://www.cmattison.com/drash-designs



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**Please message me through Etsy if you are interested in framing — I'm happy to help arrange framing and can put up a custom listing for you!**



--- IMAGE LICENSING AND DIGITAL DOWNLOADS ---

Image licenses for print and digital uses available upon request. Please contact the studio for details: hello (at) christinamattison.com.

All images and image descriptions - Copyright 2021 Christina Mattison Ebert, all rights reserved.

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