Spray paint stencil print on paper, playing around with the Hebrew letter Alef.
Hebrew typography fun time. This poster quotes a blessing that begins the morning prayer service:
בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה ה׳ אֱלֹקֵינוּ מֶלֶךְ הָעוֹלָם. אֲשֶׁר נָתַן לַשֶּׂכְויִ בִינָה לְהַבְחִין בֵּין יוֹם וּבֵין לָילְָה.
One translation of this blessing reads: “Blessed are you Lord our God, King of the universe, who gave the rooster understanding to distinguish between day and night.”
An explanation (and there are many) is that God created all creatures with certain abilities that collectively enable the world to function as it should.
The stencil I used to make the mishloach manot bags I posted yesterday. Happy Purim!
I stenciled paper bags this morning with a “Happy Purim” print. It’s a tradition on the the Jewish holiday of Purim (which starts Wednesday night) to give gifts of food called mishloach manot to friends. Who wants?
Hebrew typographic stencil poster of the Jewish prayer for wind and rain, which is recited in daily prayer from the fall until Passover in the spring. It reads: מַשִּׁיב הָרוּחַ וּמוֹרִיד הַגָּשֶׁם (Mashiv ha-ruach u-morid ha-geshem) “May the wind blow and rain fall.”
More Hebrew typography, and also more stars. This poster quotes God’s blessing to Abraham in Genesis 26:2—וְהִרְבֵּיתִי אֶת־זַרְעֲךָ כְּכֹוכְבֵי הַשָּׁמַיִם, ”And I will make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky.”
More Hebrew typography fun. This one illustrates a common refrain seen in many prayers: אָבִינוּ שֶׁבַּשָּׁמַיִם, “avinu shebashamayim,” literally translated to “Our Father in Heaven.” (Yes, this is also the beginning of the Lord’s Prayer.)
Typographic poster illustrating Psalm 20:7 / תהלים כ:ח —
אֵלֶּה בָרֶכֶב וְאֵלֶּה בַסּוּסִים וַאֲנַחְנוּ בְּשֵׁם ה׳ אֱלֹקֵינוּ נַזְכִּיר
“Some trust in chariots, and some in horses (cavalry), but we keep our minds on the Lord.”
I’ve been doing some Hebrew typographic experiments. More coming.
Leon Trotsky, oh so Hotsky. 3-color screen print from 2006. Apparently this is a meme now?
“The Future is Magic” for wizards are the future. Stencil on cardboard with vintage frame.
