This month I had the honor to be one of the first artist-in-residence at the prestigious Miraval Arizona Resort in Tucson. My art has been displayed at the Resort for a couple of years, and they just launched this program to let their guests get a deeper understanding of the artwork they display. I was honored to be a part of it.
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It is important for everyone to do their part to help preserve our environment. As a small business owner, I work hard to make sure that my business’s carbon footprint is as small as possible. Here’s some examples of how I run a green business:
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My photography has been nominated in the prestigious international competition The Photography Masters Cup. It is always an honor to be recognized like this, especially when the other nominees are such amazing artists from all over the world. There is some wonderful inspiring art here, and browsing this collection will fuel my creative fire for a while! If you’d like to learn more about the photograph that was nominated, and how I created it from a dried autumn leaf, check out my other blog Daniel Sroka Open Studio.
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A lot of my ketubah designs, texts, and options have been inspired by suggestions from my customers. I always love hearing ideas from someone who is seeing my art for the first time — it helps fire up my creativity, and inspires me to continually create and improve my work.
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This March marks my fifth year of being in business as Modern Ketubah. It’s hard to believe that the time has gone by so quickly! In five years I have created 700 ketubahs for couples across the United States, Canada and the UK. I have make ketubahs for nearly every type of wedding ceremony, including interfaith, reform, conservative, orthodox, same-sex, and special anniversaries. I have met and befriended so many interesting and fun people. I’m proud to have had the opportunity to create something of such deep and personal meaning for so many wonderful people.
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I have just released seven new ketubah designs for Modern Ketubah. I created these new ketubahs from my some of my most recent photographs of lilies, roses, wildflowers and leaves. If you are interested in learning about how I got about creating these new ketubah designs, please read this post on my fine art photography blog.
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Modern Ketubah is proud to now offer interfaith couples three new texts written specifically for them. I have written these new texts to honor how an interfaith marriage represents the coming together of two traditions, a merging of two different families into one new, stronger one. Here are a sample of what each new Interfaith text says:
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Modern Ketubah is proud to now offer interfaith couples new choices to better customize their ketubahs. Each of my ketubah features a large poetic verse incorporated into the design. These verses usually come from Jewish tradition, such as “Ani l’dodi v’dod li” (I am my beloved’s and my beloved is mine), which a very popular phrase for Jewish weddings which comes from the Song of Solomon.
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If you are interested in my artwork, and would like to learn more about my influences and methods, check out these links. This month I was chosen to be the current Featured Artist on Area of Design, an organization that showcases established and emerging artists. I was also interviewed on Positive Focus, a nonprofit organization for “emerging photoartists” based in Brooklyn. These are both great sites, and it’s an honor to be among all of the wonderful artists that they have chosen before.
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On this Rosh Hashanah, I wanted to take a moment to wish you all a happy new year! I hope the upcoming year is filled with happiness and fun.
