Jay Goldman » Portfolio http://jaygoldman.com Technologist, Designer, Speaker, Author, Generally Swell Guy Thu, 26 Aug 2010 06:59:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 The Four Seasons (Illustration) http://jaygoldman.com/2008/11/13/the-four-seasons-illustration/ http://jaygoldman.com/2008/11/13/the-four-seasons-illustration/#comments Thu, 13 Nov 2008 05:43:45 +0000 jaygoldman http://jaygoldman.com/?p=188 Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]> It’s always been a pleasure to be asked to be part of a friend’s wedding, whether as part of the wedding party or as an invited guest. It’s a particular thrill to be asked to be part of the design of the day itself, as I have been on a few occasions. I was migrating some old files to my new machine today when I stumbled across an illustration that I did for a good friend’s ketubah, the traditional Jewish marriage certificate. Thanks to Wikipedia, I’ve just learned that they always used to state that the husband commits to provide food, clothing and marital relations to his wife, and that he will pay a specified sum of money if he divorces her. I’m pretty sure this one didn’t, though my hebrew is pretty rusty (shalom!).

They asked me to do a piece that was based on the idea of the passage of time and their commitment to be together throughout. We started working on the concepts of circles and I did a few sketches before we settled on the idea of interconnected ones containing the four seasons. I’m still really happy with the result:

Interconnected seasons

Interconnected seasons

My wedding gift to the happy couple was a large, framed version with the text they had written on either side and spaces to sign at the bottom. The only downside? I couldn’t get James Taylor out my head the whole time.

Winter, spring, summer, or fall,
All you have to do is call

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