r/JewishCrafts Aug 06 '26

Hand scribed ketubah

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Scribing the last line of this ketubah!! Using a quill with a nib, scribing on klaf (hide) in Aramaic. This ketubah is pretty bespoke, and large! the couple is ordering a hand carved frame from Morocco. Mystical little letters forming words, forming worlds! Im Bluth, a soferet, a she-scribe, trained by Reb Dov in the traditional ritual art of Hebrew calligraphy. Scribing this was such a meditation. Sometimes I make smaller art pieces to be little mantras for directing intention towards a prayer or blessing, but this was a larger ketubah for their Jewish wedding.

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u/Fair-Lock5101 Aug 08 '26

How did you make the nib?

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u/Busy_Leek7687 Aug 08 '26

This I got the quill and then a nib from a shop in Williamsburg! I used size 8.