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Media - Papercuts
Website - http://archiegranot.com
Born in London, England in 1946, Archie Granot moved to Israel in 1967. Prior to settling in
Jerusalem in 1978, he was a member of an agricultural community where he milked cows and grew
melons. Archie Granot created his first papercut in 1979. He has a M.Phil in Russian
Studies from the University of Glasgow, Scotland and a B.A. in Political Science and Russian
Studies from the Hebrew University, Jerusalem.
Jerusalem artist Archie Granot is one of the leading paper cut artists in the world. His
creative papercuts - the ketubah, mizrach, mezuzah, birkat habayit (blessing for the Jewish
home) and more - both revive and continue a traditional Jewish art form while innovating
against it. Distinguished by multiple layers of paper, Granot produces creative and beautiful
papercuts - complex and impressive works, each cut with surgical scalpel, require a lengthy
and intuitive process of creation, a process often hidden beneath the multiple layers of
paper. Curves and links are interwoven creating incredible depth, texture and movement to
which limited and careful use of gold leaf and woven papers only adds. Archie Granot use of
Hebrew inscriptions, handcut in astonishingly precise calligraphic letters in his papercuts,
is an integral part of his work.
Many of the texts relate to Jerusalem, Judaica, Judaism, Israel, and Jewish weddings
(Ketubah). Many of his paper cuts carry a reminder of the holy city, a source of his
inspiration. To take in the whole image, one must stand at a distance. And yet the intricacy
of the cut invites you to view the details from close up. The paper cuts of Archie Granot have
been exhibited extensively and are in public and private collections around the world.
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