Blum-Knight Ketubah, 2025
Custom ketubah frames
The ketubah, or marriage contract, is an important part of a Jewish wedding, symbolizing a couple’s commitment to each other. I am honored to work with couples to create custom ketubah frames. It is such a blessing to be able to participate in the long historical tradition of Jewish papercraft and to help a couple celebrate their partnership through art.
Photos show my Blum-Knight Ketubah frame (2025), with text from Ketubah.com; and Besalel Ketubah frame (2024), with handwritten text by Maksheyfe Besalel.
commissioning a ketubah
Custom design: We will schedule a consultation to discuss your ideas — a color palate, themes, wedding flowers, or anything that is significant to you and your partner — and I will create a digital mock-up. I am excited to build a ketubah frame that speaks to you!
Text: I will build a frame around the dimensions of the text you choose. I am not a calligrapher, but I can help you navigate a wide array of available texts online to ensure you find one in your budget that represents you and your partnership, whatever your tradition. I am honored to create ketubot for queer and interfaith couples.
Tradition: I am passionate about continuing the legacy of Jewish papercraft, l’dor v’dor, from generation to generation. I am moved by the very Jewish practice of making the legal document into a site of beauty and deeper meaning, and by the historical artistry of ketubah makers across the world. I have attended Modern Jewish Couples’ Ketubah 101 workshop and have spoken with framers, rabbis, and shipping experts to learn how to create a ketubah frame that serves your needs and your wedding.
Interested in commissioning a ketubah? Email me directly at audengranger@gmail.com or using this form to schedule a consultation. Mazel tov on your engagement!
It is maybe a little revisionist to say that the ketubah is inherently feminist, as it has also been used to reinforce existing social norms, but I celebrate the ketubah as a historical document that names responsibilities and rights for both partners in a marriage, protecting the rights of women in a patriarchal society where they have been too often disempowered.
I support the modern-day work of ORA, the Organization for the Resolution of Agunot, and their halakhic prenup resources that help protect frum women from get refusal, a type of abuse in which a spouse refuses to grant a divorce, leaving a woman an agunah (chained) under Jewish law.
Learn more about ORA on their website, and use their resources and support to sign a halakhic prenup.