Ketubah styles
Flowers, leaves and gardens rendered by hand.
Floral and botanical ketubahs bring the garden indoors. Whether it is the seven species of Israel, a loose watercolor bouquet, or a precise botanical border, flowers remain the most beloved motif in ketubah art, full of symbolism about growth and flourishing.
Melbourne, Australia
Nikki Green hand-scripts and paints each ketubah in gouache, watercolor, ink, and 23kt gold or silver leaf on heavy Fabriano paper. Her contemporary designs blend the visual language of ancient manuscripts with motifs drawn from the Australian landscape, making every contract a one-of-a-kind commission.
United States
Anna Abramzon runs a boutique studio she describes as contemporary art with a Jewish soul. Her ketubahs are painterly and modern, full of movement and warm color, and she paints custom pieces alongside a signed collection of prints for couples worldwide.
Israel
Avigail Sapir designs modern ketubahs shaped by nature, geometry, and a spare, contemporary sensibility. Her layouts are clean and balanced, favoring calm palettes and precise composition over heavy ornament.
Newton, Massachusetts, United States
Mickie Caspi has been designing Judaica and ketubahs for decades, working in watercolor, gouache, pen and ink, and gold leaf. Her contracts lean traditional and finely lettered, with border ornament that echoes historic illuminated manuscripts.
United States
Stephanie Caplan blends silk painting, watercolor, collage, and calligraphy into ketubahs with a soft, luminous quality. Her work feels handmade and personal, and she collaborates closely with couples on custom color and text.
Israel
Rachelle Tchiprout paints hand-finished watercolor ketubahs from her studio in Israel under the name The Delicate Brush. Her designs are gentle and floral, available both as fine-art prints and fully hand-painted originals.
New Salem, Massachusetts, United States
Amy Fagin creates illuminated ketubahs in the manuscript tradition, using acrylic, pastel, ink, and collage. Under her studio Twentieth Century Illuminations, she treats each contract as a small illuminated painting, richly detailed and built to last.
Toronto, Canada
Toronto artist Diane Sidenberg has painted Judaica since the mid-1980s, and her custom ketubahs are known for bright, vivid color. She often works in the language of stained glass, collage, and mosaic, giving her contracts a jewel-like glow.
Toronto, Canada
Rosette Sund is a Toronto-based artist who paints custom ketubahs alongside her broader fine-art practice. Her commissioned contracts are personal and painterly, developed in close conversation with each couple.
South Africa
Born and raised in South Africa, Angela Munitz draws her ketubah designs from nature observed and painted directly. Her work is soft and botanical, built on close attention to flowers, leaves, and light.
Our guide walks through modern vs traditional, papercut vs painted, and how to match the art to your text.
How to choose a ketubah