Nature-Inspired Watercolor Ketubah Illustration

Claire Loon Baldwin illustrates ketubahs, a traditional Jewish wedding contract, in collaboration with Tallulah Ketubahs, a woman-owned business based in Philadelphia. A ketubah transforms a couple’s vows into a work of art, serving as a lasting testament to their love and commitment. It becomes a wedding centerpiece, a treasured home display, and a family heirloom. The text can be customized to commemorate all faiths and any occasion.

A vibrant ketubah displayed on a black metal easel with decorative scrollwork, set outdoors on a grassy lawn. The ketubah features a circular design with a colorful border depicting nature and wildlife. At the top of the circle, there are majestic mountains under a starry night sky with a crescent moon and soft clouds. The border includes illustrations of wildflowers, foxes, owls, and marine life like fish and seaweed. The central text, written in Hebrew and English, is framed by the intricate border, with space for signatures at the bottom.

A vibrant ketubah with a circular border featuring an intricate nature scene. The top section showcases majestic mountains under a starry night sky, with the moon and clouds. The border also includes colorful wildflowers, animals like foxes and owls, and marine life in the lower section, including fish and seaweed. The text is in the center, written in Hebrew and English, with elegant signatures at the bottom.

A beautifully illustrated blue and white ketubah (Jewish marriage contract) with intricate floral and celestial motifs. The border is adorned with hand-painted trees, leaves, and animals such as owls, blending into a celestial theme at the top with phases of the moon and stars. The Hebrew and English text is centered, framed elegantly by the natural and cosmic elements.

A blue and white ketubah displayed in a black wooden frame, resting on an easel with wrought iron details. The design mirrors the circular, nature-inspired border seen in the previous image, including lunar phases and trees. The frame sits in an indoor setting with soft lighting and nearby greenery.

A detailed ketubah design featuring an intricate circular border in shades of blue. The border depicts two large trees on either side, surrounded by stars, floral motifs, and animal figures, including an owl. Above the text, lunar phases are displayed in a crescent to full moon sequence. The ketubah text, written in Hebrew and English, is centered within the circle.

A photo of a married couple at a sunny outdoor wedding, flanked by a woman in a yellow dress and a gender-queer rabbi. The couple is holding a large, square framed ketubah. A ketubah is a jewish wedding contract, and this one is created with watercolor and ink illustrations of botanicals.

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California Nature Ketubah

Watercolor and ink, 2022

Claire Loon Baldwin illustrated this traditional Jewish wedding contract for a California couple in collaboration with Tallulah Ketubahs in 2022.

Tallulah Ketubahs land-lettered text in both Hebrew and English on archival watercolor paper, and Claire added a wreath of watercolor and ink nature and botanical illustrations.

The design features the couple's favorite natural elements, including California wildflowers like lupine and poppies, rolling waves, towering mountains, and birds. The final composition reflects the couple’s love for the biodiverse environment they explored together as they fell in love.

We are thrilled with our Ketubah! Claire was wonderful to work with and is such a talented artist.

She wove together images and themes that reflect our life and relationship. Our ketubah feels personal to us, and the lush watercolors and delicate linework are absolutely stunning.

Several people at the wedding told us that it was the most beautiful ketubah they'd ever seen, and we agree! It is beyond what we could have imagined, and we are so happy to display it in our home and to look at it for the rest of our lives!

~ Maddy and vinnie

Indigo Celestial Ketubah

Watercolor and ink, 2023

Art Direction: Rachel Marks, Owner of Tallulah Ketubahs

Claire Loon Baldwin created this interwoven wreath of watercolor nature illustrations for Tallulah Ketubahs in 2023. It is available for purchase on their website as a limited run of archival giclée prints in two sizes, that can be customized with personalized text.
The design features an intricate watercolor wreath of indigo wildflowers, comets, stars, phases of waxing and waning moons, trees, owls, ferns, butterflies, grasshoppers, and chanterelles.

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To license illustrations for ketubahs, wedding invitations, stationery, and more, contact Claire for a quote.

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