Artists
Canada's ketubah scene is centered on Toronto, with a warm, painterly sensibility. You will find work from Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver. The work here leans toward vivid watercolor, stained-glass color, and personal commissions developed in close conversation with each couple. We feature 6 Canadian artists below.
Every artist below links out to their own website, Instagram or shop, so you can see their full range and reach them directly. We feature artists editorially, with credit; we do not take a cut of their commissions.
Toronto, Canada
Bluth's Ritual Studio in Toronto makes scribed contemporary ketubot, pairing hand calligraphy with collage, pressed flowers and architectural motifs. Moroccan doorways and Italian pomegranate collage sit alongside plain hand-scribed pieces.
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.
Toronto, Canada
Ketubah Garden is a Toronto studio making ketubah prints and custom wedding artwork. Designs are quiet and pared back, built around chuppahs, intertwined trees and rooted-love motifs.
Toronto, Canada
Love Letters Ketubahs is a Toronto studio working almost entirely in the minimalist register: fine rules, generous white space and typography doing the heavy lifting. Interfaith and Reform texts are standard options.
Canada
Aviel Barclay is a Canadian soferet, the first woman to be traditionally trained and certified as a Jewish scribe. Her ketubot are hand-written and hand-decorated, often on parchment, with painted borders drawn from historic manuscript traditions.
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.