HEBREW CALLIGRAPHYArt by
Gabriel Wolff
2,500
Years of history39
Years of experience3,068
Tattoos
What I didn’t know then, was that the letters were in my blood. The tradition of Hebrew lettering stretches back thousands of years.
I began drawing letters when I was five years old.
As Featured InartSelected commissions
Text for artאֵשֶׁת חַיִל
Tattooed byGeorgia Grey, New York
לִזְכֹּר
Text for artTattooed byNatali Seki, Seattle
Text for artנְבִיאָה
Tattooed byAleksandra Stojanoska, Miami
Text for artבְרִינֶא לֵאה
Tattooed byHector Daniels, New York
שָׁלוֹם רַב שׁוֹבֵךְ, צִפֹּרָה נֶחְמֶדֶת
Text for artTattooed byHector Daniels, New York
אֵשֶׁת חַיִל
Text for artTattooed byHossam Abu Hashish, Amsterdam
TestimoniesWhat our clients say
“There’s something really magical about Gabriel. He’s the person who is imagining what the what is, and then creating something that’s just so beautiful.”
Serena ObersteinLos Angeles, CA
“I still am amazed how you guys could just extrapolate that from my mind and my heart and my soul, and be able to translate what I knew but was having trouble verbally conveying.”
New Bedford, MA
Abrah Zion“I am not a deeply spiritual person, but this has been a deeply spiritual experience for me.”
Boston, MA
Jonathan Modestour processYour journey with us
01 — First contact
with MayaYou write to us. Maya calls you by phone or mails you. She is your guide from the very first word onward.
02 — Your story
with AnnaBefore a single letter is drawn, Anna sits with you to understand the meaning. You talk about the person, the verse, the memory: why these words, and why now.
This is the soul-stripping part. The story behind the words matters more to us than the words themselves.
03 — The concept
with GabrielIf your story inspires him, Gabriel writes the concept, the idea that will guide the whole piece. This is where words, meaning and form first take shape together.
04 — Meeting Gabriel
in Berlin or over ZoomYou meet Gabriel personally, at the studio in Berlin, or over Zoom. Together you talk through the concept, the script and the placement before anything is drawn.
05 — The model
with DanielDaniel takes a precise cast of your skin, a mold of the exact canvas the piece will live on. It captures every curve and contour of your body. That way, Gabriel can create a piece for your body.
06 — The art
with GabrielGabriel draws your piece in his studio in Berlin.
07 — Getting tattooed
with a tattooist we trustYou receive a finished, tattoo-ready design. We will point you toward artists we trust to do it justice.
MaterialsWhat we work with
Nibs
Brause broad-edge steel
Ink
Rohrer & Klingner Zeichentusche
The LibraryThoughts, written down
EssayEssayAren’t Hebrew Tattoos cultural appropriation?
The Blue I Did Not Choose
EssayguideDiaspora, a traveling homeland
A studio visit in Berlin