abenjami, Philadelphia, PA (2026)

02/17/2026

More details and process moments of my favorite ketubah of 2025! Including some behind-the-scenes shenanigans from everyone’s favorite studio assistants 😻😹😽😸

02/16/2026

For Sarah and Eric 💕
This ketubah was such a special challenge and a deeply meaningful honor to be asked to create. Being a born and raised New Yorker myself, the pressure was on to make a piece of art that hasn’t already been made of this city, to make something so obviously New York while avoiding the kitsch. I’m so grateful Sarah and Eric were up for this fantastical view I’ve imagined for them.
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Your relationship together is built upon the foundation of the city itself; the ability to move around freely and venture endlessly; the constant invitation to be in motion, to move forward together. While the moments and memories will continue to vary as the city evolves, the foundation of your vows together have the strength and grounding of the bridges, persistent and withstanding the passage of time, supporting and leading you along all the way. Looking north from where you stood under the chuppah, across all the bridges and paths you’ve walked together and apart, weaving in and out to create this beautiful life.
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Colored pencil and ink pen on hand cut and handmade abaca paper
18x24 inches

04/06/2025

Woodcut Wednesdays Return This Week!
Sign up for one of two drop-in nights this month

Stop by this Wednesday evening to carve, print, draw and more! Drop in to learn a new skill and make a mini-print, work on your blocks in progress, ask for feedback, etc.

P.S. No woodcut required, show me what you’ve been working on lately!

April 9th
April 23rd

annabenjamin.com/workshops to enroll!

03/23/2025

Just when I thought I couldn’t take another moment of colorless winter, I look outside and the warm golden sunlight is brightening the new green growth emerging from the dullness. Finally.

It’s been a long winter of hibernation, of retreating into active rest. I’ve been focused on the hidden labors, the invisible care work, so essential to survival, yet so often forgotten; recuperating, nourishing, grounding.

Now that we see the growth breaking through the hard surfaces, we can reap the benefits, enjoy and share in the brightness.
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I’m so excited to welcome you back to my studio and home!

Spring Workshops

Woodcut Wednesday’s are back!!
Drop-in to carve, print, sharpen tools, share what you’ve been working on lately, or receive feedback. (Woodcut not actually required.)
Beginner and returning students welcome.

Woodcut Wednesday Drop-In
6:30 - 9:30pm
April 9
April 23

I’m super excited to offer a multi-session Recycled Papermaking course on Wednesday evenings! Meeting every other week, allowing for time to reflect and prepare, and for papers to dry after each session. Great for anyone with a collection of papers lying around! Learn how to prepare your fibers, operate the hollander be**er, and form sheets using a mould, deckle and deckle box. Each week we’ll build up advanced skills and techniques: pigmenting, pulp painting, stencil printing, blowouts, etc. Beginner and returning students welcome.

Recycled Papermaking
Wednesdays 6:30-9:30pm
May 7, May 21, June 4 & June 18

Link in bio to enroll in Spring Workshops!

02/14/2025

Terrazzo Handmade Papers available!

A little refresh on my handmade recycled terrazzo papers in the shop. Each batch is completely unique, made from my own archival screen prints. Snag some of the last of these two color ways before I move on to the next!

Easy purchase through my website! Link in bio.

Choose Pickup at checkout to avoid shipping costs!

01/31/2025

Commissions are open for 2025! Check out some of the process of last years custom Ketubahs and see how I go from sketch to finished artwork!

What an honor to collaborate with such loving couples on these pieces. Thank you for sharing your stories of love and growth with me, so that I could create these works for you. ❤️

Handmade translucent pigmented abaca papers with hand lettered ink, in a handmade oak light box frame for Noah and Ben

Hand cut and layered papers with hand lettering for Rachel and Sam

Hand cut and layered handmade Japanese Awagami papers for Anna and Jacob

Handmade paper(unpigmented & pigmented abaca, pigmented cotton blowouts, pigmented linen pulp paints) with hand cut abaca and hand lettered text for Gracie and Rob

01/25/2025

Shehecheyanu
This piece has gone through quite a few iterations, and I’m super proud to be sharing it yet again. Shehecheyanu is an act of gratitude upon having reached this moment. Neither an end nor a beginning. An acknowledgment of how far I’ve come, and the unknown ahead.
This motif has been a sanctuary for me for the last 9 years. A place of safety, of control and structure. Every return brings me something new, a new awareness, a renewed reminder, a different perspective, a new way of seeing the same.
I’ve gone through a lot this last year especially, and this piece persists in its resonance. Life is hard. The unknown is terrifying. And yet, there are new colors, new patterns, new shapes just out of reach, ready for whatever comes next.

Shehecheyanu
Handmade translucent abaca paper with colored pencil and two layers of hand cut handmade recycled kozo paper
2023
Framed in a hardwood oak light box frame, made by me

See this piece and more works by me and six other incredible artists through March 7th
Tacit Knowledge
3rd Floor Gallery
Curated by
7 years West Bay View Foundation Fellows
.krukowski SR Lejeune

01/22/2025

Poking my head back out…join me in NYC this Thursday, January 23, 6-8pm at !

Hard to believe it’s been seven years since I was immersed into the life changing world of papermaking ! I will be forever grateful for this fellowship and the time I was able to spend in the studio in Brooklyn in 2018. I’m thrilled to finally be sharing space with the six other artists whose fellowships followed mine.

‘Tacit Knowledge: Paper as Practice in the Dieu Donné West Bay View Foundation Fellowship Program’

‘Tacit Knowledge’ celebrates seven years of West Bay View Foundation Fellowship, an immersive studio mentorship for emerging papermakers to expand and enrich their artistic practices at Dieu Donné’s papermaking studios in Brooklyn, NY.

03/06/2024

A Not-So-New Way to Work Together…

As a trained printmaker, the convention of trading runs deep. It’s the main way I’ve been able to fill my walls over the years with artworks by artists I admire. I’m so grateful for this tradition that is ingrained in my practice.

Maybe you’re interested in growing your own collection, too, and simply haven’t been able to budget for purchasing art.

Are you interested in collecting some of my art, taking a workshop, or working together in the studio? Not able to pay full or partial price? Propose a trade!

There are so many ways that I could use your help!
From studio assistance to home repairs,
I’m looking for community support in the following ways:

Studio Assistance: studio cleaning, organizing, preparing pulps, building equipment etc.
Photography: studio and home portraits, artwork and object documentation, etc.
Business: website, digital content, design/graphics, business/legal consulting, etc.
Home: repairs/improvements, cleaning, meal prep, etc.

There is so much value beyond our bank accounts.
Your skills and strengths are valuable!

This next step for Studio K is so much more than an exchange,
I’m looking to grow and strengthen our community.
❤️

02/22/2024

Feeling immensely grateful for the community we’ve created over the last few weeks on Woodcut Wednesdays 🥰 Join me for the next session! 10-Week Spring Woodcut starts on March 13th and runs through May 15 🙌

🔗 Head to my profile to save your spot!

Tuition assistance available! Request form is included on the enrollment page.

11/29/2023

When I first began to express my values and beliefs through my art practice, I had many doubts. I worried if people would relate, if they would care, if they would listen to what I had to say. Over time, I learned that the way I express myself, through images and words, resonated with you. When I got started with Prints for Protest in 2016, it was a gut reaction of visual responses to trauma, and I truly began to understand the power of images, and the responsibility of an artist.
Even though my Grandma Rhoda didn’t always understand my artwork, she was the one who helped form my understanding of activism through art. There was a magnet she kept on her fridge that read the Hillel quote: “If I am not for myself, who will be for me? If I am only for myself, what am I? If not now, when?”
When I would feel overwhelmed by the pressure of my work, and the responsibility and expectations I put on myself, Grandma Rhoda remained encouraging. She shared these words with me that she had found so helpful in her own persistence:
You are not obligated to finish the work,
but neither are you at liberty to neglect it
I have kept these words from Pirkei Avot close at heart over the last few years, through overwhelm and anxiety, as a gentle reminder. You don’t have to do everything, but you do have to do something. Release yourself from the expectation that the work will ever be finished. The work is to add your voice, to participate, to speak up.

Over the last two months, as I have shared my voice and expressed my beliefs based on the values instilled in me by my Jewish values and my family, I have lost significant business. I’ve been blocked, people have unsubscribed, and I’ve been told that my work will be unsupported this season.
I have faith that my community, and in turn my business, will be strengthened through all of this. I know I am not alone, and that many of you will join together with me. This time is horrible and hard and hurtful, and I will continue to stand by my beliefs and values.

11/23/2023

🎁Holiday Shop is LIVE! 🎁 As we enter the season of gift giving and goal setting, I hope you’ll consider Studio K for someone on your list! Workshops for 2024 are LIVE and open for enrollment. Each class is limited to 5 students so don’t wait, save your spot now. Artworks are available in the shop at all price points, and now there’s a page for every budget! Checkout the Under $100 shop for terrazzo paper packs, prints, drawings and other artworks. And for anyone who’s not sure what to get, *Gift Cards* are here!

These new drawings are an attempt to find order in the chaos and confusion. Small acts that are imperfect, impulsive and sincere.
Each line, each mark made, becomes a part of something more powerful than they could have ever been on their own. Eight ink line drawings on handmade speckled abaca paper and three on my favorite terrazzo paper. All are unique and prices range from $45 - $100

Payment plans available for any purchases over $100! DM me for details.
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