hillelsmith: Happy Purim! Every year I make increasingly insane papercut mishloach manot packages fo

hillelsmith:

Happy Purim! Every year I make increasingly insane papercut mishloach manot packages for this ritual of edible gift giving (find the last few years’ here, here, and here.) I’m especially proud of this year’s edition. These octahedral boxes feature caricatures of Mordechai crowned in royal garb and Haman in his triangular hat, each on a triangular face evocative of hamantashen. A “Happy Purim” message occupies two sides. Look closely and you’ll see that “from Hillel Smith” is repeated upside-down on the second side. Why? Well, check out what happens when we turn the box over. Pretty cool, right? The entire box is identical when flipped! These were inspired by the phrase v'nahafoch hu from the Book of Esther (9:1), describing how the fate of the Jews “was turned around.” We are also instructed to rejoice so indulgently that we can no longer tell the difference between Haman and Mordechai. Play with the box long enough and you’ll be one step closer!

Happy almost Purim!! Reblogging this from last year while I prep this year’s boxes. One year later, I’m still super proud of this. One of the coolest things I’ve made in a while.