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school where I worked?' she
says. "People used to see me
cut them out freehand and
think it was amazing, but I
just had a lot of practice."
Moore became interested in
papercutting after seeing
some examples on magazine
and book covers. After doing
some preliminary research,
she decided to try her hand at
it.
In 1983 her daughter
Miranda's United Synagogue
Youth chapter held a fun-
draising auction, and Moore
decided to make her first
papercut for the occasion.
"I went around Kalamazoo
for two months looking for
ideas, but came up empty,"
she says. "Then I woke up the
morning of the auction and
suddenly knew what I wanted
to do."
But at the time, Moore was
still working at the Hebrew
school. After work she rush-
ed home and started on the
papercut. That first piece,
Mizrach (East), of the word
"mizrach" surrounded by the
first paragraph of the sh'ma,
was completely laid out and
cut in just eight hours. "I
haven't worked that fast
since," Moore says.
The papercut sold for $25
and was Moore's first profes-
sional art sale. The next week
her rabbi ordered one, follow-
ed by the Hebrew school prin-
cipal. Soon, people in Moore's
community began ordering
them for gifts. Other designs
followed,including Noah's
Ark, a different Mizrach, and
b'nai designs.
In September 1984, Moore
gained her first exposure
when Traditions, a Cleveland
art gallery, held a show in
Ann Arbor's Beth Emet
Congregation.
"I had just finished a full
morning at the Hebrew
school and was exhausted,
when a group of my friends
packed me into a car, shoved
my portfolio in my hands,
drove me to Ann Arbor, found
the owner of the gallery, and-
pushed us into a room
together," she remembers.
That meeting led to Moore's
first public show, held at
Flint's Temple Beth El.
Since then, Moore has
worked for the Coalition for
Alternatives in Jewish
Education, the Union of
American Hebrew Congrega-
tions, United Synagogue of
America, the Women's
League for Conservative
Judaism, and Hadassah, as
well as numerous congrega-
tions and galleries across the
United States and Canada. In
the process, Moore has
become one of the country's
best known Judaic artists.
"A few months ago, I receiv-
Just a few of Moore's "patterns."
ed my first order from Europe,
a bookplate for the Chief Rab-
bi of Copenhagen," she says.
In addition, Moore has ship-
ped pieces of her art to Israel,
England and Italy.
In the meantime, Moore has
learned calligraphy, which
she says has improved her
skills as a papercutter. But,
she concedes, a papercutter
has to think of letters in ex-
actly the way that calligra-
phers are taught to avoid.
"To me, a letter is a shape
and an outline. Calligraphers
are trained to think of letters
as combinations of strokes.
It's an entirely different way
of thinking," she says.
All of this hasn't been easy
on Moore. In 1987 she left her
job at the Hebrew school to
devote herself exclusively to
her art career. Since then,
making and selling papercuts
has been virtually her sole
means of support.
"The economy's not good for
small businesses now, and
selling art has never been
easy," Mooresays. "There are
more expenses than people
think. I have to pay for Plex-
iglass, printer's fees, shows,
travel — I can't even afford to
advertise?'
Still, between papercutting,
calligraphy, and catering
(which she does with her
daughter as a sideline),
Moore can almost support
herself.
"I've only been a full-time
professional artist for a little
more than five years, and I'm
at the point where if I can just
hold on for a little longer, I
know I'll make it." ❑
I ENTERTAINMENT I
Italian Financier Claims
Jews Ganged Up On Him
TOM TUGEND
Special to The Jewish News
G
iancarlo Parretti, an
Italian financier who
has emerged as a
major figure in the
Hollywood and international
entertainment industries,
allegedly complained recent-
ly in a newspaper interview
that "the Jews have ganged
up on me."
These and other anti-
Semitic remarks are at-
tributed to Parretti in a re-
cent issue of Business Week
magazine, based on an
interview that originally
appeared in the Italian
Communist daily L'Unita.
"The fact is that the Jews
don't like the idea that I rep-
resent the first Catholic
Tom Tugend is a free-lance
writer from Los Angeles.
communication network,"
Parretti is quoted. "There
doesn't exist a single (media)
holding company in the
world that isn't in the hands
of Jews."
Parretti got his first
foothold in Hollywood two
years ago when his Pathe
Communications Corp. took
over the ailing Cannon
Group, headed by two Israel-
born cousins, Menahem
Golan and Yoram Globus.
Golan has since established
an independent film corn-
pany, but Globus stayed
with Parretti and is now co-
president of Pathe.
Globus rushed to his part-
ner's defense, telling the Los
Angeles Times last month
that Parretti is one of the
most loving and generous
people in Hollywood and has
made large donations to
Israeli and Jewish causes.
"Do you think I would