My American Kitchen Saves Me Two Hours a Day sculpture

In My American Kitchen Saves Me Two Hours a Day, the quilt pattern is called ‘broken dishes’. Look inside the pedestal window to see the broken dish lying on the floor. The pieces actually fit together perfectly, but, much like every day life, the best-laid plans become disrupted and don’t quite fit together.

My American Kitchen Saves Me Two Hours a Day Too Keep Myself Looking Young close up view.

The curtain appears to look like fabric but it is completely constructed from vintage, steel doll houses. The broken dish lays on the floor. You can see the clock inside.

My American Kitchen Saves Me Two Hours a Day to Keep Myself Looking Young back view of sculpture using quilt patterns

Above photo is the back view. The electrical cord is for the electric clock. For showing purposes, this should be displayed near an electrical plug.

12.5" height x 11.5" width x 11.5" depth Photo Credit: Philip Cohen

My American Kitchen Saves Me Two Hours A Day to Keep Myself Looking Young is available for exhibition or for purchase.

This sculpture is in the book Manufractured: The Conspicuous Transformation of Everyday Objects by Mara Holt Skov and Steven Skov Holt.

An entire chapter of the book features my work. CLICK on the title or the book to see more information about this fabulous book.

Quoting from the book Manufractured: The Conspicuous Transformation of Everyday Objects:
"The allover prints acted like fabric, and Berman's natural instinct was to cut and form small shapes and piece them together as a quiltmaker would. At the time, this was a radical, even subversive step to take, especially for trained metalsmith."