Seder Plates
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An Orange Belongs on a Seder Plate
A series of contemporary Judaica Seder plates constructed from recycled tin cans.
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How Is This Night Different From All Other Nights
from the series:
An Orange Belongs on the Seder Plate
Seder plate window frame constructed using pre-printed steel dollhouses (white house siding with red brick). Twelve window scenes were constructed using recycled tin containers. Window panes are removable Plexiglas. 10k gold rivets, sterling silver rivets, and stainless steel screws.
Seven Days You Shall Eat Unleavened Bread, You Shall Remove Leaven from Your Houses
from the series:
An Orange Belongs on the Seder Plate
The framework of this seder plate represents the frame of a window. Fabricated from steel dollhouses, the Seder plate represents the home as the location of the seder. Looking through the window from the outside, the table is set. Invite a stranger to eat with friends and family.
Seven Days You Shall Eat Unleavened Bread, You Shall Remove Leaven from Your Houses Seder plate by Harriete Estel Berman made from repurposed materials
Place Before Us These Symbols of Pesach
from the series:
An Orange Belongs on the Seder Plate
Seder plate constructed from pre-printed steel from recycled tin containers, vintage steel dollhouses, 10k.gold rivets, aluminum rivets, stainless steel, and brass screws. Plexiglas panes in each window make this seder plate fully functional.
Collection of the Jüdisches Museum, Berlin, Germany.
A Woman Belongs On the Bimah As Much As an Orange Belongs On a Seder Plate
from the series:
An Orange Belongs on the Seder Plate
Seder plate window frames are constructed using pre-printed steel from vintage steel doll houses. Window scenes are constructed using recycled tin containers. Window panes are removable Plexiglas designed for utilitarian use. Sterling silver rivets, brass, and steel screws.
Collection of The Jewish Museum, New York.
For the Child Who Is Unable To Ask, Thou Shalt Explain the Story of Passover
from the series:
An Orange Belongs on the Seder Plate
Seder plate window frame constructed using pre-printed steel dollhouses (brown wood siding house with stone). All window scenes constructed using recycled tin containers represent the symbolic foods that are part of the Seder service.
Window panes are covered with a sheet of Plexiglas that is removable. This is so the tin is protected and the Seder Plate is practical to use.
Collection of Yeshiva University Museum, New York, NY.
The design of this Seder plate reflects the Egyptian pyramids of the original exodus and the angular architecture of the Contemporary Jewish Museum in San Francisco (where this was originally exhibited.) Silhouette figures represent the exodus of the Jewish people from ancient times into the 20th century. Seder Plate constructed in 2008 from recycled tin cans, 10k. gold, sterling silver, and aluminum rivets; stainless steel and brass screws. This Seder plate was featured in an article by Daniel Belasco in Metalsmith Magazine.
Collection of the Minneapolis Institute of Art.
26"L x 11"W x 4.5"H
This is a top view of the Seder Plate constructed in 2010 from post-consumer recycled tin cans and vintage steel doll houses. Trivial Pursuit tins were used for the iridescent blue sides. The patterns were inspired by the decorative motifs in the sanctuary and foyer of Congregation Emanu-El. On the top, you can see embossed images of the pyramid for haroses, parsley, horseradish root, roasted egg, and shank bone. Click on the image for more close-up views.
Commission for the Permanent Collection of Congregation Emanu-El, San Francisco, CA
16 3/4"H x 10 5/8"W x 2 5/8"D