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Harriete Estel Berman

Harriete Estel Berman
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About Harriete Estel Berman

Harriete Estel Berman uses post consumer, recycled materials to construct artwork ranging from jewelry, Judaica, teapots, teacups to entire lawns and works of social commentary. Berman’s work has shown throughout the United States, Europe, and Af…

Service areaUnited States
ShippingShipping costs are variable and should be discussed in advance.
If work is small enough, my preference is to ship Registered, insured by USPS. UPS is not acceptable.
InstallationAll work posted here can hang on the wall or requires no installation.

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Videos submitted by Harriete Estel Berman

The FabricationProcess for Consuming Conversation teacups
The Fabrication Process is a documentary video that accompanies Consuming Conversation teacups and highlights the metal fabrication of the 200 teacups in the artists studio. The 200 teacups are made from recycled tin cans, diverted from their destiny as trash. Beginning with post-consumer material they revitalize the mundane into the extraordinary. Producer, Harriete Estel Berman; Video Dir
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Consuming Conversation
Consuming Conversation is an experimental video based on a sculpture by the same name of 200 teacups made from recycled tin cans that responds to and reflects on the consuming conversation of our consumer society. Conspicuous consumption as a cultural norm flourishes in the rapid-fire pace of changing styles, models, and merchandising and even influences the marketing of art and craft. My wor
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grass \'gras\
This video provides a deeper understanding of the sculpture's historical, ecological and cultural themes, grazing freely from the studio to suburban landscape. The construction process is revealed, from recycled tins in the studio, to the marathon "turf party" where the 32,400 blades of metal grass were inserted into the base. Producer, Harriete Estel Berman; Director, Will Zavala, Morsel Pictures ; Music by Beth Custer, 2000.
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