Harriete E Berman

San Mateo

United States

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Where do you live ? City, State and Country
CA
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San Mateo, California
I am a .... Example: Student, Maker, Educator, etc.
My work begins with post-consumer material diverted from a destiny as trash. Revitalized from the mundane, these recycled tin containers are deconstructed, cut, folded and reassembled into the extraordinary. This metal may not be as precious as gold or silver, but in many ways reveals more about the values of our society. Does value exist within the craftsmanship, by who made it, or by what materials are used? Or is value created through mass-marketing and mass-consumption?
Your website, DIRECT flickr or DIRECT facebook links where your work can be seen.
http://harrieteestelberman.com
What media do you work with?
recycled tin cans, recycled materials

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  • linnie mclarty

    Hi Harriet,
    Thanks for befriending me.
    Warmest,
    Linnie

    Feb 7, 2010

  • Miriam Rowe

    Hi Harriete, thanks for the friend request! I really love the pop-art feel of your pieces: the colours and material combinations are lovely!

    Mar 15, 2010

  • Jessica Beels

    Wonderful stuff! And beautifully presented. I adore the grass piece, and your jewelry is just terrific. May I add a link to your website on my blog about using recycled materials in art - http://beyondgarbage.wordpress.com ?

    This is a fledgling group project, and I'm giving it a year before I worry too much about the momentum. Mostly it's an excuse to play (rather than produce). I know I get caught up in inventory production when I really need to take a break and experiment a bit more. This nudge doesn't always work, but it's nice to be reminded that play is important and that not everything we make has to be "finished" or "good" according to anyone's calculations. You are welcome to join in the experimentation (or just be on the tickle email list to know which materials we use every two months).

    Your work is fabulous and directly connects with the type of thing we are aiming for in the project. Your information about copyright, etc., is quite useful as well.

    Thanks!

    Jessica

    Mar 21, 2010

  • Jessica Beels

    Lovely. Thanks. Will do.

    Mar 21, 2010

  • Brigitte Martin

    Thank you very much for your memership payment and support of crafthaus. Your membership is valid through April 15, 2012.

    Enjoy crafthaus !

    Apr 11, 2010

  • Rickson

    Thanks for joining our Canada Can Craft group! Your work is fab! I love the graphic drawings and the colours! Kudos!

    Rickson

    May 5, 2010

  • Anthony Scheffler

    Thanks for the invite Harriete. Nice work. Colors are great. I look forward to checking out some of the posts/blogs/shows on your site.

    Anthony

    May 23, 2010

  • Andrew Kuebeck

    Thanks so much for the friend request!! Your work is amazing.

    Jun 27, 2010

  • Annie Tung

    Thanks for the add. Very cool work!
    Annie

    Jul 3, 2010

  • Alison Greer Pack

    Thanks Harriete,
    You are always such a positive source of encouragement!

    Jul 11, 2010

  • Brigitte Martin

    Thank you very much for including my photo in the Professional Guidelines. THAT was a nice surprise today for sure :-))

    Jul 26, 2010

  • Randy Long

    Hello Harriette! Thanks for sending me a comment about my work. It is great to be friends and see your work

    Aug 28, 2010

  • nisa blackmon

    Thank you so much, Harriet! I'm tickled that they appeal to you!

    Sep 6, 2010

  • Cappy Counard

    Hello Harriete. Glad to be your friend on Crafthaus. Hope you are doing well. Cappy

    Oct 25, 2010

  • Christine Norton

    Thank you for stopping by my page! I love your work - it is so exciting!

    Nov 14, 2010

  • Gabrielle Kunze

    Hi Harriete. Thank you for adding me to your friends list. I admire your work for years. Its good to see our "Recycling Community" grow more and more. Trash to Treasure rulez! :-)

    Nov 27, 2010

  • kerianne quick

    thanks for the add harriete. :)keri

    Dec 6, 2010

  • carolina apolonia

    thank you harriete. your work is truly wonderful: full of colour and with such a good message! i've worked with recycled tin quite a bit, the many very sharp edges make it a very difficult material to work with but hey... who doesn't love a challenge?! thank you for adding me as a friend. carolina

    Dec 13, 2010

  • Damia Smith

    Thanks for the add.  No I am not a student of Marjorie Schick, but I enjoy her work and I did go to school at SIUE with some of her students.

    Dec 20, 2010

  • noel leicht

    Thank you for your interest in my work.  I'm a long time admirer of your creativity and support in the community of metalsmiths.  Like you I look for messages to insert into the design and aesthetic of my work to stretch the concept of 'wearable art' into a more meaningful and thoughtful realms.

    I  welcome any observations or comments.  More of my work is online at: www.noelleicht.com.

    Warm regards,

    noel leicht

    noliware studio

    st. louis, mo

     

    nolilite@sbcglobal.net

     

    Regards

    Jan 9, 2011

  • alice simpson

    Hi Harriet,

    Your teapots knocked my checkerboard socks off!

     

    Every one made me smile and WANT, WANT, WANT- -

    in direct contradiction to your artist statement!

     

    Great imagination and eye for materials, color and design,

    and, I assume, a sense of humor along with it all!

     

     

     

    Feb 17, 2011

  • Alanna DeRocchi

    Thanks for the friendship!

    Mar 5, 2011

  • Margaret R Schindel

    Thanks, Harriete!

    Apr 21, 2011

  • Larry Berger

    There is a upcoming show that is looking for crafters at the Olive Hyde Art Gallery in Fremont, I will be part of this show and the curator, Gloria Kim ask me if I knew of any other crafters. She is at kimglo@gmail.com

     

    May 11, 2011

  • Sandra Murray

    Thank you Harriete!

     

    Jun 11, 2011

  • Dawn M. Miller

    Thanks so much for your kind words! They mean a great deal to me.

     

    Dawn

    Jul 15, 2011

  • Ross Annels

    Thanks for the add Harriete - I'm pleased that you see Australia in my work - I try to express place directly or indirectly in most of my work - using the ideas of ecoregionalism and landscape memoir. Thanks again
    Ross

    Jul 25, 2011

  • Suzanne Golden

    Hi Harriete.....I'm so delighted to have joined and to "see" you again.

    Sep 1, 2011

  • Grace Page

    Thank you Harriete. I need to get working on my page so I'm more than just a face! Very excited to have joined crafthaus. Love your work by the way!

    Grace

    Nov 30, 2011

  • Stephen Yusko

    Thank you, Harriete.

    Well done with your article in American Craft.

    Nov 30, 2011

  • Ryder Richards

    Hey Harriete, thanks for the welcome to crafthaus. Dig you pieces. 

    Dec 7, 2011

  • Cami Ruh Clemo

    Hi Harriete,

    Thank you for the crafthaus welcome, I was lucky enough to take a workshop from you a few years back at Boise State University.

    Jan 9, 2012

  • SOOHYE PARK

    Hello Herriet

    Thank you for adding me as your friend. Very nice to meet you

    Mar 2, 2012

  • elizabeth j. hadley

    hi harriete! thanks for the warm welcome. it's wonderful to see you -- and your beautiful work -- on here.

    take care!

    Mar 6, 2012

  • Renata Fojtikova

    Hello Hariette! Thank you for offering me your friendship within this interesting network.

    Will be adding more images to my page soon. Cheers Renata

    Mar 20, 2012

  • Daniel Evan Schwartz

    Thank you for the welcome!

    Apr 24, 2012

  • Erin Knisley

    Thank you for adding me as a friend!

     

    May 2, 2012

  • Jill Baker Gower

    Thanks Harriete! I'm happy to be featured! :)

    May 4, 2012

  • Elena Rosenberg

    Harriete, thank you for the welcome. Looking forward to exploring your blog posts and getting to know more of Crafthaus.  Coincidentally, I just returned from your part of the world!  I was in San Jose and San Francisco for a few days, for the first time.

    Jun 19, 2012

  • Courtney Denise Lipson

    Thanks for the welcome, Harriete!  I'm looking forward to some time tomorrow morning over coffee to read some of your posts after having just skimmed them.

    Jul 31, 2012

  • Brigitte Martin

    Thank you very much for your membership payment and support of Crafthaus. Your membership is valid through August 15, 2014.

    Enjoy Crafthaus, participate often!

    Aug 3, 2012

  • Shaya Durbin

    Hi Harriete, I am a MAG member. Hope to see you at the picnic!

    Aug 6, 2012

  • Dr. Batsheva Gillat

    Thank you for taking your time to look at my at pieces.

    I look forward to many interesting friendly conversations.

    Delighted to be your friend.

    Oct 6, 2012

  • Marianne Cornelius

    Hi Harriete, thank you for welcoming me at crafthaus. I am very happy to be part of this and i am looking forward to some interesting chatts.
    All the best
    Marianne

    Oct 26, 2012

  • Gigi Mariani

    thanks, pleasure it's mine :)

    Dec 15, 2012

  • Brigitte Martin

    Harriete,

    Maybe you'd be interested to share your insight into last week"s symposium as well?

    http://crafthaus.ning.com/profiles/blogs/craft-forward-ing?xg_sourc...

    Mar 10, 2013

  • Judy H Morgan

    Thank you for your welcome to Crafthaus.  I am looking forward to learning from your wealth of knowledge!

    Mar 13, 2013

  • Jessica Todd

    Thank you so much! I'm such a huge fan of your work and your writing. - Jessica

    Mar 22, 2013

  • Kimberly Becker

    Thanks for the friend invite. I am very new at this and have not sat down to really figure it all out. As you can see, I can't even get my picture upright!

    Oct 26, 2013

  • Roxy Lentz

    Thanks Harriete!

    Apr 22, 2015