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Moon Path Seder Plate

03.26.2017 by laura // Leave a Comment

Moon Path Seder Plate - Modern Seder Plates from Laura Cowan

One of my favourite design challenges is creating Seder plates: combining the traditional elements required by Halacha together with my contemporary ideas.

For this Pesach I wanted to produce a unique design that would also work as a modern centerpiece for the Seder table. I love experimenting when working on new creations, my studio is full of sample pieces of metal of all shapes, sizes and colors. The design is waiting for me in the metal – I cut, carve, bend, file and polish until the right aesthetic appears.

As so often happens, one idea can lead to further inspiration. And that’s exactly what happened after I designed the Moon Path Trio Tray. Looking at the design, I realized that I could expand on the concept and use the idea to produce a Seder Tray Design.

The result was the Moon Path Seder Plate. The design is especially relevant for the first night of Pesach due to its Hebrew date, the fifteenth of the month, when there is a full moon.

Each Moon Path Seder Tray is individually made of aviation quality aluminium, highly polished to a mirror finish, and by nature of the hand stamping method no two are the exactly the same. I personally sign each single piece.

Categories // Design Tags // Passover, Pesach, Seder, Seder Plates

Moon Path Trio

02.08.2017 by laura // Leave a Comment

Moon Path Trio - part of a new range of tableware by designer Laura Cowan

I’m fascinated by everything to do with space and space travel, so when I decided to design a new tableware range – in addition to my Judaica designs – this theme was my first source of inspiration.

Moon Path Trio is the first piece of my collection. It is a multi-functional serving tray that can be used for nuts and candy or even for candles. It’s a simple way to create a striking centrepiece on your table.

The idea for the design came from seeing images of the moon’s path in the sky. It is a variation of a theme I have visited before with my popular Moon Seder Plate.

Each Moon Path Trio tray is individually made which means no two pieces are identical. Made of aviation quality aluminium, they are created by a manually operated ten ton press and then highly polished to a mirror finish. In addition I personally sign each piece.

Moon Path Trio tray from a new collection of taleware by designer Laura Cowan

Categories // Design Tags // Passover, Seder, Tableware

Less Is More

04.09.2014 by laura // Leave a Comment

Dune Seder Plate Modern Judaica designed by Laura Cowan

I do feel proud of myself that I achieved one of my goals and I have created a collection of (almost) all the Judaica essentials. For Shabbat I already have made a Kiddush Cup and several types of candlesticks.

This year I decided to design a Matza plate to match the Dune Seder plate collection.

Square Steel Matzah Tray for Pesach

I had several design ideas for the matza plate with square curved steel like the Dune Seder plate. But my instinct was to pare the design down, and use just my essential design elements – a combination of matt and polished metal and a laser cut word. Something about the design just worked better like this, I think because after a lot of trial and error I got the proportions exactly right. The more simple the design – the more “correct” the proportions need to be. And judging by the reaction (my most popular item this season) I think I got the aesthetics right

Dune Haroset Plate - Modern Judaica by Laura Cowan

At the request of one of my Charoset loving collectors I also designed a Charoset plate, a simple square of highly polished steel, curved and engraved with the Hebrew word חרוסת and raised on protective silicon feet.

I’d like to take this opportunity to wish you a Happy and Kosher Pesach. I will be celebrating here in Tel Aviv with my family. If you are in Israel please contact me if you’d like to pop in and say hello at my workshop in Neve Tsedek.

Categories // Design Tags // Passover, Seder

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