Tezaveh

We read on in Exodus, after fleeing Egypt to wander in the desert for 40 years. During that time G'd gives forth his commandments and instructions on how to live but also how to worship him. With in Tetzaveh are the modus operandi for the construction of the ark as well as the details for the priestly robes are delineated.
Since the destruction of the second temple there are no temple priests but a part of their uniform is used to adorn the Torah, that is the breastplate.
I love the twelve tribes breastplate from Ron Starr, but I cannot find anything about the artist. We'll just have to love it as a lone object for now.

Melanie Kline is the owner of Tagin Designs. Her work has been seen and recognized throughout the United States. This is what she says about her breastplate the Tree of Life, as the Torah is known; this breastplate is rich with symbolism. At the top of the breastplate, appearing as golden fruit, are the Sephirot. These spinning symbols breathe life
into the word "Israel". What appears to be a tree is also a menorah, the symbol of Judaism. Seventy leaves adorn this menorah representing the 70 members of the Sanhedrin responsible for the interpretation
of God's laws.Spirals of consciousness infuse the air, land, and river, welcoming us to the Source of this Consciousness. The letters of the Hebrew ALEPH-BET individually form the chain by which the breastplate hangs, symbolizing the fact that all of our Torah study hangs on the understanding of these letters. The beautiful forms of the letters are also hidden in the grasses along the riverbank. The bells at the bottom of the breastplate call us to the Five Books of Moses.

Go gently

Without reading about her, or seeing her picture, one knows that Temma Gentles is a Jewish Woman. One only need to look at the names of her work:
SHE is a tree of life
Parents and children
Biblical Women
Village Shul
Those names represent about a third of the mantles posted on her site.
On her site, she shares this midrash from Rabbi Elyse Goldstein, someon who I met in passing during a period of my life when I considered entering the rabbinate. Her mother Terry was a director of NFTY, the reform youth movement when I was very involved.
From Rabbi Goldstein: If Judaism is like a tree, when the strong winds of feminist change blow on it, it will become up-rooted and die. If, however, Judaism is like the reeds and grasses, it will be able to sway and adapt to changes.

Gentles describes her Biblical Women (photos below): Lines of fine red ribbon running horizontally amid a few impressionistic grasses represent the winds of feminism. Into these are incorporated, in roughly chronological order, the names of 24 Biblical women, with Sarah ("the priest-ess", according to Savina Teubal's book) at the centre front where the breastplate sits.

The ornate piece which begins this post was award winning for Temma Gentles and Dorothy Ross. I am sure that many of us are continuing to applaud their work.