Thursday, October 21, 2010

Another Copper Teapot and Glass Repair



I had a little time this week so I made another copper teapot. This one has a African blackwood handle and knob. I drilled the knob so I could put a brass pin (rivet) through it to insure it so it wouldn't come off once glued. The wood handle also has a pin the runs all the way through it.

The glass canisters I bought a long time ago at a show in Chicago. They were very crudely cut, meaning they had awful raw edges. So this morning I decided to stone off those jagged edges off the canisters and their lids. Now they look much better! I filled them with flour, sugar, tea and pasta. I must find a substitute for the real thing. I don't need weevils hatching and creeping around. LOL

Please CLICK on photos for a much closer look.

34 comments:

  1. Catherine, your Copper Kettle is beautiful. Your pictures look like we, are peeking into a real Kitchen. xxx

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  2. The kettle is just a beautiful piece! And I agree with Debbie - the minis on the photos look like 1:1 things:)

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  3. The kettle is perfect. And like the previous comments I think the picture looks like a real kitchen.

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  4. I agree, your mini's look life sized...perfect in every way and a truly wonderful collection too!!

    I love your copper and metal work I hope some day you take commission's! :o))

    Michelle xxx

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  5. Wow, I love that copper kettle and all your beautiful treasures in your mini kitchen :0)
    Julia x

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  6. Any time I look at your copper pans and pots I feel tears in my eyes. They are so incredibly beautiful ! Rosanna

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  7. The collection of exhibits on the table is so beautiful ... I go from one to another like a ball in the pinball machine ... And then, TILT :-)
    You know that I am a huge admirer of your work so I do not add more :-)
    Only, I embrace you with affection.
    Flora

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  8. Unbelieveable!!!I thought that was from your own kitchen first.Lovely pieces!!!

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  9. Me encanta!! Al principio pense que era de tamaño real, me gusta todo.
    Un beso Gemma

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  10. So beautiful and absolutely perfect,like all of your work !!! Jeannette

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  11. So Amazing! So Perfect! So Beautiful! So inspiring!

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  12. What an impressive image, all those gorgeous copper kettles gleaming in the background. Your latest is fabulous, love the little ceramic teapot too. How did you smooth off the jagged edges of the glass?

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  13. I have a stone that I use for high fire glass enamels. Sometimes you have to build up several layers of the powdered glass to fill an area (firing in between fills). Such as in Champlevé and cloisonné enameling. Occasionally the glass powder gets on places where you don't want it but you don't want to disturb other areas, so you stone it off under running water. Clear as mud on the subject now huh? LOL Sorry looooong story. ;-)

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  14. I have to agree with the others! If it weren't for recognising items from earlier posts, I would have thought it was a beautiful 1:1 scale setting too. :~)

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  15. oh dear me!!! I have 'copper kettle envy'....it is the most amazingly beautiful little kettle I think I have ever seen!!!!

    Congratulations on such a fabulous talent!!!

    Linda x

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  16. Una tetera preciosa. Parece increible trabajas el cobre en ese tamaño.
    Todas las cosas de la mesa una delicia. Muy buenas compras los botes de cristal.
    Me encanta pasar a ver tu trabajo.
    Besos Clara

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  17. That's one of the most beautiful kettle I have ever seen ! And your work is perfect as usual.

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  18. Back again ... I would like to send you a private mail but could'nt find your mail address ;-)

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  19. Der Wasserkessel ist sehr realistisch geworden.... ein nettes Kleinod. Und der Rest der Küche natürlich auch... gefällt mir sehr gut.

    Liebe Grüße PuNo/Monika

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  20. Amazing pictures, Catherine, your things are so beautiful!
    Love, Susanne

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  21. Haces unos trabajos maravillosos, me encanta como te ha quedado.
    Tienes muchisimo talento.
    Feliz fin de semana
    besitos ascension

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  22. Catherine, I LOVE the shape of this tea kettle! It is so lovely! Everything is really wonderful on that table. The canisters look great. I wonder if you can use some extra fine glitter for the sugar? cornstarch for the flour? <--would that get bugs in it??
    What an incredible collection of copper you have made!

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  23. The kettle is a treasured object of great desire ;-).

    Real mineral based talcum powder would make good flour. Fine white sand for sugar. Tea, perhaps tiny shreds of paper? Pasta again paper or Fimo. Seal the containers so bugs can't get in and the real thing or the subsitutes should be OK for many years until the silicone or whatever the sealant is made from or the contents shows it's age.

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  24. Thanks Everyone!!! :-)

    Karin & Patty... All of those are great ideas and I will try them. Thanks!

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  25. You are a truly artisan!! It is amazing how perfect is the copper teapot!

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  26. Catherine, I'm soooo behind in blogland!!! I'm trying to catch up, and of course you're blog is one that I hate to miss. You are sooooo overflowing with talent woman! If you ever decide to sell your miniatures, I know you'd do VERY well! You take such care to make them high quality well made items. This teapot is absolutely gorgeous!

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  27. I'd like to be the right size to come in this kitchen and cook for you!
    Beautiful as always:)
    Emma

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  28. Hallo Catherine, Thank you for the compliments on my city, actually I love it.
    I did make 22 posts on it, just go on my blog, find the key word GENOVA on the posts list and you'll find them.
    Sometimes I feel that if I talk too much of it people might get bored.
    You are always welcome here, any time (^_^)Rosanna

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  29. Such perfect scale, Catherine -- and such a pleasing arrangement. I love seeing bits of your Stokesay collection in context, too :)

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  30. Hello :-) The things you make are amazing! I just pulled out a doll house I started to make about 6 years ago-- to finally finish it. I don't think mine when its finished is even going to come close to anything you've created, but I'm sure going to use YOU for inspiration to try even harder for things to look fabulous.

    Now, why couldn't you use powder for your flour and maybe salt for your sugar? I don't think bugs like salt :-) Just a thought. I look forward to visiting your blog often.
    ~Cheryl

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  31. What an entirely remarkable artist you are! That teapot is wonderful beyond words, and as fine/finer as any I've seen. So enjoy your very creative and informative blog. You know, I could possibly perish without a teapot like yours ... : (

    A note: I've been working on the flour/sugar thing for awhile, and I found that the 'Magnesium Citrate' I take (from the health food store) has properties much like its miniature counterpart should, and that 'Splenda/Equal" (definately not at the health food store) are both fine grained enough to simulate sugar ... and, any bug in its right mind probably shouldn't be eating it either!

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