When this teapot was made, it is the third year that I was not able to go home, I wanted to commemorate home throughout this teapot. Moving between cities and countries happened quite a few times while I grow up. In my mind, there are these spaces that I remember spending some time in, but none of them feels like home to me. One thing that keeps appearing in my memories is a birdcage, as my father loves having a pet bird. Slowly it became a symbol of home to me. My father loves petting birds as much as he loves drinking tea, for some reason these two cultures share the same audience. So I brought these 2 elements into one teapot.
I used sterling silver for the main body of this teapot, with some basswood touches, it brings back to the traditional birdcages which are usually made of wood.
Sterling silver, basswood.
20 x 17 x 9
