Paper Teapot P08512-P00043 Birds Nest Plant

Birds Nest Plant

reminiscent of a carefree time when my home country

Inspired by artist Jan Jahnke's travels to the Southwest

the shells are shiny and full of movement

soft blues

Paper Teapot P08512-P00043 Birds Nest PlantThis is a decorative teapot. It begins as a wheel thrown stoneware vessel. After being altered with the application of flat clay slabs to both sides, and the spout, lid, foot and handle lugs added, it is fired to bisque temperature to harden the clay. The curved sides of the pot are then overlaid with a collage of torn fragments of handmade Japanese papers. The two flat sides are overlaid with a collage of paper, skeletal leaves, and digital prints of