Teapots, Decorative Art
Some pieces begin with a scene rather than a shape. Here, a small tree frog has paused on the leaf of a peace lily, caught in the kind of quiet moment easy to miss and impossible to forget once seen. Genevieve hand-raised the body of the teapot from sterling silver, then brought the frog and lily blossom to life using chasing and repoussé, an ancient technique that pushes and coaxes form from flat metal until it breathes.
Above it all, a dragonfly alights on the finial, its wings saw pierced with a lightness that belies the silver they're cut from — the body carved from a single heavy wire, poised as if it might lift off at any moment. The handle continues the piece's organic language, its sinuous curves hand forged from sterling silver wire. A patina settles into the details, deepening the blossom, the frog, and the dragonfly's wings, and giving the whole composition the hush of a pond at rest.
Award-Winning Teapot: Prairie Village State of the Arts, 2015
Dimensions: 6" x 6" x 6"
Photography: Terry Weckbaugh, Image Quest Photography
Teapots, Decorative Art
Some pieces begin with a scene rather than a shape. Here, a small tree frog has paused on the leaf of a peace lily, caught in the kind of quiet moment easy to miss and impossible to forget once seen. Genevieve hand-raised the body of the teapot from sterling silver, then brought the frog and lily blossom to life using chasing and repoussé, an ancient technique that pushes and coaxes form from flat metal until it breathes.
Above it all, a dragonfly alights on the finial, its wings saw pierced with a lightness that belies the silver they're cut from — the body carved from a single heavy wire, poised as if it might lift off at any moment. The handle continues the piece's organic language, its sinuous curves hand forged from sterling silver wire. A patina settles into the details, deepening the blossom, the frog, and the dragonfly's wings, and giving the whole composition the hush of a pond at rest.
Award-Winning Teapot: Prairie Village State of the Arts, 2015
Dimensions: 6" x 6" x 6"
Photography: Terry Weckbaugh, Image Quest Photography
