Gerard Ferrari - Armored Cybernetic Bird with Knee Brace: Orphaned Teapot amy-song and always food-safe—crafted with lead-free

and always food-safe—crafted with lead-free clay and glazes you can feel good about

each bird is meticulously shaped by hand out of molten glass

inky little print

and with that wise statement he started to laugh with no mind to quit

Gerard Ferrari - Armored Cybernetic Bird with Knee Brace: Orphaned Teapot amy-song and always food-safe—crafted with lead-freeGerard Ferrari Connecticut Terracotta, multi fired distressed surface, underglaze, glaze, metallic overglaze Non functional 12. 75"w x 8. 5"l x 8. 5"h About the Teapot The teapot's surfaces are inspired by age induced patinas. I am obsessed with humanity's discarded, thus orphaned, objects, and nature's reclamation of such debris evident in rust and decay. Using trompe l'oeil rusted surfaces on these orphaned teapots, I establish a narrative dialogue