Pique Assiette Wine Amphora

Description

I had saved this 3 liter wine bottle for a decade. When a glass water pitcher broke and I was able to extract the blue handle intact, my dead wine soldier was reincarnated into an historical artifact. An Italian, porcelain, flower cluster focal point is kept company by gorgeous bright floral china. I used several Homer Laughlin Rhythm patterns, Primrose, Chintz, Woods and Kensington. I cut each shard individually, by hand, from the original plate. I feel more organically connected to the traditional pique assiette ("stolen from plate") method in this way. I added some mother of pearl beads and a vintage necklace up top. Grouted in deep purple grape, of course!

The amphora stands 17.5" high and is a very heavy, statuesque piece. What a perfect gift for the wine-loving master gardener archeologist historian in your life.

Please click through to my profile bio to learn a bit more about my life and my work. Thanks for stopping by and sharing my "pique passion", and do be sure to view all of the other wonderful entries in the Bitchen (Kitchen) Mosaic Challenge!

Added on Oct 31, 2009