Parts & how it came together
A friend gave me this old copper tea kettle and for some bizarre reason I saw a spaceship. As it often does, it took me awhile to figure out how to make it all come together. But oh, how it did! And this piece, along with two others, won first place in the juried art exhibit at the 2022 Santa Fe Recycle Show.
The Time Traveler is a vintage pepper shaker, I never saw his mate. He sports a vintage copper flower in the pepper hole and has a Token in his hat that reads “Good for one Token”.
You can’t travel alone – right? So he’s got his time travelin’ pal Ozzie with him. They sit on a seat that I made out of Styrofoam and clay.
His Time Machine is an old copper kettle that’s steam powered! The glass dome is just an old watch dome. I hand coiled the copper tubing (left over from a neighbor adding it to his refrigerator). It’s got a meter to regulate the steam of course, “O” rings from old café curtains (don’t all spaceships have them?), side flaps (vintage cheese graters I soldered) and a compass. On the back is a real glass tail light and “Pig Iron” (old pig button). Around the lip of the tea kettle is old furniture brass detailing.
The top is a propeller on an antique clock gear, on a porcelain insulator with a warning light on top (toy light).
He had to have landing wheels, right? Those are wood wheels I painted. Then drilled the kettle and used threaded rods for the wheels so they turn.
You’ll enjoy gazing at this piece over and over discovering all the cool parts it’s made of! You won’t find another one like this in this Time!
DETAILS
✅ SIZE: approximately 14.75″ Tall x 8.5″ width x 10″ depth
✅ Michelle’s Assemblage Sculptures are made out of the most interesting vintage objects she can find. While I do clean the pieces I do leave a bit of patina, scratches, dings add to the charm. The entire piece is sealed. Each sculpture is a one-of-a-kind art piece.
✅ Please note that while this is a Fun piece, it is an art object and NOT for children or a toy to be handled.
✅ Signed Original Piece of Art. Comes with Certificate of Authenticity.