Michael Aram I Butterfly Ginkgo Teapot

Michael Aram I Butterfly Ginkgo Teapot Description:

The Butterfly Ginkgo Collection celebrates the representation of flora as fauna.

Michaels fascination with a particular type of ginkgo tree, the ginkgo Biloba, or "Butterfly ginkgo", which grows with a double leaf reminiscent of a butterflys wings, gave rise to a fantasia image of the plant.

Executed at the highest level of handcraftsmanship, each piece is rendered in solid brass with etched cocoon-shaped vessels.

The pieces in the collection are a tour de force of Indian craft and capture the poetic spirit that is so deeply indicative of Michaels work.

"The first time I saw this tree, it literally looked like it had been completely overtaken by butterflies.

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as if they would all take flight the moment I walked too close or made a noise.

The idea that the leaves could evoke the beauty of butterflies was magical to me, like trees that can metamorphose from flora to fauna in the blink of an eye.

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