Some may remember awhile back I made a lidded bowl, using metal reactive paint.  This is paint that has metal flakes imbedded into the paint, so it can be oxidized while it’s wet, causing the paint itself to rust.  Here’s a link to that bowl.

I decided to make a companion piece for this bowl and settled on making a bottle.  Gotta have something to drink while you’re eating the plunder of your enemies, right?  This is made from ash, that had a LARGE number of cracks in the wood.  There’s almost a 1:1 ratio of CA glue to wood under all that paint.  The iron lines at the bottom were made by cutting thin strips of wood (Brazilian mesquite), then soaking them in water and clamping them around a circle to get them to bend.  They, they were attached with upholstery tacks.  The top part was done with thin pieces of basket weaving reeds.

Really like this one and could easily see a plate coming in the very near future…