Constructivist samovar tray

I found this Soviet type electric samovar offered on the internet for very little money

Following some Internet sleuthing, it turned out to be a Tula samovar.

 

http://www.tulasamovar.ru/catalog/electric-samovar/378/

As I was testing and trying out 

I felt I needed some kind of tray

 And I went for constructivism

As a matter of fact, I already possessed a samovar or two...

One I bought in 1991 on the Arbat in Moscow from a group of lads, a true Soviet type of samovar.

I use this one for summer nights in my garden or barbecue parties.
http://www.tulasamovar.ru/catalog/samovar-flame/372/

Самовар жаровый  советского периода формы банка граненая листьями
Материал полированная латунь.
Объем  5л
Диаметр трубы: 65мм
Производитель Россия  г. Тула завод Штамп
Гарантийный срок 5 лет.

Товар в наличии

14 000 руб.  

14,000.00 RUB = 288.494 EUR (2014)

DM40 (1991)

The one below- no longer in working order - I bought in 2011 on the Queen's day flea market. 

My Dacha @home

http://www.samovaroff.net/

Sale!

Charity sale held today for Dutch Radio 3FM Serious Request.
 http://seriousrequest-leeuwarden.nl/

Pumpkin for St. Martin's day.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Martin's_Day#Netherlands

 NOT for Halloween.

Becket

10 November 2013

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qjtWSSWDpJo Entire Movie

http://www.vernonjohns.org/snuffy1186/becket.html

http://trivialbiographies.blogspot.nl/2010/10/thomas-becket.html

Bracket fungus

I mounted this earlier work (W047 - 2003) on a hollowed out trunk and did some corrections.
Below right a pumpkin (W072 - carved in 2006)

Fungus as carved in 2003

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bracket_fungus

And another one

Unexpectedly, this Toussiana mask was done.
The blue on the bird's bill used to be made with Reckitt Blue, as blue dyes were rare in Africa























Nowadays, Reckitt Blue has become a rarity, so I had to emulate with acrilic paints.
http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toussiana_(d%C3%A9partement)

Green Man of Canterbury