Tea-rific

A functional tea infuser. The bottom comes off so you can insert the tea leafs. The top piece is fold formed and resembles a tea leaf in its original form. Silver wire attaches to the leaves and travels down through the geometric forms to represent a root going down into the base of the infuser.

I was playing with the idea of tea and representing it in its original form before any manufacturing.

I used 18gage sterling silver sheet and silver wire (forgot what gage of wire I used). On this piece I drilled holes for the first time on an uneven surface. I learned from it and hope to do better in the future.