This old, tin, Watering can repurpose was made for my mother’s friend Jenny. It was part of her parental, house hold effect, a reminiscence of a time when a teapot, an oil lamp, or a washtub were objects of great value, and as such were being given as wedding presents, cherished and repaired instead of thrown away, when damaged.
I received it worn out, rusty and crooked and I thought of handling it with the respect it deserves, trying to make it pretty, and giving it a new utility, a Watering can repurpose. So i coated it with a primer for metal surfaces, I let it dry, and then I applied a second coat of white acrylic, polyurethane, metal and wood enamel, mixed with a few drops of green acrylic color.
Then I took my oil colors and painting brushes and I tried to paint it like those old metal teapots, which used to be trendy when my watering can was in its prime. I made 4 or 5 holes on the bottom using a hammer and a big nail, I filled it with soil, I planted a flower in it, and my Watering can repurpose was ready.
Though I loved this old fellow very much, I returned it to its original owner where it belongs, to find its place in the house where it spent its youth, resting in a familiar garden, now as a flower pot getting its payback, no longer watering but being watered instead.
