Paul Cardew Design Special Event Piece, Rainbow Karma Sutra, TP278
Paul Cardew

A Paul Cardew Design Rare Collectable Special Event Piece, Rainbow Karma Sutra, By Paul Cardew.

This exquisite special event centre piece was made by Paul Cardew Design in England. It is a Collectors Club event piece from 2003.

This wonderful collectors club event piece is a very limited edition piece being numbered 25 out of only 30 made. These handcrafted masterpieces were only available at special collectors club events and were never commercially available, making them a rarity to find.

This Rainbow Karma Sutra sculpture is personally signed and dated by Paul Cardew himself. It is also personally signed by Chris Bennet, Gary West, Charlie, Claire and master mould maker Barry Ward, it is dated 28th June 2003.

Rainbow Karma Sutra is a spectacular centre piece entitled Bollywood '30 Summer Of Love. It was unveiled at the summer signing day on Saturday June 28th 2003. This magnificent sculpture comprises of an incense teapot stand with a lid as the base. This could be filled with your favourite smelling incense or potpourri. If you look carefully you will notice that the teapot base is constructed of the word "Love" in different sizes all the way around. Another genius idea by Paul Cardew and showing what an eye for detail he has got. 

The Karma Sutra Teapot itself sits on top of the cleverly designed base. Both the base and the teapot are lavishly airbrushed in rainbow colours matching on both the figures and the base all the way round, and embellished with gold decoration and 18ct gold gilding on the teapot,teapot base and the base lid.

This is a truly stunning centre piece and could theoretically function as a teapot, not that anything this precious should ever be used for anything other than a piece of artwork. This really shows just how extremely talented Paul Cardew really is.

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Approx Dimensions:-

Base

5 in (12.5 cm) tall

6.5 in (16.5 cm) diam

Teapot

8.5 in (21.5 cm) tall

11 in (28 cm) wide

Paul Cardew 

Master Teapot Maker is a title not everyone is worthy to hold, but Paul Cardew is certainly entitled to. He is no doubt the world's best known designer and producer of novelty teapots. With his exceptional modelling skills and incredible imagination, he and his team created the most marvellous collection of amazing and intricate designs possible. Initially created in his kitchen, he converted his 19th century farmhouse in Devon into a complex dedicated to produce his masterpieces from start to finish, eventually employing a substantial team of talented individuals as the business grew with such popularity. From initial concept, sculpting the idea into 3D, making the moulds, through to three kiln firings, hand painting, adding identifying marks, signatures and limited edition numbers; some of the large teapots could take the skilled team eight days to produce! Some of the teapots are gilded with 18ct gold and silver/platinum. That is dedication to one's art and he is loved all the more for it, his wit, skill and imagination have no boundaries. The teapots come in four different sizes; large, medium (2 cup), small (one cup) and Tiny (the smallest and diddiest of them all as they are approximately 2 inches (5cm) in size and make make perfect Christmas decorations). All but the Tiny teapots are actually functioning teapots, not that you would ever risk using them as they are too precious and works of art; best to be looked at and appreciated in all their glory. In 2008 Paul retired from being a hectically busy teapot designer and so all of his works of art have become far more collectable than ever they were before, some commanding incredibly high prices.

Personally Signed Teapots

Many of the teapots we sell have been personally signed in gold by Paul Cardew himself and will be stated as such in the details. At special events that Paul Cardew held to promote the latest teapot designs, he and other members of his design team that attended also personally signed teapots bought by customers at the event. These team members included Chris Bennett - Design Studio Sculptor, Gary West - Mechanical 3D Sculptor and Tom Johnson - Studio Manager, who signed his signature 'Teapot Tom' and Claire who took over from Tom after he left. Any personally signed teapots are highly sought after, with more signatures the better!