I'm inclined to think that this is an object that was made just because someone had an interesting bit of metal....It looks to me like the depressions are what formed it into a bowl shape, they aren't regular enough to have a specific purpose, but it has been cut into a round. Maybe an offcut hole from a larger object that someone wondered what they could do with, although I can't think what the larger object was. The surface makes me think that it was cast, so it could just have been someone playing with casting metals, made a nice round ingot, and then a nice bowl.
Sarah Joubert wrote:it gives me plenty of time to come up with and discard ideas.
This, I think, is the most important step: you can make your shed exactly right for you! I love the idea of having a living structure (as I think William suggested above) with a waterproof structure inside it
I wondered whether to share this here, since our teapot isn't nearly as pretty as those above, but since this is permies I think you'll appreciate it anyway!
Our everyday teapot is one I've had since our old house. I remember buying it in a local charity shop. At that time the lid had a cherry on, but that lid got broken and I managed to find one on ebay that almost matched. As you can see the pot has an authentic patina from the tea tannins (we only ever rinse, don't scrub the pot). The cosy was a gift from a customer - the outer is Harris tweed, the inner Irish linen. I repaired it with a bit of elastic so it fits over the handle more snugly. We use it three or four times a day as we drink a lot of tea! It's a nice china one and is pretty robust, depite the incident with the lid.
our everyday teapot
When our friend comes to visit, our normal pot isn't really big enough so I did buy a huge village hall teapot. However it is actually a bit heavy for me so doesn't actually get used much, but comes in for parties. I have a cat design teacosy that covers it nicely. This isn't mine, but similar:
Any tips on cleaning the roots? I rinsed most of the mud off them used a brush under running water. I suspect that in better soil they develop a better taproot - mine were quite short with lots of side branches.
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A graduate scientist turned automotive engineer, currently running a small shop and growing plants on Skye: turning a sheep field into a food forest.
