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Lesley's Handcrafted Copper Bird Bath

Name: Lesley's Handcrafted Copper Bird Bath
Brand: Handmade by Lesley Tasker
SKU: CF-BIRDBATH-NZ
Price: 50.95 EUR
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Hand-raised by Lesley Tasker

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Hand-raised in a tin shed in Waikari, North Canterbury

Lesley Tasker, seventy-one, thirty-four years a metalwork teacher. These are the last 96 bird baths she will ever make.

“In winter everyone puts out fat balls. In spring they hang a nest box. Come February, when the nor’wester has been blowing for a week, nobody thinks about water. That’s when the little ones are in trouble.”

— Lesley Tasker, Waikari, North Canterbury

What arrives

🪑 The copper bowl Twenty-four centimetres across. Brushed copper finish with dark patina streaks — no two come out identical.

📌 The ground stake Central stake with the cast scrollwork ring. Push it into lawn or garden bed and it stands firm.

⚡ Nothing to assemble Out of the box, into the ground, fill with water. No tools, no fixings, no instructions to lose.

🌿 Lesley’s placement tip Out in the open on the lawn, a few metres from a shrub. Drop a flat stone in the middle so the bees can climb out.

Why this one works and the pretty ones do not

🟠 The Copper Bowl Copper naturally holds back algae and bacteria in standing water, so it stays cleaner between rinses. The worked surface also gives a bird something to grip — glazed ceramic never will.

🌊 The Shallow Edge The bowl curves: barely a centimetre of water at the lip, deeper through the middle. Silvereyes and grey warblers stand in the shallows, blackbirds bathe in the centre.

◯ The Rolled Lip The edge is rolled over instead of cut off square. Solid footing for a landing bird, and a raised edge an insect that has gone in can climb back out over.

👁 The Cat-Height Stake Height is not decoration. Pet cats in New Zealand kill around a million native birds a year. A raised bath with a clear line of sight is far harder to stalk than a dish on the ground.

🥬 Two minutes a week Smooth inside, no corners, nowhere for algae to sit. Rinse under the tap once a week, top the water up daily through the hot months. That is the whole job.

☀ Built for a nor’wester summer Metal, not plastic that cooks the water and goes brittle, and not cheap ceramic that cracks in a hard frost. It is made to sit outside through a hot, dry Canterbury January.

“People are generous with seed and nest boxes. Water is the thing that gets forgotten, and in a hot, dry summer it matters most. Young birds leave the nest right in the hottest weeks. A clean, shallow bowl, topped up every day and out in the open where they can watch for cats, is one of the simplest things a garden can offer.”

Dr Anna Whitfield, Ph.D. Avian Ecologist · Wild bird rehabilitation, North Canterbury

Made for

🌳 Back gardens 🏠 Front garden beds 🌴 Lifestyle blocks and farms 🏦 Verandas, decks and the bach 🌿 Native gardens with flax and kōwhai 🎁 A present for a birdwatcher 👶 Grandkids who want to watch 🎄 A summer Christmas present

What you are actually buying

Hand-raised, not pressed out by the thousand — the bowl and the rim are worked by hand, which is why the patina falls differently on every one.
Designed by watching, not by drawing — thirty-five summers of watching silvereyes and changing the depth and the rim until the birds actually used it.
Metal all the way through — no plastic to go brittle in the sun, no glaze to chip.
Sized for small birds first — a young silvereye can stand in it without going out of its depth.
The last of the run — Lesley is closing the shed. 96 left, there is no next batch.

30-day money-back guarantee Put it in the garden and watch what happens. Not convinced? Send it back within 30 days for a full refund. No questions.

A note on the finish. Every bowl is worked by hand and the copper patina is applied by hand, so the streaking and the depth of colour vary from piece to piece. Outdoors the finish will keep moving over the first seasons and settle darker. That is the material doing what copper does — it is not a fault, and it is the reason no two of Lesley’s baths look the same.

The details

Material	Copper-coated metal, hand-applied polychrome patina
Bowl diameter	approx. 24 cm
Bowl profile	Curved — shallow at the rolled lip, deeper through the centre
Detailing	Cast scrollwork ring below the bowl (a bird and a flower)
Mounting	Central ground stake for lawn or garden bed
Included	1 × bowl, 1 × ground stake
Assembly	None — push in, fill, done
Care	Top up water daily in summer, rinse once a week
Made by	Lesley Tasker, Waikari, North Canterbury
Availability	Last 96 — while they last

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The Last Winter

A note from the shed:

For thirty-four years Lesley Tasker taught metalwork at a college in Rangiora, North Canterbury. Every Year 10 class hammered a flat copper disc into a bowl. In 1991 one came out too flat and too wide. She filled it with water and put it on a fence post, and the next morning three silvereyes were sitting in it. Since then she has made bird baths in the tin shed behind her house in Waikari, about three thousand hammer blows each. Last winter she tore her shoulder, and the surgeon said no more hammering. These 96 are the last bird baths from her shed.

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- Every bird bath is wrapped by hand in brown paper and sent with tracking
- Bowl approx. 24 cm across, shallow at the rolled rim, deeper in the middle
- Copper-coated metal with a hand-applied patina, no two exactly alike
- Central ground stake: push it into the lawn or a garden bed, fill with water, done
- 30-day money-back guarantee — just email info@craft-folk.com

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310+ Verified Buyers

Excellent 4.8

What gardeners say about Lesleys bird baths

Lesley Tasker copper bird bath f1-silvereyes

Six years with a concrete bird bath and maybe two birds. This one had silvereyes in it the first afternoon. Now there is a queue on the rim every evening.

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Gail M., Timaru

Lesley Tasker copper bird bath f2-unboxing

It came wrapped in brown paper with a little note on the date it was made. Out of the box and into the garden before my tea got cold.

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Helen R., Dunedin

Lesley Tasker copper bird bath f3-pushing-in

Pushed it into the garden bed in two minutes. No base, nothing to assemble. Filled it up and went inside to watch.

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Kevin B., Ashburton

Lesley Tasker copper bird bath f4-blackbird

The blackbirds took it over first and splash half the water out every morning. I top it up with my cup of tea and they are back within minutes.

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Russell P., Hastings

Lesley Tasker copper bird bath f5-veranda

Bought it for Mum for Christmas. She rings me now to tell me which birds came. Last week it was a fantail having a bath.

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Michelle T., Rotorua

Lesley Tasker copper bird bath f6-window

We have two cats next door. I put it out in the middle of the lawn like Lesley says, and I watch the silvereyes from the kitchen window.

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Annette K., Whangarei

Lesley Tasker copper bird bath f7-bellbird

First bellbird in our garden in years, and it came for the water. The copper looks lovely in the evening sun too.

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Margaret O., Napier

Six years with a concrete bird bath and maybe two birds. This one had silvereyes in it the first afternoon. Now there is a queue on the rim every evening.

Verified

Gail M., Timaru

It came wrapped in brown paper with a little note on the date it was made. Out of the box and into the garden before my tea got cold.

Verified

Helen R., Dunedin

Pushed it into the garden bed in two minutes. No base, nothing to assemble. Filled it up and went inside to watch.

Verified

Kevin B., Ashburton

The blackbirds took it over first and splash half the water out every morning. I top it up with my cup of tea and they are back within minutes.

Verified

Russell P., Hastings

Bought it for Mum for Christmas. She rings me now to tell me which birds came. Last week it was a fantail having a bath.

Verified

Michelle T., Rotorua

We have two cats next door. I put it out in the middle of the lawn like Lesley says, and I watch the silvereyes from the kitchen window.

Verified

Annette K., Whangarei

First bellbird in our garden in years, and it came for the water. The copper looks lovely in the evening sun too.

Verified

Margaret O., Napier

Six years with a concrete bird bath and maybe two birds. This one had silvereyes in it the first afternoon. Now there is a queue on the rim every evening.

Verified

Gail M., Timaru

It came wrapped in brown paper with a little note on the date it was made. Out of the box and into the garden before my tea got cold.

Verified

Helen R., Dunedin

Pushed it into the garden bed in two minutes. No base, nothing to assemble. Filled it up and went inside to watch.

Verified

Kevin B., Ashburton

The blackbirds took it over first and splash half the water out every morning. I top it up with my cup of tea and they are back within minutes.

Verified

Russell P., Hastings

Bought it for Mum for Christmas. She rings me now to tell me which birds came. Last week it was a fantail having a bath.

Verified

Michelle T., Rotorua

We have two cats next door. I put it out in the middle of the lawn like Lesley says, and I watch the silvereyes from the kitchen window.

Verified

Annette K., Whangarei

First bellbird in our garden in years, and it came for the water. The copper looks lovely in the evening sun too.

Verified

Margaret O., Napier

Six years with a concrete bird bath and maybe two birds. This one had silvereyes in it the first afternoon. Now there is a queue on the rim every evening.

Verified

Gail M., Timaru

It came wrapped in brown paper with a little note on the date it was made. Out of the box and into the garden before my tea got cold.

Verified

Helen R., Dunedin

Pushed it into the garden bed in two minutes. No base, nothing to assemble. Filled it up and went inside to watch.

Verified

Kevin B., Ashburton

The blackbirds took it over first and splash half the water out every morning. I top it up with my cup of tea and they are back within minutes.

Verified

Russell P., Hastings

Bought it for Mum for Christmas. She rings me now to tell me which birds came. Last week it was a fantail having a bath.

Verified

Michelle T., Rotorua

We have two cats next door. I put it out in the middle of the lawn like Lesley says, and I watch the silvereyes from the kitchen window.

Verified

Annette K., Whangarei

First bellbird in our garden in years, and it came for the water. The copper looks lovely in the evening sun too.

Verified

Margaret O., Napier

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Frequently Asked Questions

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Got a question? Here’s how to reach us.

Email us anytime at info@craft-folk.com. We answer Monday–Friday 9am–5pm and Saturday 10am–3pm (ET). Whether it’s about your order, where it should go in the garden, or just to say hello — a real person writes back.

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Can I return it if it’s not for me?

Of course. 30-day money-back guarantee. Put it in the garden and watch for a week, and if it isn’t right, email info@craft-folk.com within 30 days for a full refund. No questions asked.

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How is it made?

Lesley starts with a flat copper disc. She hammers it over a hollow in an old tree stump, around three thousand blows, until it curves gently from a shallow rim to a deeper middle. The rim is rolled over so small feet can grip it and bees can climb out. Then the patina goes on by hand, so no two look the same. Each bird bath is wrapped in brown paper with the date it was made.

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