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Lynda's Handcrafted Copper Bird Bath
Lynda's Handcrafted Copper Bird Bath
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Lynda's Handcrafted Copper Bird Bath
Hand-raised in an old boat shed in the Cowichan Valley, Vancouver Island
Lynda Blakeney, seventy-two, thirty-one years a coppersmith in the Esquimalt navy dockyard. These are the last 83 bird baths she will ever make.
“Everybody on this island thinks water is the one thing we’ve got too much of. Then one night in December it all turns to glass, and that little bowl is the only drink for half a mile.”
— Lynda Blakeney, Cowichan Valley, BC“On the coast, people don’t think about water for birds in winter, because it rains so much. But in a cold snap, open water disappears overnight, and that is exactly when birds need it most. A shallow, clean bowl of water, kept open in the morning, is one of the simplest things a garden can offer.”
Dr Megan Rowley, Ph.D. Wildlife Biologist · Wild bird rehabilitation, Vancouver Island- 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 — twenty-eight winters of watching juncos and thrushes 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 junco or a hummingbird can stand at the edge without going out of its depth.
- The last of the run — Lynda is closing the shed. 83 left, the last one goes out before Christmas.
| 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 hummingbird 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 | Change water daily, rinse once a week, bring in on freezing nights |
| Made by | Lynda Blakeney, Cowichan Valley, Vancouver Island |
| Availability | Last 83 — while they last |
The Last Winter
The Last Winter
A note from the shed:
For thirty-one years Lynda Blakeney worked as a coppersmith at the navy dockyard in Esquimalt, bending and hammering copper pipe for warships. In the winter of 1997 she hammered a scrap of copper into a shallow bowl, and the next morning a varied thrush was drinking from it. Since then she has made bird baths in an old boat shed in the Cowichan Valley, about twenty-four hundred hammer blows each. Now the nerves in both wrists are worn out, and the surgeon said no more hammering. These 83 are the last bird baths from her shed. The last one goes out before Christmas.
Free Shipping Across Canada
Free Shipping Across Canada
Free shipping across Canada
- 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
- Not heated: on a freezing night, bring it inside and fill it with warm water in the morning
- 30-day money-back guarantee — just email info@craft-folk.com
Frequently Asked Questions
Got a question? Here’s how to reach us.
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.
Can I return it if it’s not for me?
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.
How is it made?
How is it made?
Lynda starts with a flat copper disc. She hammers it over a hollow in an old Douglas fir stump, around twenty-four hundred blows, until it curves gently from a shallow rim to a deeper middle. The rim is rolled over so small, cold feet can grip it. 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.