Pewter Teapot c. 1937

Henry Meyers made this pewter teapot drawing with graphite on paper, and it’s all about the dance of light. Look how he's built up the form with these soft, smudgy gradients. It's like he's coaxing the teapot out of the paper, bit by bit. You can almost feel the coolness of the metal, right? I find the handle so interesting - see how the light glints off it, but it’s all suggested, nothing hard or precise. It’s a whisper of a drawing, a quiet study of form and tone. It reminds me of Morandi, actually, in that way he could make everyday objects feel monumental. It's not about perfection, it’s about the process, that journey of seeing and rendering. And in that, it becomes something more than just a teapot, doesn't it?