Hi Charlotte,
What you have done catches the eye but can it engage one longer. What one needs is a system of placement and composition so that the lighting and the form unite everything together to become a compelling unity.
This, however, while it catches the eye, (of course we cannot help that with a double image), it does not call for deeper involvement. I'm not saying that some part of a picture cannot be appearing twice. However, there is no agreeable form that binds one to the picture.
Is their a reason in terms of some universe created to get folk to bring themselves and others back to this. The answer is no.
Look at the picture of the empty cold wasteland with overhead somber clouds to infinity and this then is an example of a picture one can re-enter time and again.
Look at Jim Galli's still life pictures or Ken's pictures of the trees silhouetted against the sky.
You have two very good shapes, the old kettle with patina and the new copper one. If you use very broad lighting the reflections on the copper kettle will be tamed. Then place the two of them together in a corner by a window or however you feels makes them work together in unity, balancing and contrasting, with light defining their character.
This is no simplistic 5 minute job. It might take hours, days or weeks of experimentation with window light at a particular time of day and the right amount of cloud cover or fine cotton curtains to filter the light. That is where your own artistry will speak to you.
However, to place these objects in the kitchen and accept whatever reflects in the copper and then give us two layers doesn't give us the experience that you can deliver. Think about this. You certainly have the imagination. That quality has to move you away from what's obvious. If this was easy, everyone would be able to do it and the value of artwork would plummet. The fact is that anyone can point a camera and get a picture.
I know I'm tough but I you will allow me this excess to make this better.
Asher
