Tag: Copper Codfish

Cape Ann Copper Works

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

Cape Ann Copper Works, originally uploaded by captjoe06.

There are many copper fish for sale at the Gloucester Maritime Heritage Center.

Readers from the past may remember my feelings about the fish that people buy to display in their local home.

If you have an attachment to tropical fish or have sentimental feelings about a place you visited far away with exotic or tropical fish then that would be a reason to buy and display one. But if you are buying fish art for your Northeast home, thinking that any fish is local , please do just a tiny bit of research and discover what fish are caught around these waters- like cod, haddock, tuna, stripers and such.

I find it funny when folks put up a huge mahi mahi on their wall thinking they are decorating with a North East theme.

The fish in the picture is tagged as a haddock but from the spots on it I’d say it looks more like a codfish.

It is the work of Dana and Jeremy Hatch from Cape Ann Copper Works. Their workshop is just around the corner at 34 Mt Pleasant Ave in East Gloucester.

CT Coppersmiths Codfish Find At The Dress Code

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

Here’s the signature on the back of the codfish.  It’s a nice touch.

I know many Gloucester retailers read these pages.  I wonder if anyone would like to carry his line.  There’s a thing about fish art in Gloucester.  Most times people make fish art but they in no way shape or form resemble anything that is caught off our shores.  Usually they are some weird bastardized generic fish that has nothing to do with the fish that built this city back in the day.  This Codfish is a great recreation of what was once the backbone of Gloucester’s economic engine.

CT Coppersmiths Codfish Find At The Dress Code, originally uploaded by captjoe06.

CT Coppersmiths Codfish Find At The Dress Code

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

Here’s a copper codfish that I found at The Dress Code consignment shop downtown.   It is signed on the back with the 1989 and Connecticut Coppersmiths.  I did a search on Connecticut Coppersmiths and found this link

It says the artist is Rob Bunting and he has been at it since 1984.  It’s a beautiful piece and we plan on mounting it over the cooktop at the homestead.

CT Coppersmiths Codfish Find At The Dress Code, originally uploaded by captjoe06.