nancylee Posted December 20, 2016 Report Share Posted December 20, 2016 Hi all, I have fallen in love with a certain look in handbuilt teapots - that tall, cylindrical, narrower teapot. Here's an example from Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/pin/299911656407068302/ Are there any tutorials out there to show how to do this? What's throwing me (haha!! I'm handbuilding!! Very bad pottery humor!!) is how to get the top on, with a hole for that neck that holds the lid. I assume you make it a closed form, then cut the hole, but the one on the right looks like the top of the pot (not the neck) slopes upward to the neck. How is that done?? I really like this type and would love some ideas. Thanks! Nancy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterH Posted December 20, 2016 Report Share Posted December 20, 2016 Googling teapots site:http://gingersteele.blogspot.co.uk suggests that the full details were never posted to the blog. However, the basic idea of the construction of the neck seems to be in: http://gingersteele.blogspot.co.uk/2011/05/building-new-teapot-form.html ... and quite a lot of relevant detail seems to be given when describing the construction of a cup: http://gingersteele.blogspot.co.uk/2010_02_01_archive.html PS I thought the pattern rang a bell, although Ginger's inspiration seems to be from dressmaking similar templates are sometimes used in pottery. https://circlematic.com/ https://circlematic.files.wordpress.com/2011/06/circlematic-article-pottery-making-illustrated.pdf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnolia Mud Research Posted December 20, 2016 Report Share Posted December 20, 2016 If I were to try to produce the example tea pot I would make it in three parts,1. the bottom cylinder2. the conical transition section3. the top cylinder with conical lid.the three parts would then be assembled to make the pot complete.for each 'part' I would make a supporting form to fit inside the cylinders and cones; ... probably with tarpaper and/or cardboard. probably assemble the top and transition pieces first and then add to the bottom part. LT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nancylee Posted December 21, 2016 Author Report Share Posted December 21, 2016 Thank you, both! I like those templates for those of us who arent gifted mechanically! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nancylee Posted December 21, 2016 Author Report Share Posted December 21, 2016 After spending three hours trying to make a cylinder by hand, I wonder how people get such neat and clean results!! I got a disaster. Sigh. I think I'm going to throw the body, and handbuild the rest of it. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldlady Posted December 22, 2016 Report Share Posted December 22, 2016 nancy, just like everything else in clay, the first 6 are practicing method, after that you might make something to keep. i am working on my 4th of each shape so i still have nothing worthwhile to keep. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterH Posted December 22, 2016 Report Share Posted December 22, 2016 It would be a pity to give up so soon. The deep texture seems such an integral part of those teapots, and Ginger gets it almost effortlessly with her texture mats. Just checking if the state of the clay was approximately as described by Ginger: http://gingersteele.blogspot.co.uk/2010/02/making-handbuilt-cup.html ...and you used a former to bend the slab : http://gingersteele.blogspot.co.uk/2010/02/step-5-making-cylinder-from-cup-blank.html Good luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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