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Spouting off
Aug. 30th, 2020 08:14 pmSpecial orders continue apace. A set of four dinner plates, a tall mug, and now some teapots.
My standard teapot holds four cups, and is made from a 2 lb. lump of clay. This customer wants two six-cup pots; I've made them on occasion before, and know they take 3 lbs. for the body, with spout and lid not much different than the smaller version. They're still complicated, though. Throw the body, measure and throw lid. Throw the spout with no base. Trim the lid, affix a little ball of clay, throw a handle, drill a vent hole. Trim down the spout, mark its position, drill holes for the strainer, attach the spout and a handle and pull the handle and...
Oh heck, it's easier just to show you.
(Music by Qristina & Quin Bachand, The Rights of Man/A Cup of Tea/Rakish Paddy/Paddy Taylor's, from their album, Family.)
My standard teapot holds four cups, and is made from a 2 lb. lump of clay. This customer wants two six-cup pots; I've made them on occasion before, and know they take 3 lbs. for the body, with spout and lid not much different than the smaller version. They're still complicated, though. Throw the body, measure and throw lid. Throw the spout with no base. Trim the lid, affix a little ball of clay, throw a handle, drill a vent hole. Trim down the spout, mark its position, drill holes for the strainer, attach the spout and a handle and pull the handle and...
Oh heck, it's easier just to show you.
(Music by Qristina & Quin Bachand, The Rights of Man/A Cup of Tea/Rakish Paddy/Paddy Taylor's, from their album, Family.)