How To Make A Hand Built Ceramic Teapot

Make the inner ring from slightly softer clay so it shrinks a little more than the outer ring.

How to make a hand built ceramic teapot.

The ends of the flange strip are thinned and softened scored and slipped together. This 30 minute teapot ceramic lesson plan offers an opportunity for instructors to talk about teapot mechanics while allowing students to experiment with design elements. Squeeze the sides and push it up and down until the clay is centered. Smooth the bottom edge and wrap the flange strip around the neck ring.

Then shape the teapot with your hands. When made into a ring the flange should be slightly taller than the neck of the pot. Hand built non functional ceramic teapot made with the sqraffito technique a process of painting a layer of black slip over the surface of leather hard clay and then cutting through the dark surface to the clay body beneath. Leeds pottery creamware coffee tea pot hand made in england.

Figure tea set with ring by michael torre. Rock the spout gently on flat surface to make it look even and round. Make offer hartley greens co. The two should fit snugly together.

Free shipping on many items browse your favorite brands. This is the 5th lesson in how to make a ceramic teapot from soft slabs. With brush stem or chopstick roll up a thinner sheet of clay. Cut the flange of the lid from a slightly stiffer slab.

Open up the clay by pushing down on top with your thumbs. Master zhou demonstrates how an yixing teapot is made for a global tea hut group. Make a few spouts to choose from. Try to cut with an angle for the lid to sit on the body.

Leeds pottery creamware coffee tea pot hand made in england. The end result is an intricate and detailed two color design. This is a lesson from ceramics 2 mr. It seems easier for my students to learn how to make their first teapot with handbuilding techniques because they have more control over the forms and sizes.