Sue Young makes a Teapot
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Sue has thrown three teapot forms (right). The center form is altered and placed upside down for drying. |
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The spouts and covers are all thrown at the same sitting as the base forms. When the bases are dried to leather hard they are turned over and trimmed on the potters wheel (left). On the right a spout is fashioned to fit onto one of the base forms. |
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Sue scores the area where the spout will fit and
drills holes for the tea strainer. |
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The spout is wiggled into the body for a firm fit and then a coil of clay is pressed into place where the two meet (left). The spout is then trimmed to length with a tapered cut (right). |
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On the left Sue is throwing a knob onto one of the teapot covers. On the right she is marking and scoring the spot on the body where the handle will be attached. |
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Sue pulls her handles directly off of the pot, when the shape is correct she attaches it at the base. |
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