Illustrated is a T&A (thrown and altered)
ishime style teapot with my "landscapeman" design incised and inlaid
around the piece. The pot started life as a simple cylinder that was then
altered by making it oval, darting the clay and reassembling the form as it
appears. Once assembled, I put it on the wheel and created the mouth and short
neck to accept a thrown lid. The spout, lid, foot and handle have all been
glazed in a shiny transparent black glaze to add contrast to the piece and the
interior has a clear liner glaze as well. I would love to claim this was
entirely my idea, but it actually stems from a TV show I saw while in Japan. On
the show, a woman took a sheet of paper, made it into a cylinder and then made
a few cuts and a few moments later, there was a ball. It only seemed natural
that you could take the original idea and adapt it to clay, just waiting to be
turned into a teapot.
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