ONE STEP AT A TIME

I was looking for a particular set of photos to show a customer that was interested in ordering a dinnerware set as a wedding gift and stumbled on a folder of thrown and made oval lidded pieces. This particular "low and slow" teapot started off life as a bottomless cylinder with a gallery thrown into the top to later accommodate a lid, once dry enough it was pushed oval and allowed to set up over night. The next morning I threw the spot that I felt best fit the form, applied a slab base and using a piece of the slab, used the top of the teapot as a slump mold to form and fit the lid. Once the lid was fit and knob applied, the handle was the last piece of the puzzle in a process that is summed up in one step at a time. The pot was decorated once close to leather hard and then once bisque, glazed and fired. The firing process is a bit tricky in that I want the temperature to go up slowly so as not to warp of alter the existing oval shape to the mouth or in the end the lid doesn't end up ever fitting right. In this case the lid fits quite snug and is easy to put on and take off and stays put while pouring which is about the best you can ask for.