WBW

So, here is an oldie for a way back Wednesday post. I can’t actually say I remember when this fully functional teapot was made but I was going through this phase of myths and mythology imagery around 92/93. I can also say that this hunting centaur teapot was more than likely made for a show but there in ends the details of when though I can say it was made in University Heights (Cleveland). As for specifics, this was slab-built terra cotta and slips under a thin clear glaze using the abstract background and silhouettes inspired by ancient Greek pottery as well as the myths of Greece and ancient Rome. If memory serves me, these teapots were mostly large, perhaps close to 15” long, 13” tall and about 3.5” in width. This time period is also when I stated notching out the handle for a thumb rest which usually coincides with the sweeping curves of the knob of the lid, I liked that confluence of movement. At any rate, this myth teapot was from way back when my hand building was in its very nascent stages so judge accordingly though I should probably say, I am not sure it has really progressed much further along after all these years except perhaps in my mind.