This course teaches how to make a pottery teapot from start to finish, covering every step of the process. The learning outcomes include understanding the techniques for wedging clay, throwing teapot bodies, lids, and spouts, as well as attaching handles and spouts. Students will also learn about kiln firing processes and finishing touches like glazing and sanding. The course is presented in a video format and is suitable for individuals interested in pottery and ceramics.
How to Make a Pottery Teapot from Start to Finish
Overview
Syllabus
- Introduction
- Wedging clay for teapot bodies
- Throwing teapot body
- Preparing clay for lids
- Reversing measured callipers
- Throwing lid
- Throwing spout
- Unwrapping components from drying overnight
- Trimming the teapot body and lid
- Demonstrating how the lid's hole functions
- Attaching the spout to the teapot body
- Pulling and attaching the handle
- Carving the handle and quality control
- Packing the electric kiln for a bisque firing to 1000ºc
- Unpacking the electric kiln
- Waxing the teapot
- Mixing up glaze
- Glazing the teapot
- Cleaning up the glazed lid and body
- Preparing the waddings for the lid
- Packing the gas kiln
- Firing the gas kiln to 1290ºc, cone ten
- Unpacking the gas kiln
- Sanding the base of the teapot
- Removing the waddings
- Using valve grinding paste to smooth the join
- Making a cup of of tea, earl grey
- The finished teapot
Taught by
Florian Gadsby
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