Elizabeth Priddy on wed 6 jun 07
Hey!
I am in a pickle.
I have been crankin on the conference and need a mental
breather.
I would be interested in looking at people's teapots that resolve
the design problem I face. I want to see what is out there and
see how others have approached this issue. I ambuilding the perfect t-pot in my mind and I am handling it one feature at a time.
It is a life-long search and I have done the make a hundred and
see how they do over time. And yet I am still searching.
here goes:
The main reason I have never been wild about teapots is that
the spout always looks awkward to me, in mine, others', very
famous la-d-das', most all of them. And I am referring to the functional ones, once that goes bye-bye, the spout is resolved
aestheticly very easily. I have the 500 teapots book. No perfect solution there either.
I want a working one, one that looks neither penile nor
snout-ish. One that fits and works. And yet is not the very elegant
and usually slipcast one that is like the one in Beauty and the
Beast. (I don't slipcast, so very long ones seem unwieldy and very prone to breakage in use, or at least my use).
The best that I have seen are from Jingdejhen, but they are
usually very small and I am looking for a heftier piece of work. So the proportion on those is odd on bigger ones.
I am interested in seeing your spouts, and any other spouts you
think might be of interest.
Searching on teapot/spout/-snout-like doesn't work, I am looking for
good leads on specific spouts.
I have the handles resolved for my perfect t-pot, and I am fairly
certain that I have found the lid of my dreams, but I am hung up on the business end of the beast.
I believe that it will ultimately look very run of the mill. And I am ok with that.
Thanks for any leads that come my way!
E
Elizabeth Priddy
Beaufort, NC - USA
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WJ Seidl on thu 7 jun 07
Elizabeth:
Better in a pickle than in the barrel!
Look to an older style coffee percolator, such as Universal or
Farberware. No more than a "V", attached to the body.
Slightly curving it from bottom to top would make it elegant,
functional, and the length of the "V" can be any you choose.
Short, simple, and (excuse the pun) to the point. And a helluva lot
easier to clean. Someone on this list makes pitchers with long curved
"V" spouts. Can't remember who....Oldtimers, I guess.
I've never understood the need for tubular spouts. Too prone to
breakage...at least in this household.
When you're maneuvering the kitchen "four dogs and a hungry cat"
obstacle course on the way from stove to table,
going "ass over teakettle" takes on a whole new meaning . The least
of my worries is where the spout is!
(Yeah, you can add or substitute small children in that course, of course.)
Best,
Wayne Seidl
Ok, for all of you singing the theme song from "Mr Ed"...stop NOW!
Elizabeth Priddy wrote:
> Hey!
>
> I am in a pickle.
>
> I have been crankin on the conference and need a mental
> breather.
>
> I would be interested in looking at people's teapots that resolve
> the design problem I face. I want to see what is out there and
> see how others have approached this issue. I ambuilding the perfect t-pot in my mind and I am handling it one feature at a time.
> It is a life-long search and I have done the make a hundred and
> see how they do over time. And yet I am still searching.
>
> here goes:
>
> The main reason I have never been wild about teapots is that
> the spout always looks awkward to me, in mine, others', very
> famous la-d-das', most all of them. And I am referring to the functional ones, once that goes bye-bye, the spout is resolved
> aestheticly very easily. I have the 500 teapots book. No perfect solution there either.
>
> I want a working one, one that looks neither penile nor
> snout-ish. One that fits and works. And yet is not the very elegant
> and usually slipcast one that is like the one in Beauty and the
> Beast. (I don't slipcast, so very long ones seem unwieldy and very prone to breakage in use, or at least my use).
>
> The best that I have seen are from Jingdejhen, but they are
> usually very small and I am looking for a heftier piece of work. So the proportion on those is odd on bigger ones.
>
> I am interested in seeing your spouts, and any other spouts you
> think might be of interest.
>
> Searching on teapot/spout/-snout-like doesn't work, I am looking for
> good leads on specific spouts.
>
> I have the handles resolved for my perfect t-pot, and I am fairly
> certain that I have found the lid of my dreams, but I am hung up on the business end of the beast.
>
> I believe that it will ultimately look very run of the mill. And I am ok with that.
>
> Thanks for any leads that come my way!
>
> E
>
> Elizabeth Priddy
> Beaufort, NC - USA
Lee Love on thu 7 jun 07
It is impossible to consider a tea pot spout without context,
because it is dependent upon the rest of the form. Can you show us
an image of the rest of the teapot?
Many of the early Japanese and Chinese pots we think of as
tea pots were actually wine ewers. Early tea was either infused in
an open pouring bowl or as with powereded tea, whisked right in the
tea bowl. Europeans used the wine ewers as tea pots.
http://www.hants.gov.uk/museum/ceramics/teapot-history.html
Many great innovations occurred from the overlapping of cultures.
--
Lee in Mashiko, Japan
Minneapolis, Minnesota USA
http://mashikopots.blogspot.com/
"To affect the quality of the day, that is the highest of arts." -
Henry David Thoreau
"Let the beauty we love be what we do." - Rumi
Lois Ruben Aronow on wed 13 jun 07
Since 500 teapots is never enough, I suggest going to www.flickr.com and
putting "teapot" in the search. You will come up with over 14,000 teapots.
Some are drawings. Some are metal. One is a house shaped like a teapot.
Loads of inspiration and spouts to ponder.
...Lo
Admitted Flickr addict
**********
Lois Aronow Ceramics
Brooklyn, NY
www.loisaronow.com
www.craftsofthedamned.blogspot.com
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Clayart [mailto:CLAYART@LSV.CERAMICS.ORG] On Behalf Of
> Elizabeth Priddy
> Sent: Wednesday, June 06, 2007 5:20 PM
> To: CLAYART@LSV.CERAMICS.ORG
> Subject: the business end of the beast
>
> Hey!
>
> I am in a pickle.
>
> I have been crankin on the conference and need a mental breather.
>
> I would be interested in looking at people's teapots that
> resolve the design problem I face. I want to see what is out
> there and see how others have approached this issue. I
> ambuilding the perfect t-pot in my mind and I am handling it
> one feature at a time.
> It is a life-long search and I have done the make a hundred
> and see how they do over time. And yet I am still searching.
>
> here goes:
>
> The main reason I have never been wild about teapots is that
> the spout always looks awkward to me, in mine, others', very
> famous la-d-das', most all of them. And I am referring to
> the functional ones, once that goes bye-bye, the spout is
> resolved aestheticly very easily. I have the 500 teapots
> book. No perfect solution there either.
>
> I want a working one, one that looks neither penile nor
> snout-ish. One that fits and works. And yet is not the very
> elegant and usually slipcast one that is like the one in
> Beauty and the Beast. (I don't slipcast, so very long ones
> seem unwieldy and very prone to breakage in use, or at least my use).
>
> The best that I have seen are from Jingdejhen, but they are
> usually very small and I am looking for a heftier piece of
> work. So the proportion on those is odd on bigger ones.
>
> I am interested in seeing your spouts, and any other spouts
> you think might be of interest.
>
> Searching on teapot/spout/-snout-like doesn't work, I am
> looking for good leads on specific spouts.
>
> I have the handles resolved for my perfect t-pot, and I am
> fairly certain that I have found the lid of my dreams, but I
> am hung up on the business end of the beast.
>
> I believe that it will ultimately look very run of the mill.
> And I am ok with that.
>
> Thanks for any leads that come my way!
>
> E
>
> Elizabeth Priddy
> Beaufort, NC - USA
>
> Natural Instincts Conference Registration Information:
>
> http://www.ceramics.org/potterscouncil/naturalinstincts/regist
> rationinfo.asp
>
> http://www.elizabethpriddy.com
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/7973282@N03/
>
>
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Lee Love on wed 13 jun 07
On 6/13/07, Lois Ruben Aronow wrote:
> Since 500 teapots is never enough, I suggest going to www.flickr.com and
> putting "teapot" in the search. You will come up with over 14,000 teapots.
> Some are drawings. Some are metal. One is a house shaped like a teapot.
117,000 teapots:
http://images.google.com/images?um=1&tab=wi&client=firefox-a&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla%3Aen-US%3Aofficial&q=teapot
--
Lee in Mashiko, Japan
Minneapolis, Minnesota USA
http://mashikopots.blogspot.com/
"To affect the quality of the day, that is the highest of arts." -
Henry David Thoreau
"Let the beauty we love be what we do." - Rumi
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