Rogier Donker on fri 28 sep 07
Hey Pat....
So you've thrown the body of a teapot. Circular
shrinkage to the left as seen from above... Then you throw the
spout.... also circular shrinkage to the left as seen from above. Now
comes time to attach the less than leather hard pieces together: Tea
pot body in front of you, area where spout goes is pushed in and the
strainer is made, Now cut spout to fit onto body, when the fit is
just right apply thick slip to spout and wiggle it in place (no
scoring needed if clay is just right... (comes under "experience!)
Finish up location of spout (Looking right at it) at five minutes to
twelve and a slight twist to the left. Turn body around and face
location of handle: attach handle right opposite spout, but off to
the left just a little. When all is said, fired and done, spout and
handle will be at ninety degrees to body and perfectly opposite one
another... The Lithmus test is the pouring.... if you did things
right and correctly the teapot,when lifted to pour, will become an
extension of your arm/hand and the stream of tea will pour straight
and with a gracious "upward flow"... It ain't easy to make a GOOD
teapot!! ;-)
HPC
Rogier
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Rogier Donker on fri 28 sep 07
Pat!
Oops, oops and again oops!
circular shrinkage to the RIGHT!!! not left as stated earlier....
call it a senior moment... or a case of CRS... sorry about that!
Carole Fox on tue 18 aug 09
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Dayton, Ohio
William & Susan Schran User on tue 18 aug 09
On 8/18/09 11:49 AM, "Carole Fox" wrote:
> However, as the pot
> dried, the spout lost some of its slope and the tip is now about 1/2 inch
> lower
> than the top of the pot.
>
> Any thoughts on why this happened? I've never seen this before, but then=
I
> usually make my teapots from rounded forms. Thanks in advance for any
> wisdom you can share.
How about the somewhat cylindrical wall shrank in height 1/2", taking the
spout down with it?
I would first think that all parts would shrink equally, with all parts
remaining in relatively the same spot with each other.
But then again, the stretched/pulled wall probably shrank more that other
parts.
Well, that's my thinking after a long day of administrative meetings at the
community college - next week the students arrive!
Bill
--
William "Bill" Schran
wschran@cox.net
wschran@nvcc.edu
http://www.creativecreekartisans.com
Steve Mills on tue 18 aug 09
Dear Carole,
I think maybe plastic memory has a lot to do with it, increasing the concav=
ity of the sides as the clay dried thereby altering the spout angle.
A clay I use has that characteristic; it "unwinds", so that I have to apply=
mug handles at an angle so that they straighten up during drying and firin=
g!
Steve
Bath
UK
________________________________
From: Carole Fox
To: Clayart@LSV.CERAMICS.ORG
Sent: Tuesday, August 18, 2009 4:49:20 PM
Subject: Teapot Spout
Out of lurkdom with a question:
I made a prototype teapot in a different shape than I usually make. This o=
ne
has cylindrical sides with a slight inward curve, and a flattish, slightly =
sloping
top. I attached a thrown spout, roughly centered at the level where the
cylinder joins the top of the body, and notched out to fit the angle at the=
top
of the pot's wall. The body of the pot was thrown in one piece, so there i=
s a
significant change in direction at this point, but no seam in the body of t=
he
pot. When I attached the spout, it pointed slightly up, and the tip of the
spout was even with the top opening of the teapot. However, as the pot
dried, the spout lost some of its slope and the tip is now about 1/2 inch l=
ower
than the top of the pot.
Any thoughts on why this happened? I've never seen this before, but then I
usually make my teapots from rounded forms. Thanks in advance for any
wisdom you can share.
Carole Fox
Dayton, Ohio
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