Ann Brink on wed 6 mar 02
Chris Campbell wrote about an unusual teapot (see below)
This reminded me of my interest in the kleinbottle form a few years ago. I
actually made one of wheel thrown parts, but the handle (tube) cracked in
the firing. I was going to try to describe it for those who may not have
heard of a kleinbottle, but I just now found a website that says it all-
it's hilarious too. click on www.kleinbottle.com They make & sell glass
kleinbottles. Maybe I'll try a clay one again. I know one thing for
sure...if I make one I won't put it out next time I'm selling
somewhere...it would be one of those things that everyone picks up and talks
about, and then walks on without seeing the rest of my pots.
Ann Brink in CA
> Looking for a teapot challenge??
>
> I have just returned from Thailand where I saw a most unique teapot
in
> a museum ( so it has been done before and no credits for originality ). It
is
> designed for serving cold drinks like wine and requires more skills at
> throwing than I can muster.
>
> The pot has no lid. If you turn it over the bottom has a hole in it
> that is really a tube that extends into the pot almost to the top ... kind
of
> like those salt shakers we were all discussing a while ago.
>
> You fill the pot from the bottom and when you turn it over the wine
> stays in. You can chill the pot beforehand to keep the wine cool at the
> table. I thought this was the neatest thing I'd seen in a while ... the
> museum was not that well documented so I don't know if it was Thai or
> Chinese.
>
Carl Finch on thu 7 mar 02
At 11:40 PM 3/6/02 -0800, Ann Brink wrote:
>Chris Campbell wrote about an unusual teapot (see below)
>This reminded me of my interest in the kleinbottle form a few years ago. I
>actually made one of wheel thrown parts, but the handle (tube) cracked in
>the firing. I was going to try to describe it for those who may not have
>heard of a kleinbottle, but I just now found a website that says it all-
>it's hilarious too. click on www.kleinbottle.com They make & sell glass
>kleinbottles. Maybe I'll try a clay one again.
Call it a "teapot" and get it on the cover of CM! (Wow--no lid needed)
--Carl (ah don' need no stinkin' functionality)
P.S. Oh, good grief! I just went to www.kleinbottle.com --funniest thing
I've seen in ages. Don't overlook the fab offer of the portrait of
Gauss. Whatta mind!
terryh on fri 8 mar 02
Ann,
gee, never thought anyone would make the klein's jar by throwing!
(i didn't know the english word is "kleinbottle". i called it Klein's jar.)
i remember that was one of the first things i made when i learned coil
building about 10 years ago. since then, i made several of them as object but
not as vase nor as teapot. (i couldn't close the connection. once closed, it
is no longer a real Klein's bottle. no longer 4 dimensional object.) i made
even a ceramic table using the form.
and always by coil building. so, form was more organic than geometrical. maybe
that's why people didn't recognize them as Klein's bottles.
thanks for reminding of interesting form.
i may try another bottle. maybe this time by part-throwing.
terry
terryh@pdq.net
http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Cafe/3755
Ababi on fri 8 mar 02
Except the curiosity and the virtuosity.
For what it is used ?
I mean as a ceramic artist/potter
Ababi
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