Throw a Teapot Mini Course – 3 Weeks

Starting Thursday 28th January 6pm – 8 pm

This Mini Course is for those with basic throwing skills to extend themselves to throw a teapot! You may have made teapots before and would like ot improve your techniques and ideas, or you might not have ever tried to make a teapot, but can center your clay and control it (even a bit!!!).

WEEK ONE

• Learn to throw “off the hump”
• Visualising teapot proportions
• Make the spout
• Make the lid
• Make the body of your teapot
• Gone well? Have you got time to make another one?

WEEK TWO

• Pull handles and sprigs
• Trim the lid and body of the teapot
• Fit the lid to the body
• Cut the spout and add – remember the pouring holes!!!
• Alter or add stamps/textures
• Clean up and finish

WEEK THREE

• Learn about glazing
• Wax the lid rims
• Glaze your teapot, watch out for the strainer holes!
• Where to get cane handles..

It will take around two weeks for your work to go through the glaze kiln.

Please bring your own towel.