Completed
- The finished teapot
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How to Make a Pottery Teapot from Start to Finish
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- 1 - Introduction
- 2 - Wedging clay for teapot bodies
- 3 - Throwing teapot body
- 4 - Preparing clay for lids
- 5 - Reversing measured callipers
- 6 - Throwing lid
- 7 - Throwing spout
- 8 - Unwrapping components from drying overnight
- 9 - Trimming the teapot body and lid
- 10 - Demonstrating how the lid's hole functions
- 11 - Attaching the spout to the teapot body
- 12 - Pulling and attaching the handle
- 13 - Carving the handle and quality control
- 14 - Packing the electric kiln for a bisque firing to 1000ºc
- 15 - Unpacking the electric kiln
- 16 - Waxing the teapot
- 17 - Mixing up glaze
- 18 - Glazing the teapot
- 19 - Cleaning up the glazed lid and body
- 20 - Preparing the waddings for the lid
- 21 - Packing the gas kiln
- 22 - Firing the gas kiln to 1290ºc, cone ten
- 23 - Unpacking the gas kiln
- 24 - Sanding the base of the teapot
- 25 - Removing the waddings
- 26 - Using valve grinding paste to smooth the join
- 27 - Making a cup of of tea, earl grey
- 28 - The finished teapot
