Watch a detailed pottery tutorial on creating a small teapot for one person using a potter's wheel. Learn the entire process from throwing miniature components to final assembly and finishing. Follow along as the potter demonstrates throwing the body, lid, and spout, as well as techniques for inverting calipers, careful drying, trimming, attaching parts, pulling a fine handle, and carving details. Gain insights into quality control and clean-up procedures for crafting a beautifully finished miniature teapot. Perfect for both beginner and experienced potters looking to refine their teapot-making skills.
Throwing and Assembling a Small Teapot on the Potter's Wheel
Overview
Syllabus
- Introduction & why I use throwing bats
- Throwing the teapot's body
- How I 'invert' my callipers for one off pots like this
- Throwing the teapot's lid
- Throwing the teapot's spout 'off the hump'
- How I carefully dry the pieces overnight
- Trimming the body & lid
- Attaching the spout
- Handling the teapot
- Carving the handles & quality control
- Clean up
Taught by
Florian Gadsby
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