A teapot is one of the most important ceramic forms; the ability to make one is a key test of a potter's skill. Its construction requires the mastery of many techniques, whether the piece is thrown or handbuilt. From clay forming to aesthetics, function to design, and practicality to ergonomics, the exercise of building a teapot poses a broad range of challenges for the artist. However, the very limitations of the form are what allow for immense creativity and innovation.
This richly illustrated volume discusses the theory and design of the teapot as well as the numerous techniques for construction. For the beginning potter and the experienced teapot builder alike, The Teapot Book provides a useful step-by-step guide through the entire process of building a teapot, including materials, handle and spout placement, and kiln temperatures. The myriad illustrations also provide fodder for artists in need of new inspirations. There is a section devoted to contemporary potters and their galleries of teapots that will appeal to armchair enthusiasts, devoted collectors, and masters of the form.
From the history of teapots to theories of their construction, from suggestions for their firing to instructions for making a proper pot of tea (warm your pot first!), The Teapot Book contains all the components that today's potters need to tackle this critical piece of their artistic development. This invaluable reference will be of interest to collectors and artists, and its lavish production will tempt beginning potters to approach this rite of passage for ceramicists.
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"Combined into The Teapot Book, these five chapters are a revelation and should be essential reading for any potter."—Pottery Making Illustrated
"An excellent resource for anyone interested in the practical and aesthetic aspects of an object that is as central to the potter's art as the canvas is to the painter's. . . . This book will no doubt be the standard on the subject for some time. Essential."—Choice
"Beautifully illustrated and amply fleshed out with commentary on technique, design, and materials."—Art Times
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Steve Woodhead is a potter and a fellow of the Craft Potters Association, U.K.
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By K.A. Koerbling "Ceramic Artist and Potter" (Newbury Park, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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As a potter who make lots of teapots, I bought The Teapot Book and read it with great interest. The tips, illustrations and photos are a great help to me in improving the skills needed to make teapots. This book should be an inspiration to any potter aspiring to make excellent teapots. It will also be of interest to all potters and collectors as well. The book has diagrams, and beautiful full color photos of a teapot being assembled. There are contributions of glazes and tips by various European and American potters. The photo gallery of teapots and short anecdotes about the teapot and potter exhibits a cross sections of many styles of teapots from handmade to thrown. A very well written book.
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I have been doing ceramics for five years, and specialize in teapots. This book has helped me immensely, including design and techniques. I highly recommend it.
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More than just a teapot book,
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I am thrilled with this book, it is more than just a teapot book, it explains so many of the problems that we have as potters, making a teapot that pours nicely, that the lid fits well and doesnt fall off during the pouring, that the spout doesnt twist crooked in the firing and just so much more, styles, ideas and a few glaze recipes as well, very well put together and I will find this book a must to buy for the serious potter
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MOST POTTERS agree that the teapot is one of the most challenging objects to make, both from a technical and an aesthetic point of view. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
domestic teapot, teapot body, spouted pouring vessels, standard teapot, sculptural teapot, thrown teapot, soft leatherhard, stoneware teapot, tenmoku glaze, finished teapot, leatherhard stage, extruded handle, reduction kiln, lid knob, porcelain teapot, kiln shelf, metal kidney, handle teapot, ash glaze, cobalt carbonate, lid rim, nepheline syenite, cane handle, thumb grip, arc sections Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Derek Emms, Steve Woodhead, Mick Casson, Ruthanne Tudball, David Frith, Richard Godfrey, John Leach, Steven Hill, Walter Keeler, Mike Dodd, Bridget Drakeford, Geoff Swindell, Jeremy Nichols, John Calver, Ray Finch, Richard Dewar, Winchcombe Pottery, Dartington Pottery, Didier Rochefort, Jane Hamlyn, Joanna Howells, Karen Orsillo, Lisa Krigel, Lynda Medwell, Peter Beard New!
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MOST POTTERS agree that the teapot is one of the most challenging objects to make, both from a technical and an aesthetic point of view. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
domestic teapot, teapot body, spouted pouring vessels, standard teapot, sculptural teapot, thrown teapot, soft leatherhard, stoneware teapot, tenmoku glaze, finished teapot, leatherhard stage, extruded handle, reduction kiln, lid knob, porcelain teapot, kiln shelf, metal kidney, handle teapot, ash glaze, cobalt carbonate, lid rim, nepheline syenite, cane handle, thumb grip, arc sections Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Derek Emms, Steve Woodhead, Mick Casson, Ruthanne Tudball, David Frith, Richard Godfrey, John Leach, Steven Hill, Walter Keeler, Mike Dodd, Bridget Drakeford, Geoff Swindell, Jeremy Nichols, John Calver, Ray Finch, Richard Dewar, Winchcombe Pottery, Dartington Pottery, Didier Rochefort, Jane Hamlyn, Joanna Howells, Karen Orsillo, Lisa Krigel, Lynda Medwell, Peter Beard New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- Throwing Pots (Ceramics Handbooks) by Phil Rogers on page 53
- Ceramics in America 2006 (Ceramics in America Annual) by Robert Hunter in Back Matter
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