How to Make a Pottery Teapot from Start to Finish

This film demonstrates how to make a stoneware teapot from start to finish, including throwing the body, lid, spout, and handle; trimming and assembly; glazing; bisque and gas-kiln firing; and final finishing.

Syllabus

- Introduction
- Wedging clay for teapot bodies
- Throwing teapot body
- Preparing clay for lids
- Reversing measured callipers
- Throwing lid
- Throwing spout
- Unwrapping components from drying overnight
- Trimming the teapot body and lid
- Demonstrating how the lid's hole functions
- Attaching the spout to the teapot body
- Pulling and attaching the handle
- Carving the handle and quality control
- Packing the electric kiln for a bisque firing to 1000ºc
- Unpacking the electric kiln
- Waxing the teapot
- Mixing up glaze
- Glazing the teapot
- Cleaning up the glazed lid and body
- Preparing the waddings for the lid
- Packing the gas kiln
- Firing the gas kiln to 1290ºc, cone ten
- Unpacking the gas kiln
- Sanding the base of the teapot
- Removing the waddings
- Using valve grinding paste to smooth the join
- Making a cup of of tea, earl grey
- The finished teapot