Throwing and Assembling a Small Teapot on the Potter's Wheel
Offered By: Florian Gadsby via YouTube
Course Description
Overview
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.
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
Related Courses
Medical BiomaterialsIndian Institute of Technology Madras via Swayam Materials Science and Engineering
National University of Science and Technology MISiS via edX Alle origini della civiltà mediterranea: archeologia della città dal Levante all’Occidente - III-I millennio a.C.
Sapienza University of Rome via Coursera Materials in Oral Health
The University of Hong Kong via Coursera Friction and wear of materials: principles and case studies
Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee via Swayam