Thursday Night Teapots

My Thursday night Intermediate Wheel class has been asking to make teapots for months, so this session we took the plunge! We did several projects to lead up to this form, like throwing spheres, throwing enclosed forms, and pulling lots of handles. The pots shown above were made by throwing an enclosed form, trimming it on a chuck then cutting off its lid. Then we added thrown spouts and pulled handles. Also in the photo are some of the jars that preceded the teapots. I think they turned out great! The pots in the photo were made by (vaguely from left to right) Lorraine DeSalvo, Carolyn Neuendorffer, Melanie Choe, Andrea Waters, Jeri Holloway, Kuniko Wallis, Quianna Douglas, Margaret Lukomska, and Jamie Consuegra.

Hip to Be Square

This is a project from my Friday night Advanced Wheel class. This project started last November when several of us went to see the Winterfest show at Baltimore Clayworks (my pots were in that show, along with about 20 other potters). We were all impressed by the pots of Sequoia Miller that we saw there, and soon after I came across a blog post on Sequoia's blog describing how to make Square Lidded Boxes, and we decided to try it! This project was very challenging, we all learned a great deal about altering and assembling, not to mention patience and precision. Furthermore, right after we threw our walls, it started snowing and didn't stop for 3 weeks. ok I'm exaggerating, but due to cancelled classes and the Buyers Market, we didn't get to assemble the pots until 3 weeks after we threw them. I'm happy to report that most of them survived. In this photo, many of the pots are still works in progress, but trust me, the finished pots were outstanding! From left to right in the photo, the pots were made by Karen Morgenstern, Chris Coyle, me, Kori Rice, Christina Guidorizzi, Karen Arrington, and Amy Castner.