Midnight Blue Intersecting Arcs Reassembled Ring Teapot

My career as a ceramic artist has been dedicated to making useful objects, and when I started to make these teapots, their functionality was important to me. It was the constraint that I was placing on the form, the way a poet might choose a meter and rhyme scheme. Some of my reassembled ring teapots, like this one, however, I admit are only barely functional. There’s not much room in this teapot for tea! I couldn’t resist the elegance of the reassembled shape, though you may want to brew your tea in a conventional teapot, then use this one to serve it.

This teapot is held in a private collection in Pownal, Vermont.

In addition to my unique reassembled ring teapots, my partner Susan Nykiel and I also make a wide range of functional and elegant pottery pieces. Please visit our new online store at oakbluffspottery.etsy.com to see what we have to offer! This is an excellent place to shop for beautiful handmade pottery for your own home or for your gift-giving pleasure.