Blue-Green Pentagonal Cross-Section Reassembled Ring Teapot

My plan with this ring was to cut it apart and reassemble it in a long stretched-out line, posing the assembly on three points of the composition without an added base. I put the handle close to the spout on the other side of the arc section, and cut the "trap door" lid out of the overhanging arc section above the spout. I tried several finials on the lid, finally choosing a spiked sphere with the projections bent and curled to look like a seed pod. At this point I was still assembling the arc sections end to end, but I offset the joins rather than trying to fit the pentagonal openings exactly onto one another. I glazed this teapot with a pale blue glaze covered by a pale green glaze, but the blue color dominated after the first firing, so I painted a second layer of thickened green glaze onto the shiny blue glazed surface and re-fired the teapot. Re-firing is always risky, because the already fired piece can crack from uneven heat shock while the kiln heats up, but I sometimes do it when I am unsatisfied with the first firing's results. In this case the second glaze firing improved the teapot's presence quite a bit.

This teapot is for sale.
Price: $1400

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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.