Mint Green Sharp Edges Reassembled Ring Teapot

With this teapot I made a tall narrow cross-section ring and cut it with a curving saw blade into four pieces. I reassembled them in an overlapping "V" composition to emphasize the sharp curving edge of the ring. The lid is cut out of the section just in front of the top handle attachment, and I put a curving "wave" finial on the lid to re-state the sharp angled edges of the original ring. Recently I have begun using a dark brown speckly cone 5 clay to make these teapot compositions. I first glazed this teapot with a glossy white glaze, then painted the edges with wax resist. I glazed the teapot with a second layer of pale green glaze, but all the edges stayed white because the wax resist masked the white glaze from being covered by the green glaze. After the glaze firing there were a few glaze defects, so I had to repaint the missing sections and refire the teapot, which is risky but in this case was successful and improved the teapot immensely. I am particularly proud of this piece, which is one of my favorites from this series of abstract reassembled hollow ring teapots.

This teapot is not available for sale.

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.