The process of making a Yixing teapot

[Herb_Master]

I like the way you post a few photos everyday. It keeps a sort of suspense going.

+1

[night.owl]

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Thanks!

What an amazing amount of work that goes into them!

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[andrzej bero]

I do not understand what happend between last two posts. First you close your shape but on the last picture form is back open. (?)
Mayby next pictures will explain this puzzle:) Thanks, very interesting.

[TuoChaTea]

I do not understand what happend between last two posts. First you close your shape but on the last picture form is back open. (?)
Mayby next pictures will explain this puzzle:) Thanks, very interesting.

I believe he made the bottom of the teapot in the last two posts, and then he turned the put so the top is facing up.

[Chip]

I like the way you post a few photos everyday. It keeps a sort of suspense going.

I keep checking to see if this maker will change her shirt ...

But yeah, this in the tiny semi daily doses gives us time to absorb bit by bit. Had you loaded everything in one shot, we would likely have breezed through all the photos versus taking our time as we are forced to do here.

Well played!

[andrzej bero]

I do not understand what happend between last two posts. First you close your shape but on the last picture form is back open. (?)
Mayby next pictures will explain this puzzle:) Thanks, very interesting.

I believe he made the bottom of the teapot in the last two posts, and then he turned the put so the top is facing up.

maybe, but on 1st page there is a bottom from the begining. On one of the lasts pictures she puts a patch of clay on the top. If I am not wrong it should close the form (turned or not). time will tell:). hugs

[Herb_Master]

maybe, but on 1st page there is a bottom from the begining. On one of the lasts pictures she puts a patch of clay on the top. If I am not wrong it should close the form (turned or not). time will tell:). hugs

I noticed that too - I was wondering if the base in photos 5 and 6 (seen again in 7 and 8, whilst smoothing out the seam) was in fact a sort of template to hold the size of the teapot to a correct diameter.
And maybe to help keep it more stable while it is being worked on ?

7 and 8 showing smoothing the vertical seam, but there are no photos of the base being being applied with slip, or being smoothed out.

Then, perhaps, between the 2 photos you mention, the pot is carefully lifted off from the template ??

[andrzej bero]

maybe, but on 1st page there is a bottom from the begining. On one of the lasts pictures she puts a patch of clay on the top. If I am not wrong it should close the form (turned or not). time will tell:). hugs

I noticed that too - I was wondering if the base in photos 5 and 6 (seen again in 7 and 8, whilst smoothing out the seam) was in fact a sort of template to hold the size of the teapot to a correct diameter.
And maybe to help keep it more stable while it is being worked on ?

7 and 8 showing smoothing the vertical seam, but there are no photos of the base being being applied with slip, or being smoothed out.

Then, perhaps, between the 2 photos you mention, the pot is carefully lifted off from the template ??

it has sens. Interesting trick.

[yinwenqian]

I do not understand what happend between last two posts. First you close your shape but on the last picture form is back open. (?)
Mayby next pictures will explain this puzzle:) Thanks, very interesting.

I believe he made the bottom of the teapot in the last two posts, and then he turned the put so the top is facing up.

you are right,very clever

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