Welcome Petr!
Nice work............... keep at it!
Best,
R
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Hi Petr! Welcome to the forum.
Your work is just incredible, I love the earthy tones, very beautiful indeed.
Your work is just incredible, I love the earthy tones, very beautiful indeed.
Re: Petr Novák - Pots under influence of tea
Thank all of you for plaudit, my ego like it...I am kidding, I really appreciated that my works are remarkable for you. Thanks.
Truth is that in Czech Republic we have surprising amount of tearooms and it help me to develop my tea ware. It is because in pottery you need not only inspirations, information, and artistic feelings but also a lot of practice. And I am conscious that there is a lot of things I can work on. So I have to say also thank you to all people who suport me on my journey.
Here is a teapot just after finishing...
Truth is that in Czech Republic we have surprising amount of tearooms and it help me to develop my tea ware. It is because in pottery you need not only inspirations, information, and artistic feelings but also a lot of practice. And I am conscious that there is a lot of things I can work on. So I have to say also thank you to all people who suport me on my journey.
Here is a teapot just after finishing...
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I would say that is a fascinating teapot!!! A lot of character. 

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But it is still only piece of clay waiting for a fire...It is magical, isn it?
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How was the crackling added to the surface? Looks like it is "stretch marks?"
I wonder what it will look like out of the fire.
I wonder what it will look like out of the fire.

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Here Is the detail of fired pot with this decoration...In basic it is quite common technique . Latter on I will explain it.
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That is an Awesome looking teapot! I can't wait to see what it looks like when it's fired.
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Elegant tea pot : I like the "tree" stucture before firing .... 


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Re: Petr Novák - Pots under influence of tea
Welcome to TeaChat. SOme nice looking forms there.
Looks like you are using sodium silicate (waterglass) on the surface to get the cracking when you stretch.....and an enhansed "flashing" effect on the fired unglazed clay in addition to the woodfire. Is that the case?
best,
................john
Looks like you are using sodium silicate (waterglass) on the surface to get the cracking when you stretch.....and an enhansed "flashing" effect on the fired unglazed clay in addition to the woodfire. Is that the case?
best,
................john
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I just purchased a houhin & cup set created by Petr (my local teashop, Dobra Tea, has a nice collection of his works) and I love it. Great work Petr; I hope to obtain more of your teaware soon!


Re: Petr Novák - Pots under influence of tea
Thanks for sharing spittingoutteeth!!! Beautiful shot of your gorgeous acquisition!spittingoutteeth wrote:I just purchased a houhin & cup set created by Petr (my local teashop, Dobra Tea, has a nice collection of his works) and I love it. Great work Petr; I hope to obtain more of your teaware soon!

Re: Petr Novák - Pots under influence of tea
Thank all of you for kind words.
John, you are right. I use wateglass for this decoration. I apply thin coat of waterglass on basic cone of clay, than I left it for several minutes and than working only from inside by one hand I make a shape of the pot.
Spittingouteeth: Which one of Dobra tea is your local? Is it Madison or Burlington? Thank you for support and enjoy your pot. Please, Let me know by a time how it works.
Petr
John, you are right. I use wateglass for this decoration. I apply thin coat of waterglass on basic cone of clay, than I left it for several minutes and than working only from inside by one hand I make a shape of the pot.
Spittingouteeth: Which one of Dobra tea is your local? Is it Madison or Burlington? Thank you for support and enjoy your pot. Please, Let me know by a time how it works.
Petr