12th August, 2008: The Making of a Teapot
Bigelow Tea is the provider of more than just wonderful tea. They also carry teapots that are functional, decorative and in some cases crafted by hand, as in the Beehive Tea Set pictured below which you can find on the Bigelow Tea website. So what does functional and decorative mean and how does the artisan go about creating the items that round out our tea experience? Russell Andavall and Maja Tarateta explain the differences:
Beehive Tea Set, a touch of decorative whimsy
Russell Andavall is a multi-media artist and the owner of FireGod Arts. He writes this about functional ceramic art:
Functional Ceramic Art reaches quintessence when the potter achieves a well-balanced teapot that pours without dribbling, is not too delicate for use or too heavy to lift, and has a lid that does not tumble off while pouring. The well-crafted teapot also includes the basic design elements of artistic pottery.
Maja Tarateta from bnet.com discovers for us, through a series of interviews with gallery owners, that Functional Ceramic Art achieves Decorative Ceramic Art when an artist takes something we use daily and re-creates it as an abstract sculpture. The teapot form becomes a blank canvas to be turned into something that everyone can derive pleasure from.
Creating a Teapot
Our thanks go out to Neil Patterson Workshop for providing this image
For Viewing: Video Step by Step How to Make a Teapot with Clay
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