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Creating a Cylindrical Slab Teapot with Darts and a Hollow Handle Intermediate Level
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- Опубликовано: 6 окт 2019
- This video is a demonstration of Creating a Cylindrical Slab Teapot with Darts and a Hollow Handle- Intermediate Level. I am using a soft slab without texture in this video- but of course, you can make it with texture. My ceramics II students have a textured slab set project for which this technique really lends itself. The link to a photo of the patterns is below. Rectangle is 15” long and 5” high. Circle bottom is 5” diameter. The patterns will be on an 8.5x11” document, but you can enlarge it to make it whatever size you want. I will have a key for the size on the document. drive.google.com/file/d/1hRpC...
As I recommend in the video, I suggest that if you have not done soft slab building previously, that you start with something a bit easier- like a cup or a bowl to learn the basics of this method of construction before you try something more advanced with so many multiple parts like the teapot. Here are a couple of videos here for a good place to start:
Slab cylinder bowl: • Textured Slab Bowls Fr...
Slab cylinder cups: • Three Variations on Ma...
Tripod Cylinder cups: • How to make a Tripod T...
Cylinder cup with squared bottom: • Creating a Round Slab ...
The slabs are rolled using my ¼” thick hardwood slab sticks and a rolling pin. I then ribbed/compressed the slabs before cutting out the patterns. I use the Kemper serrated rib for scoring the slabs and attachments. (See my doc below for links to the tools). When the main body of the teapot form is built, then I show the darting of the shoulder to create a rounded appearance, and to bring the opening smaller for the lid. I also show how to make the spout and the hollow handle, and lid. (Learned this first from Sandi Pierantozzi… check out her gorgeous work!) I show how I attach the spout and handle. I do poke a small hole in the handle with a needle tool off camera to allow a vent hole for thorough drying. When everything is finished, I don’t believe I mention it, but SLOW DRYING is of the greatest importance for even drying. Don’t ever allow your teapots to dry uncovered quickly… it is the surest way to get cracking at your handles! I cover mine with a few layers of a heavy bath towel, and then lightly drape a bag over that. It took a week to A week and a half to dry before I fired it.
Check out my Amazon Influencer Store where I have recommendations for some of my favorite tools and products many of which I use in my videos- which are available on Amazon. www.amazon.com/shop/karanspot...
For the great tools I used in the video (including the MKM rollers and the wooden Kemper tools) check out this link to a live Googledoc I continually update with lots of my favorite tools on Amazon using my associate links! (also some non-amazon suggestions on here!)
docs.google.com/document/d/1X...
In this video, I am using standard 153, a nice midrange firing stoneware in my classroom.
I am a public high school ceramics teacher at William Mason High School in Mason, Ohio. (Mason is currently the largest high school in Ohio!) As a potter, I have been working in clay for over 30 years, and I have been teaching for over 28 years, the past 20 have been specifically teaching high school ceramics. I love what I do! I have my own studio in my home basement, where I work on my personal pottery for my Etsy site; www.etsy.com/shop/KaransPotsA...
I started my RUclips channel a few years ago, to make videos to help my students if they are absent and miss a demo, or if they would like to explore more advanced techniques independently. I have been amazed to reach such a wider audience than my own students!
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Karan, thank you so very much for the tutorial. I love the way you put the darts in and explaining the spout so well. You are the best💕
You are such a good teacher. Thank you.
Thank you! I now have an idea for Christmas for my mother-in-law and sister-in-law next year! Thank you!
Wonderful!
Brilliant!
Thank you for sharing.
Thank you! You are a great teacher!
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Brillante! Muchas Gracias!
I'm a teabag, t.pot fan, and I've been watching some of your flouting blogs and enjoying all the processes involved. While on the hunt for tools I saw one of the tools you were using to help join the spout and wall on your tea pot, and I did wonder how you would use it, now I know, thank you. I love all your vlogs. I'm slowly going through them as I'm learning on my own clay journey so thank you for this mass of information, stay safe stay well and keep potting. Denise
I’ve taken quite a few tips from this video, Karan, to make a watering can. It’s getting bisque fired this week so I can glaze it Sunday in class. One more opportunity to ruin it 😂. The tips were very helpful.
Lol! Good luck!!
Very nice pot.
Usefull tutorial, thank you.
I would like to see the pot glazed.
Hi Sheila- I'm sorry, but I actually never have glazed this one. I keep lots of unglazed demonstration pieces in my classroom for the students to examine closely when they make theirs! It helps them to see the details of the craft better!
@@KaransPotsAndGlass yes you are absolutely right.
Although your tutorial is not a recent one i just watched it now.
I only started making ceremics for a hobby almost 2 years ago.
Im enjoying it very much.
And youtube is an eye opener for me.
I subscribed on your acount, ejoying your video's.
My woven basket came out really nice. And i made a bigger one after that.
Greetz
Sheila
the 🇳🇱 Nederlands (better known as Holland)
What do you use to cover your tables with? I am a fellow art teacher.
Heavy duty canvas! I normally buy from Utrecht!
@@KaransPotsAndGlass thanks
Do you have to wash the canvas very frequently to keep the dust down? If so how do you wash them? Thank you so much for all of your hard work and making sure it’s available to everyone. I have learned so much from you and I realllly appreciate it!!
Hi. I love your videos I am also into simple! I appreciate the honesty of your craft and skill. I have been looking for that wooden tool you mentioned and am having no luck. PLEASE let me know where you got it; it isnt in your list. Its the wooden throwing tool....there are many out there but that one is versatile for throwing and sculpture! lol
Oh, here you go! I could no longer find them to purchase, so I made some for my classroom and for others!!- etsy.me/3yDosz6
Karan, if I may ask; when you fire your pot, do you fire it with the lid on the pot or off? Thank you so much 💕
Most always I fire the lids on- but on my student slab work, sometimes if it has a little more room, and I feel the glaze may interfere with the aesthetic of the pot - I may fire separately so it can be glazed more thoroughly to the edge of the opening. That being said, I’d always fire a wheel thrown lid on - as warping is more of a concern on those!
Have you tried to use a piece of damp fabric to help you roll the hollow handle and spout?
I have not- that’s a lovely idea! Thanks for sharing!!
Any tips on glazing interior/exterior components of this teapot?
As I don't do a strainer inside, I normally pour a nice liquidy glaze inside, and pour out through the spout. I don't glaze anywhere that the lid and pot will touch one another as I fire the lids on.
What is that long wooden tool that you use towards the beginning when putting the edges together on the initial slab? It looks a lot like a regular wooden modeling tool, just so much longer! I’d really like to get one, but I checked your Amazon store and didn’t see it there (also just FYI, quite a lot of the things in your Amazon store are not being sold anymore, so I think you just might need to find the same thing with a different seller who has them in stock if you’d like us to be able to buy things through your store). Thanks for the great video, I’m going to start my first attempt at any teapot, starting with slab building since I am far from doing a wheelthrowing one tomorrow. Wish me luck!
It looks like a custom made "knife", you could use a long wooden rib, or make something yourself.
@@theabristlebroom4378 unfortunately I have no skill with woodworking, I would not be able to make something myself. I have looked long and hard for something similar and have not found anything that works exactly like the way she is able to use it. It would be great if she answered and told us where she got it.
Hi ladies! Shoot- I didn’t see these comments until now!! Sorry about that!!! It’s the Kemper brand WT4- an 8” wooden knife! I love those for reaching down into things!!!
@@KaransPotsAndGlass Thank you! I have a lot of the kemper modeling tools but I guess I haven’t come across this one! Now that I know the model number I’ll be sure to get one! Thank you so much!
@@aubreytauer7308 You're welcome-- if you google the kemper catalog, you can find some cool ones! That's how I discovered I can purchase the mini ribbon tools sold separately! I just ask my local supplier to order the ones I need! :). kempertools.com/online-catalog/
Is the ribbing of the slabs essential?
HI Holly- I have occasionally forgotten to rib slabs when building and it can be fine... but I look at it as "insurance"... it will increase your chances of success as it offers the increased benefit of a stronger slab through compression. Let's compare it to wearing a seat belt in a car. Can you drive and not get hurt without a seat belt? Sure... but your chances of coming out of a crash without serious injuries are dramatically lessened when wearing the belt... so a minor inconvenience makes it worth it for me! (And, since I an teaching beginning students, they need all the help they can get with making their pieces successful!) :)
Is it necessary to make a little hole in the handle? So the air inside does not crack it?
No it’s not necessary if absolutely dry- but I caution my kids to do anyway it as a little “safety” step. It’s possible to fire trapped air - as long as there is no moisture. But, I recommend that the kids always vent their pieces to let any trapped moisture escape. I’m firing works for 225 students constantly- and although I try to dry things very thoroughly in a preheat, sometimes I just don’t have enough time to preheat for such a long time needed for stuff that’s not vented.
Oh thank you so much!
Thank you so much! I learned a lot! As I'm a total newbie got two questions after watching this.
How come your clay doesn't crack when rolling the handle and spout?
Difference of thickness in spout and the lead knob (compared to the rest) isn't problematic when drying and firing?
Hi Katia! My clay is plastic enough that it will not crack when I’m rolling the handle and spout. (That plasticity is sometimes a fine balance!). If your clay is not plastic enough, it will definitely crack. You could just try adding water of plasticity to get it a little softer, if that would help. The thickness of the slab of the spout is still using the quarter inch thickness strips, I just taper that end where it pours to be a wee bit thinner. The knob does not pose a problem with drying. The big thing that I tell my kids is to always dry things evenly, and that is best achieved in my classroom by draping thick bath towels over the pieces as they dry slowly. I do have some videos on how you can rehydrate clay, but the easiest way, when working with slabs is when you have those slabs rolled out -always spritz down your scrap and allow the loose scrap to soak up the water in a bag before you roll it into a new slab.
@@KaransPotsAndGlass Thanks a bunch for this answer! 🧡 +1 sub!
so tapering won't hurt, I thought the whole thing should be of equal thickness.
I certainly will watch your other videos, but I barely can make a 4~5 inch cylinder with a quarter inch slab.😔 I guess you call it short clay, any idea what to with it? it's earthenware clay.
p.s. I tried water, but still so many tiny cracks emerge when trying to roll it.
Be sure to compress it with a rib, and you could even spritz the surface of the slab prior to ribbing too! Short clay is most commonly remedied with adding water. If it’s still short, it could have a bit of added bentonite.
Do you have the pattern to make your pottery online for us?! I love your slab creations!
Yes- the patterns are typically in the video description! This was the one I posted in this video! docs.google.com/document/d/1p2aO_AJGnRMairvzpYBCwru74SVb7-efGPQ5lEL8N5Y/edit?usp=sharing
Sorry for various predictive text mistakes, all looked good till I pressed comment, hopefully you can make out that I was trying to say I like your work and thank you for sharing
can you pls share the template for your darting tool.. its brilliant!!
I apologize- my darts are at school now, so I don't have that particular one to take a photo at the moment!! Here is a link to another dart... just a variation of the one I used. This has straight sides, whereas the one in the video was curved inward a bit for more of a curved shoulder. drive.google.com/file/d/1_nMsdn6xDRMVMT14Bu6tO9YNglaEIC9c/view?usp=sharing
@@KaransPotsAndGlass thank you for sharing this!! :)
Where can I find pattern sizes. mjgaskins47
Look in the video description (under the video)- there is a link to a google doc
There is a gizmo for dividing forms... MKM makes one.