Throwing the Parts to Make a Teapot

This week's video is all about throwing the different components needed to create a teapot on the potter's wheel. Starting with the angular body, then the quickly thrown lid and finally a little group of spouts, made in multiples so I have some options when everything is assembled. Thanks so much for taking the time to watch.
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If you'd like to watch a video that shows how a teapot is made from beginning to end, you can find it here: • How to Make a Pottery ...
Timecodes:
00:00 - Introduction / snow
00:49 - Using hot water to throw with
01:00 - New pairs of callipers
01:30 - Explaining the bucket kept next to me
01:48 - Preparing stoneware clay
02:19 - Throwing the teapot body
07:13 - Setting my callipers
07:39 - Throwing the lid
09:12 - Throwing the spouts
13:25 - The thrown pieces, which once leather hard I can assemble.
My wadding recipe is: 50% china clay/kaolin, 50% coarse alumina hydrate. Mix together slowly and then combine with water very slowly, as it seems to turn to a liquid very easily, so add less than you think.
The gas kiln is a Rohde KG-340, my potter's wheel is a Rohde HMT 500 and my electric kiln is a Rohde TE-200.
Thanks for watching!
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[@Lily-gr1ct]

I blow glass, and recently bought a set of old calipers from ebay. It's so nice to see old, and clearly well made tools (unlike the new ones in similar price range that just looked poor quality). There's a lot of witness marks and shiny edges to it, the points aren't necessarily perfect, but for me they are ideal, because there is very little concern about breaking them, and it allows me to carry on using a tool that has survived many years

[@drawacrab]

I’m glad the calipers are living a new life with you! I also appreciate how much you show the cleaning up process as part of the whole endeavor

[@pamdemonia]

That's almost my favorite part!

[@ericsmith2665]

Thank you sharing your knowledge throughout the year. You have been a tremendous help in my pottery journey. Enjoy your holiday. Can’t wait for next year!!!

[@freshkix7842]

Inspired me to start throwing and I just made my first teapot based off your videos! Thanks for the inspiration and have a great holiday. Your work is beautiful

[@marktaylor865]

Have a good Christmas Florian. Great content again.

[@floriangadsby]

Thank you Mark, a very merry Christmas to you too.

[@emmaprophet2881]

Beautiful calipers and wonderful they will get used to create beautiful pottery. Happy Holidays

[@floriangadsby]

Aren’t they just? I have way too many now… thanks for watching, Emma!

[@shrimpdragon1353]

I don’t know what came over me bout an hour ago I thought I wanna watch some pottery and I gotta say your commentary is awesome and makes it easier to understand hood u have a good Christmas

[@Pasadenahitop]

Lovely as always. Merry Christmas to you.

[@xbaczewska4197]

Loving the calipers. I have a few pairs of hand forged scissors. On tenterhooks til next time when you finish this teapot. Your videos are like one ongoing master class. So great to be able to attend. Thank you. Happy Xmas. 🎄 Xxx, X

[@pamdemonia]

Happy holidays to you and yours! Thanks so much for the wonderful content all year.

[@slucas6303]

Love the antique tools you found! Wishing you and your loved ones a merry Christmas!

[@potterywithme]

Your channel is really great, I've subscribed your channel and I've turned on your channel bell so I can watch it every time you upload a video.

[@potteryhandmade]

i like this video, thank you for sharing 😍😍

[@Alex_0Z]

happy holidays! hope you get to relax! and great video tea pots are sooo finicky i find mine always dribble a little from the spout

[@floriangadsby]

Merry Christmas, Alex! Thanks for taking your time to watch my videos throughout the year.

[@potterywithme]

Very nice

[@jackiemorrison2661]

Merry Christmas Florian!

[@floriangadsby]

Merry Christmas Jackie!

[@SaadiaahmedTV]

👌Good luck and lasting success

[@mikepetersen7319]

Looking forward for the Endresult. Untill then...Merry Xmas to You and Your Family and of course Your Dachshund. 🎄

[@floriangadsby]

Thank you Mike, all the very best to you too! Appreciate you subscribing and taking your precious time to watch!

[@potterywithme]

Perfect and nice 🔥

[@zazahay4547]

The little calipers you found is really cute! I found an old metalic calipers but I guess it was not designed to use with clay... it got rusty T_T I gave it a special treatment and will be more carefull, did you have the same problem once? Thank you for your videos, they're really inspiring and informative!🙏 Have a nice break!

[@ScottRedstone]

I haven’t thrown in almost 20 years. But it is time to return.

[@tomandkayleeceramics]

Lovely to watch and so insightful as always. One quick question. What is the other clay in your tray? Would it not contaminate your usual clay body when recycling?

[@floriangadsby]

It’s a clay I’m testing - but it’s stoneware that fires to the same temperature, so I’ll just really thoroughly mix it into my usual body and maybe it’ll work and produce a small batch of slightly strange coloured pots. Or they’ll all break terribly…

[@sween187]

@12.00 it looks like a whiskey still.

[@timothymccarthy7747]

A lid gallery with less height likes to tip over when pouring liquid. You can fit your lid tightly in order to avoid that. But, that will cause a vacuum and require a tacky hole in your lid. I assume yours have a hole. Let me check back now.

[@floriangadsby]

They do indeed have a hole, nearly pierced into the middle of my lids, a feature I rather like from a design point of view.

[@timothymccarthy7747]

@@floriangadsby 😎

[@juanQuedo]

who doesn't like a nice secondhand finding?

[@Hornylips1]

I would like to see the size of these after firing to judge the shrinkage!