Teapot Trio
Now that the holiday's are over and nothing much is happening for me until around spring time I have time to really play with clay. Sometimes that will mean making a completely new form (I'm thinking about lamps quite a bit lately) or a new surface decoration. Sometimes it means just revising old friends like these side handle teapots.
During the slower times I really enjoy making these because I'm more relaxed. I can take the extra time to make a bunch of handles, spouts and lids to see which one fits best and even experiment with some different shapes. I normally make extras, of any attachments, but this time of year I feel I have more freedom to play with them.
While I was making these I shot some video for my youtube channel. I haven't posted any demo videos in quite a while. Hopefully I'll get them all uploaded and make my channel interesting again. Stay tuned for that.
What do you do when you feel less work pressure?
During the slower times I really enjoy making these because I'm more relaxed. I can take the extra time to make a bunch of handles, spouts and lids to see which one fits best and even experiment with some different shapes. I normally make extras, of any attachments, but this time of year I feel I have more freedom to play with them.
While I was making these I shot some video for my youtube channel. I haven't posted any demo videos in quite a while. Hopefully I'll get them all uploaded and make my channel interesting again. Stay tuned for that.
What do you do when you feel less work pressure?
Such pretty teapots! I love side handle teapots, but I'm left handed and they usually pour the wrong way for me :(
ReplyDeleteWhat about horsehair lamps? Could be very nice......
I'm like you, looking forward to playing a little and not worrying so much about how many pieces of something I ned to make, not yet anyway..
Tracey, you read my mind about the lamps. Look for them in a future posting. Now I'm thinking I should make a few left handed teapots.
DeleteI do the same thing, work on more complicated pieces or just let the clay tell me what to make.
ReplyDeleteIt is fun to work on the complex pieces when we aren't feeling too much pressure.
DeleteI like to do some experimenting in my down time, or work on more time consuming projects. I am also a lefty, but pretty ambidextrous, so I don't find the side handled teapots a problem.
ReplyDeleteGood to know about the teapots Michèle, but I still may make some left handed ones like I do with mugs.
Deletei do the same thing...sort of, ride the ideas when the pressure is down :)
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