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Ceramic Teapot Clay Wedging
Ceramic Teapot Clay Checking
Ceramic Teapot Wheel Wedge & Centering
Ceramic Teapot Wheel Wedge
Ceramic Teapot Clay Compressing
Ceramic Teapot Shaping
Ceramic Teapot Trimming
Ceramic Teapot Sizing & Dismount
Ceramic Teapot Lid Wedging
Ceramic Teapot Lid Hole Boring
Ceramic Teapot Lid Dismount
Ceramic Teapot Spout Throwing
Ceramic Teapot Spout Trimming
Ceramic Teapot Spout Dismount
Ceramic Teapot Assembly
Ceramic Teapot Spout Attachment
Ceramic Teapot Handle Design
Ceramic Teapot Handle Wedging
Ceramic Teapot Handle Throwing
Ceramic Teapot Handle Attachment
Ceramic Teapot Lid Trimming
Ceramic Teapot Lid Smoothing
Ceramic Teapot Lid Handle
Ceramic Teapot Finishing Touches
Summary: Trim the base of a ceramic teapot by running your potter's knife around the form. Learn how to trim a teapot with expert tips from a master potter in this free ceramics video.
Chris Cook received a BFA in ceramics and sculpture from Southern Oregon University where he studied raku, studio ceramics, stoneware, and various firing techniques under Jim Romberg....read more
"All right a so at this point you know, we can have it be a pretty organic form by just sliding your finger through it like that or something. Or if want you could take your rib and you can make it nice and smooth or try to. I just put that big finger line in there but I can fix it. Something like that. OK! Whatever you like you can do and then come in there and make that real nice. All right, square that off real good. Take your potters knife down on the bottom there. You can even put your finger in there to see where you’re at still. So let’s trim it right off of the wheel like that. OK, and then from here I am going to show you how to get it off with just the needle tool."
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