Teapot 52.
                 Floating blue over
                 white slip over
                 earthenware.
                 The spout torked quite a bit.
                 Not noticeable 
                 if the opening was round
                 but quite noticeable 
                 when it isn't.

             Teapot 49. Avocado, I forget the name of the other green 
             and black underglazes under transparent on white stoneware. 
             The greens aren't green unfortunately. One more to go.

              Teapots 45-47.
              Top, Seaworld on stoneware. 2 out of 6 spout holes clogged.
              Center, Shino and Seaworld on stoneware. 2-1/2 out of 6 
              spout holes clogged.
              Bottom, Glossy White with brushed Cobalt wash on earthenware. 
              All 6 spout holes unclogged. Glossy White on stoneware is very 
              well-behaved. The pot itself is heavier than I'd like though.

             Teapot 44. Fall Creek Shino with Seaworld; glazes overlap 
             at center. Stoneware. OK, I like it very much, but the glaze 
             on the handle isn't even. But that's a small flaw, and, after all, 
             it's handmade. . . Nanmade.

              Teapot 39. Seaworld on stoneware. I'm very excited 
              about this one because it turned out exactly the way 
              I designed it. I threw 2 V-shaped bowls, attached them,
              threw the lid separately (although it could have been cut 
              from the bottom of one of the bowls), threw the spout,
              and slab cut the handle.

              Teapot 38, two views. I'm pleased at how this turned out, even 
              though the lines of the drawings and lettering streaked a little. 
              Might it have been from using too much transparent? I like the 
              shape too, which is new for me. It's black and green underglaze.

             Teapots 31-33, all earthenware. 

             Top, Cobalt brush marks on Glossy White — always reliable.

             Middle, Glossy White; lid single dipped, bottom 1/4 double dipped 
             with Falls Creek Shino. That glaze was Karen's suggestion. 
             I was nervous about doing the whole thing, so I just did the lid. 
             I shouldn't have double dipped the bottom, should have made it 
             FCS only. I thought it was a discard after the firing because there 
             glaze was stuck to the lid and gallery, but — Joel pried it off! 
             with minimal damage. I was so happy.
             
             Bottom, tried again with the new Atlantis Aqua, firing the lid 
             and body separately. It worked this time.

             Teapot 30. Seaworld on earthenware. I like it, 
             except two of the spout holes are filled with glaze. 
             (Luckily there's four more.) Also, I fired the lid and pot 
             separately so it looks very good but the lid slides 
             around more than I'd like. I suppose what I need 
             to do is make a tight. exact-fitting gallery — which is 
             really hard to do! I put a hole in the finial on the lid.
             Threaded through the hole is a cell phone charm.
             It's a bunny, in case you can't tell from the picture. 
             It's a gift from an ESOL student. I think it was to 
             commemorate the year of the rabbit (2011). 

             Teapots 26-29. Top is cobalt wash brushstrokes on glossy 
             white glaze on earthenware. The one below is also 
             earthenware with seaworld glaze. The one below that is also 
             seaworld glaze but on white stoneware. The bottom one is 
             floating blue over glossy white brushstrokes on earthenware. 
             The third one down is pretty small, but the others can hold 
             up to 2 cups.

             Teapot #25. Atlantic aqua glaze on earthenware.
             Unfortunately, the lid stuck, but Courtney warned me 
             that might happen. It's a new glaze she mixed that's 
             kinda runny. I like it though. I might try it again but fire 
             the lid separately. I like the shape too. The knob could use 
             refinement.

             Teapot #24. Seaworld glaze on earthenware. Unfortunately 
             the lid cracked. The lid was also fired separately (Nonna's 
             suggestion). It looks nice but the fit isn't snug — it's sliding
             around. Still — I like it.

             Teapot #21.  Courtney's new cobalt glaze on earthenware. 
             Spout's too long, but otherwise . . .       
                                                          
             Teapot #22. Black glaze with commercial white circles and 
             knob. The knob fell off in the bisque fire but I reattached it 
             with extra glaze under and around it. Drew said not to do 
             that though because, when firing, the glaze may slip, 
             like lava, taking the knob with it. It might be interesting to 
             see where it winds up though. 

             Teapot #23. I'm counting this one as part of the series 
             although I made it 2 years ago. It was my first teapot. 
             I learned how to make it in Juan Sanabria's class. 
             It still looks pretty good, or, not bad. I recently made the 
             teacups to go with another celadon teapot (#14). 
             They're too thick I think.

             Teapot #20 with matching teacups. Seaworld on earthenware. 
             The top of the spout needs to be still higher to prevent 
             water/tea from spilling out when it is full inside (Karen's insight). 
             The teacups don't exactly match and one is way too thick 
             on the bottom. But besides all that, the top is glazed shut! 
             Nonna Hall, our pottery teacher, was very helpful about 
             how to avoid that: be careful of applying glaze to thick 
             near the waxed edges, but if it is too thick, feather (smooth 
             and thin) edges. Not to be totally negative, I do like the shape.

             http://www.nonnahall.com

             Teapot #19. Cobalt brush over antique white (I meant to do 
              glossy white) on speckled earthenware. Karen offered 
              to test the teapots for functionality, since I don't drink tea myself. 
              I'm going to take her up on that.

             I returned to Greenwich House yesterday to glaze the 
             4 pieces I made there. We'll see how they turn out. 
             The people at GH are really nice and helpful.

             Teapot #18. Floating blue on earthenware.

             Last weekend I attended a great workshop at Greenwich 
             House Pottery in NYC, presented by Deb Schwartzkopf. 
             (http://debspottery.com) Called "Set the Table," Deb showed 
             us how to alter wheel-thrown plates and cylinders into imaginative 
             configurations. In a slide show, she showed the animal and plant 
             shapes and colors that inspire her. She discussed how to think 
             about making sets — not necessarily perfectly matched sets 
             but pieces that relate to one another in creative ways, in shape 
             and glaze application. Deb said, "There are no rules, just the ones
             you make up in your head." I loved that.

             Teapot #17. Floating blue glaze on earthenware.

Unsuccess

             Teapot #16. A disaster: lid is stuck, glaze (an experiment: 
             all-over brushed-on cobalt wash over glossy white stoneware) 
             is terribly messy. Shape isn't bad but my lid knobs need 
             to be taller. It's hard to grip — something Peter Davis pointed    
             out. That's my hand-built dollhouse teapot in the background. 

             #13. Yikes. Such a nice shape and glaze —  black double 
             dipped over floating blue. But it's the double dipping 
             that caused a problem: forgot to blow out the spout 
             holes and they clogged up, therefore unusable.

             50 Teapot Project
                
             Top: #10, unopenable (grr), seaworld on bisqued stoneware. 
                
             Bottom: #11, yes! it's functional (lid lifts). Brushed cobalt wash 
             over glossy white on earthenware.

             Two more un-openables, both earthenware: top is glazed  
              with seaworld, the one below is brushed with glossy white  
              under floating blue. These are not in the order I made 
              them, but I'll number them 9 and 10.