Collection: Teapots

As an avid tea drinker, making teapots is something I have enjoyed doing for years. And although teapots are finicky and somewhat challenging, I continue to find great pleasure in creating unique pots that I hope bring delight to someone’s tea ritual.

All my teapots are made with a combination of slab work and coiling. Once the body of the teapot is formed and complete, I add feet. Following the feet I make a knob - I love for my teapots to have a noticeable knob, so many of my teapots will be easy to recognize due to their prominent head gear. As soon as the pot is dry enough, I cut in the opening for the lid. Here I form a small ledge around the opening to prevent the lid from falling into the pot. I also add a flange to the lid itself thus making it safer for pouring once the teapot is in use.

Following the feet, knob and lid I then add spout and handle to the teapot. After that the teapot is trimmed, finished and left to dry in preparation for incising just before it's leather hard; at this stage I incise the pattern into the still-moist clay. When the design has been completed the teapot is left to dry completely prior to the first firing. After the bisque firing the teapot is glazed and fired one last time.

Each teapot is created with love and care for your every-day tea ritual and enjoyment.  The lid of the teapot, or container, is formed as part of the whole piece and fits perfectly when adjusted to the shape of the vessel.

To make the best of your hand-built teapot:

Mother the teapot with boiling water in preparation for tea making. Discard the water, add your tea and pour the water over the leaf. Many styles of tea can be steeped loose directly in the pot. The whole leaves will fall to the bottom allowing you to pour freely. If you are using a finer cut of tea leaves you can pour through a strainer or steep your tea in a filter. Once done with your tea ritual, you simply rinse the teapot in warm water. No soap needed.