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Perpetual teapot wonderment

Époque Kangxi (1662-1722); Verseuse surprise en forme de pêche de longévité en porcelaine émaillée bleu turquoise

Chinese glazed porcelain blue turquoise teapot in the shape of the longevity peach.

Kangxi period 1662 – 1722

 

Wonderful teapots ….. but can they make a cuppa ?

 

I have been trying to fathom for ages what makes ceramicists succumb to quirky fits of madcap creativity and bold innovation when they become  immersed in the creation of a teapot.

Ever since Sheng Nun sipped his first cup of tea and extolled its virtues, the Chinese have held the beverage in high esteem and produced very refined teapots as a sign of respect. The Japanese turned tea drinking into a religion, but I think that was more to escape their strict Zen masters and their beatings. A Geisha girl was nowhere near as threatening. The Indians emulated the British Rule and took up tea consumption, but abandoned the teapot in favour of throwing everything into an aluminium pot, tea leaves, milk and every spice under the sun, to whip up a chai brew.

The Americans held a mild disdain for the habit, preferring the sharper caffeine hit of coffee. So to them a teapot wasn’t really that useful, and any functional practicality went out the studio window in favour of adventurous decorative designs. Maybe that’s why you rarely see quirky, zany coffee pots. They revere the brew too much. The Italians love their coffee, they need the caffeine to sustain their rapid hand gestures. Tea drinking isn’t really their cup of tea. The Aussies were predominately tea drinkers till coffee crept into use due to the social preference for the latte and their cute froth patterns. The English still love their tea, but are also known to create odd looking teapots, but maybe that’s more because of their eccentric leanings. As far as New Zealand goes in the beverage stakes, I have no idea what their preference might be, but I’m featuring some wonderful contemporary teapots by New Zealander Rick Rudd.  Even though I have already done an instalment on teapots , I have seen a lot more curious and fascinating designs this year so I’m including a new post of artistic tempest in teapot creations.

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Contemporary teapot – Rick Rudd

 

 

Rick Rudd turquoise biomorphic teapot

Turquoise Teapot – Rick Rudd   NZ

 

 

Rick Rudd NZ black contemporary teapot with long spiral handle

Black ceramic teapot – Rick Rudd

 

 

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Contemporary styled teapot – Rick Rudd

 

 

Rick Rudd sculpture teapot sleek lines      A teapot with sleek modernist lines

 

 

Rick Rudd ceramics light sky blue teapot

Rick Rudd

Teapot Rick Rudd contemporary styled teapot

Rick Rudd teapot

Rick Rudd’s site here

Richard Bresnahan gourd tea vessel

Black gourd teapot  – Richard Bresnahan

Matt Wilt teapot and cup set

Matt Wilt teapot and cups

 

 

 

fong-choo ceramic teapot

Fong Choo green teapot

Gerard Ferrari robotic teapot

Hydroplaning Robotic Beetle Teapot

Made by Gerard Ferrari
2004

Barbara-Chadwick ceramics

Teapot – Barbara Chadwick

 

 

Batton-Clayworks

Batton Clayworks

 

Cracked Clay teapot

Teapot by Cracked Clay

Handmade teapot from “stressed” slabs of stoneware clay and porcelain. It was fired in May 2009 in a wood fired anagama kiln in Minnesota!

Dariusz-Klimczak-(Poland) red teapot on the beach

Dariusz-Klimczak-(Poland)

Digital artwork

Dotty Teapot Mark daley

Dotty Teapot-Mark Dally

 

 

Fong-Choo-lemon yellow teapot

Fong Choo teapot

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Teapot –    Leopold Foulem

 

 

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Irina Zaytceva

Irina Zaytceva art teapot

James Diem

James Diem

James-Lawton

James Lawton

Kris Nelson wood fired teapot

Kris Nelson wood  fired teapot

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Dog Romance -Kurt Weiser

Teapot     Kurt Weiser-USA

( a lidless teapot )

Nefta Tompkins Winter Sun

Winter Sun   –  Nefta Tompkins

Ode to Night Circus-Wanda-designs

Ode to Night Circus  – Wanda designs

Rena Hamilton

Rena Hamilton

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 Passion Red Hearts – Functional Tea Pot by Patrica Paquin of Artists Loft

 

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Louie Louie – Rimas Vis Girda

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Rocket 4 teapot –  Tim Story

Rosie Wynkoop coffee pot

Rosie Wynkoop coffee pot

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Chinese Jade teapot – 18th Century

( the Met NY )

Teapots by Cary Joseph woodfired pottery

Wood fired teapot – Cary Joseph

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Sandy Terry

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