available now · template + 3D tutorial
A real two-to-three-cup teapot: a lid that sits just right, a spout that pours, a strainer. You build it without a wheel, guided step by step, with thirteen templates recalculated for your clay.
Pay on Gumroad · a key to paste into the tool unlocks the templates and tutorial right away.
the result
A straight body, a soft shoulder, a slender spout and a round handle. A simple shape that suits a celadon glaze as well as speckled stoneware left almost bare.
in detail
Illustrative images. The shape is your templates'; the glaze and firing are yours.
It's out.
A one-time purchase, templates and tutorial unlocked right away.
intermediate level, fully guided
More parts than a cup, two sessions instead of one: it's an intermediate piece. But what makes a teapot intimidating is the maths, not the gestures. The tool does the maths. All that's left is to roll, place and join, with the tutorial beside you. If you've already made a slab cup, you know how to do every one of these gestures.
The spout whose base hugs the body, the cone-shaped shoulder, the lid and its play, the strainer: every template comes out at the right size for your clay.
The body and the spout roll around mandrels printed with the templates. No tube to hunt down in the right diameter.
17 steps, by click or scroll. Each gesture replays, and you can spin the scene to see it from every angle.
About 2 h 30 to build the body and the lid, then 1 h once the teapot is leather hard, for the strainer, the spout and the handle.
tutorial preview
They play on their own. Click to replay one.
The rest is waiting in the full tutorial.
drag to rotate
Thirteen templates and a 3D tutorial.
A one-time purchase at €9.99, templates and tutorial included.
in short
Five stages, from paper to kiln. The tutorial breaks them into 17 steps, with your teapot's measurements every time.
Diameter, heights, spout and handle can all be adjusted in the tool, for a 12 % shrinkage or your clay's own.
All that's missing is the clay.
A one-time purchase at €9.99, paid on Gumroad.
questions
Yes. This teapot is built entirely from slabs, on a table: the body and spout roll around two card mandrels printed with the templates. A banding wheel helps with finishing.
It's an intermediate piece: more parts than a cup, but no gesture is hard in itself. What makes a teapot intimidating is the maths (a spout that has to hug the body, a lid that has to fit, a strainer in the right spot), and that's already done in the templates. If you've made a slab cup before, you know how to do every one of the gestures.
The tip of the spout has to stay above the fill line, and the lid needs an air hole. The tool checks this for you: it won't accept a spout that's too short, and the tutorial shows where to pierce the air hole.
The lid sits on a flange that drops into the neck, with 1 mm of play once fired. It dries in place on the teapot so the neck and lid shrink together.
About 60 cl (20 fl oz) up to the top of the shoulder in its starting size, or two to three cups. Diameter, heights, spout and handle are all adjustable in the tool.
A fine stoneware works well. Enter your clay's shrinkage in the tool, and both the templates and the tutorial's measurements recalculate.
13 templates to your measurements and the full 3D tutorial, for €9.99.
Pay on Gumroad · a key to paste into the tool unlocks the templates and tutorial right away.