【How to make a teapot】Part1 [Throwing] Japanese pottery

Hello, I'm Shinobu Hashimoto. Today, I'm going to show you how to make a pot. I'm going to show you how to make a body, a mouth, a lid, a handle, and so on. This video is going to be a little long, so I'm going to split it into three parts. Maybe it will be two parts. First, I'm going to make the shape of the pot. I'm going to make all the parts of the pot with a saw. I'm going to do that today. Let's get started. First, I'm going to make a body. You can make a body in any shape you like. I've made a video called Kyusu Rion before. If you have time, please take a look at it. The basic theory of the shape is there, so please refer to it. First, I'm going to take the soil. I'm going to take the soil and make it. After making a hole, tighten the bottom. At this time, the size of the bottom will be decided. Let's decide the size of the bottom depending on what shape you want to make. Then I'll pull it up. At this time, first of all, it's straight. Even if you make a round thing, you don't pull it up. I'm going to pull it up straight. What I want you to be careful of is here. I don't make the base of the mouth thin. I'll leave the thickness. I'm going to pull it up with the thickness of the base of my mouth left. When you make this, of course, it's narrower than the size of your hand, isn't it? So when you put your hand in, it spreads out. You don't have to worry about that. It's narrow now, but if you put your hand in here, it'll spread out. You don't have to worry about that anymore. It's like this. I'm going to do it properly from the bottom. I've got a lot of thickness around here. Well, my mouth is a little slanted. So I'm going to cut this once and make it flat. I'll adjust the height. Then, well, this one. I'm going to make it flat again. If you can, you should tighten it with a leather once. Please tighten it while being careful not to make it thin. Then I'm going to inflate my stomach from here. And of course, don't open your mouth too much. In my case, I've decided on the size of the lid and the handle. It's 60mm. I've decided on 6cm. I'm going to put the handle in this size. Be careful. I'll make sure to do it all the time. Oh, no. I'm a little suspicious. Is it okay? Well, let's do it. Then I'll inflate the whole thing a little more. If you go to the mouth, make sure you don't inflate it. It's not good where I just scratched. Then I'll cut it again. Actually, if you do this too much, it will gradually change from the original shape. The balance will change, so it's not good. I'll put the thickness of the mouth back once. I'll hold it down from above and put it back. That's good. Now the body is almost done. Next is the handle. I'm going to make a handle. I'm going to use the one that I cut the spatula. This is the part of the mouth. I'm going to push down half of this area. I pushed it down like this. I think it's a little difficult to make a handle, so I'll do it separately. I'll just do the handle part. I'll just explain the feeling of the handle without making a body. I'll make it a little extreme so that it's easy to understand. In this state, I left a little thickness and made an edge. Then I'm going to push down half of the thickness of this edge. I'll do it again. Leave the edge thick and push down half of it. At this time, it would be nice if you could support it with your fingers. If it's narrow or wide at this time, it's easy to tighten it. If it's narrow, use a spatula to push it out a little. Or if you don't have a fixed size like me from the beginning, you can make a lid according to the size. However, if you make a number, it will be troublesome if each size is different. It is easier to make if you have the same size. This completes the body. I scratched it a little. That's not good. Next, I'll make a lid. The lid is like making a small plate. I've introduced how to make a lid in a video before. Please refer to it. It's like making a small plate. If you make the lid consciously, it will be deep. What happens when it gets deep is that when you put it on, it becomes a fluffy lid. It doesn't match the line of the whole bowl. Please think of it as making a shallow plate. It's a little big now, so I'll cut it. I'll put the skin on it and close the edge. I think I cut it a little too much. It's a little smaller, so I'll stretch it out a little. It's perfect. The lid is just if possible. If you're worried about the size, you can make it a little bigger. You can do it after it's dry. You can cut it with paper and make it smaller. I'm going to cut it off. I'm going to take a little longer. This is going to be the handle. I'm going to cut out the handle. I'm going to make it longer. I'm going to take a long time and cut it out. Then this will be the handle. The last one is the mouth. I'm going to make a mouth. The mouth is shaped like a garlic. In my case, I make a mouth like a garlic. The length of the hem is important. This is going to be the adhesive part later. I'm taking a pretty wide shot. As I mentioned in the case theory I mentioned before, I'm going to put the position of the tea pot on the bottom as much as possible. I'm going to put the mouth on top. That's why I'm going to take a wide shot. If you don't have an image of the finished form, it won't look good. I think you can make a good mouth if you can imagine the finished form. I think it's better to have a thin tip of the mouth as much as possible. When you get used to the length of the mouth, you'll understand a lot. At first, I don't think you can imagine how long it will be. It's important to make a number. I think you can't get an image unless you make a number of the length of the mouth. And the thickness of the mouth. I think it's better to make it thinner than you think. Is it like this? Is it a little long? At the end, I feel like I'm going to put a tongue on it. I'll put a tongue on it. Like this. It's done. I made a body, a lid, and a mouth. As I said earlier, it's easy to understand if you always decide the shape. Even if the lid doesn't fit, if the shape is decided, you can make it as many times as you want. If you make it according to this every time, you won't know what size to make next time. I think it's good to decide every time. Then the balance you make will gradually be decided. Anyway, I think it's good to make it as many times as you want. If you make it once and say, I'm glad I did it well or I didn't do it well, I don't know at all, so I think I can see various things if I make it many times. I'll shave this next time, so please look forward to the next video. Bye bye