teapot Demonstration

Demonstration of a round Yixing teapot,Junya using traditional tools and slab techniques. Watch the amazing transformation from thin paddled slabs into a perfectly symmetrical round form. Learn the secrets behind this process and its vast array of tools. Every step is explained and demonstrated in detail, illustrating the importance of craftsmanship and precision. The roots of this ancient technique date back 1000 years to the Song Dynasty. Since that time Yixing has been renowned for the elegance and function of its small teapots

A clay bar is beaten with a wooden mallet to a sheet of even thickness.

The sheet of caly is smoothed with a bamboo long paddle.

A rudimentary round piece of clay is beaten with a mallet.

A perfect circular piece of clay for forming the base is cut with a gauge .

Two ends of the strip is cut with the knife at an angle of about 45 degrees.

Extra clay is removed and two ends of the strip joined with a little water.

The open end of the cylinder is reelingly beaten with a paddle to make the sides curve inwards, here will become the bottom of the teapot.

The open end of the bottom is cut with the knife at an angle of about 45 degrees.

A circular piece of clay is cut with a gauge, the piece is fashioned from the same bar with the rectangular piece.

The slurry is neatly attached to the open end of the beaten side.

The circular piece is fitted to the open end of the bottom, and extra slop is cleared with a knife.

The circular piece is firmly adhered to the open end of the bottom by pushing the junction with a paddle, the inner layer of the bottom is completed.

The body is inverted, the base of the body is removed with a steel knife, here will become the top of the teapot.

he side also is reelingly beaten with a paddle to make the sides curve inwards, until the size of the open end same the open end of the bottom.

The slurry is neatly put to a circular piece of clay for the open end of the top, the piece also is fashioned from the same bar with the rectangular piece and the bottom piece.

The slurry is neatly attached to the open end of the top.

The circular piece is fitted to the open end of the top.

The circular piece is firmly adhere to the open end of the top by pushing the junction with a paddle..

The body is inverted after dry a litter. A circular piece of soft clay is covered on the bottom of the teapot and is hauling by a knife to same shape with the body of the teapot.

The bottom of the teapot is smoothed with a special bamboo scraper for body.

A circular piece of clay is cut with a gauge in overlay of the center of the bottom of the teapot.

The circular piece of caly is left with a knife, for a foot with concavity.

The foot of the teapot is trimed with a special bamboo scraper for foot.

Two circular piece of dry clay is cut in same size with the gauge, one for neck of the teapot, other one for lid of the teapot.

The slop is attached to the piece for the neck of the teapot.`

The body is once again inverted. The circular piece for the neck of teapot is firmly adhere to the center top of the teapot.

The slop at the junction of the neck and the body is smoothed to a cambered neck.

A second circular piece of soft clay for lid is beaten to a camber with finger,the piece is smaller than the first piece for lid.

The cambered piece is stuck to the first piece for the upside of lid.

The body and the piece for lid of the teapot is dried.

A clay bar is kneaded to a form like a long needle with paddle.

A rudimentary handle of the teapot is twisted to like ear of human.

A short bar of clay which also like a needle is kneaded with a special steel bar for run through spout.

The short bar of clay is kneaded to a cannulation.

A rudimentary spout of the teapot is twisted.

The rudimentary handle of the teapot is smoothed with a buff horn.

Two end of the handle is cut to fit for the teapot.

The rudimentary spout is cut to fit for the teapot also.

The body of the teapot is smoothed with a buff horn.

The position of the spout is marked and holes for pour water are drilled in the well with a brass hole cutter.

The spout is attached. The highest point of the spout should be at the same level as the mouth of the teapot.

The handler is attached also. The highest point of the handler should be at the same level as the mouth and the spout of the teapot.

A rectangular sheet of clay is curved to a small cylinder for flange of the lid. The rectangular sheet of clay is from thick to thin.

The slop is attached to the think side of the cylinder with a bamboo bar.

The upside of the lid is inverted, and placed on a special support which allows the top layer to retain a convexity. The flange is firmly attached to the the lid with same rim.

The inner layer of the lid is removed follow the size of the inside of the flange and the concavity inside of the lid with a crooked knife.

The inside of the lid is trimed with a special bamboo lid cleaner.

The lid is inverted back. The top of the lid is smoothed with a buff horn.

A cylinder of clay is rubbed with come-and-go by a bamboo knub rubberbar

The knub is cut and attached to the top of the lid with a steel needle.

The knub is made sure in the centre of the lid.

The foot of the knub is cleaned with a steel knife's handle.

The hole of the knub is cleared with a hole cleaner.

The slop in the junction of the handle and the body is burnish with a bamboo needle to cambered junction when the slop is dry.

The body,spout and handle of the teapot is smoothed with a buff horn also.

The mouth of the spout is cleared to same rim with a spout needle and a hole cleaner

The mouth of the teapot is removed from the top with a gauge leaving a ledge as the gallery to support the lid.

The gallery to support the lid is cleared and smoothed.

The inside of body is trimed with a small paddle.

The hole which is the inside of the body for spout are cleared by a hole clearner with long handle.

After adding the lid, smooth all teapot to shine, the traditional round teapot is completed.