Production in the Rainy Season

I'm sorry that I haven't written this blog recently.

It is the rainy season in Japan.
I'm sure that many people are suffering from the sultry weather.
My naturally wavy hair goes all over the place with humidity........


In the pottery production, however,
this is the perfect season for some product.

There are Mugs and Cups with handles, of course

But, especially Tea Pots and Coffee pots, with many parts, Handles, Spouts, Lid's handles, that are attached to the body.






If each part dries quickly or differently, joints will crack. In the rainy season, with high humidity, pots dry slowly and evenly.

It is a perfect time to make Tea pots!



Euan hasn't make Tea pots or KYUSU for a long time, and he has changed the handle design.



I'm looking forward to seeing the tea pots after the firing.

Balance!

The considerations for

the ease of holding and pouring
a Japanese tea pot ( KYUSU) are
that the angle between the handle and the spout should be 80 degrees,

and.....

balance!
(of course there are other details....)


If a tea pot can be stood on its handle, as in this photo,
we can see that the line through the handle and the spout converge at the centre of the body.


If it is not in the center, it will lose balance and not be able to stand.
This balance makes less stress when holding the tea pot and makes pouring easy.


Euan hasn't made tea pots for some time.
He has, of course, made some for left handed people too.

I think it looks very lovely when they are lined up like this.
I'm looking forward to seeing them finished.