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Published: 2009-01-25 18:57:36 +0000 UTC; Views: 4802; Favourites: 36; Downloads: 517
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This is the last tree teapot I will make for a long while. I cannot tell at all what I think about this one. It drooped a lot in the kiln, and it turned out a lot darker than I planned on.Farewell to the teapot.
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If i was interested in buying one of these treepots how could u go aboot doing so?
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Thank you for the interest, but I no longer make these and all the teapots I have left are in people's collections. I have a friend who makes them too and sells them on Etsy. His gallery is sparse right now, but more will come, and if you contact him he'd be more than happy to make one for you. You can find him here .
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lol, well thank you for the interest! I no longer make this work, and all the tree teapots I made belong to friends and family now... :/
I do have a friend who's making them if you're really wanting to buy one. I think it'll cost you a pretty penny though
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Figures! well, they are beautiful!!
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I talked to my friend about selling his work. He said he can part with a small tree teapot for $50-75 + S/H. Let me know if you're interested, he sounded excited to sell.
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Thanks for checking into it! Any way to get a picture of a small one?
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I'll see what I can do. He said he was going to make more, so it might be a while.
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That sounds good too!!! I am in no super rush for a tree-pot anyways.
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You've been featured here: [link]
Please 
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Thank you so much!
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wow, this is stunning. I love that you can see it as a tree stump, yet also as a teapot, depending on how you look at it - kind of like those old lady/young woman, two faces/a vase optical illusion pictures. 
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That's a teapot? 
lol get it
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lol, well thanks! I'm glad you like it and I could "stump" you hehe
The lid is the heartwood in the center. It pulls out and reveals a hole.
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Ahh that's neat, that would be somthing i would have at a party and something and all the guests wouldbe like "Where's the tea?" I'd be like "It's in the tree." xD
Lol...tree puns xD
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You did a wonderful job capturing the texture of aged wood. Even if it "drooped" and didn't turn out the way you envisioned, it lends the piece a more natural appearance.
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Well thanks, I'm glad that you like it!
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The resemblance to an actual piece of wood is striking. I didn't believe it myself when I saw that this was a teapot...
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Well thank you, that is what I was going for
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Thank you very much
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Thank you so much ^_^
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You are so insanely talented at making tea pots, I adore them so much. I really wish I could do this!
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Well thank you Rogue
I haven't seen your cupcakes in my inbox for a while, you still up to that?
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Ah not really, I've not felt like doing much of anything lately. Hopefully I'll feel like getting back into all that this summer. =3
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The winter does that to me too. -_-;;;
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like we can tell anything is wrong with it!
i believe it is actually one of your strongest tree pots you have made.
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That is absolutely f***ing amazing! Not only does it look like real wood, but the patients and care needed to make it, with the possibility of breakage before firing, let alone afterwards!
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lol, well thanks. I'm glad that you like it
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I understand that you had a (slightly?) different vision for it, but DAMN, that is The Awesome!( to use common vernacular, lol) What size is this one, and are these just class projects or are you selling them, or ....?
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lol, well thank you. I did have a different vision for it in a lot of small ways, but overall formally I feel it could be better. I used black and red iron oxide in a reduction cooling atmosphere for the color, which is why it is so black. I just didn't expect the blackness to be this extreme since the kiln I've been using the reduction cooling method on has been rather sketchy.
I'm glad that you like it though. This was a class project/art trade. I haven't sold any teapots, never really thought about it. Shipping them seems a little scary to me. I've done it, but there is no guarantee.
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Shipping these beauties would scare me too. And I love the uncertainty of kilns.....well, most of the time anyway!
So, since this piece was an art trade, I take that to mean it has found a home? If for any reason he has not, please let me know
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Heh, well he has a home, but I may be in for an art trade someday
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A trade would be awesome....let's keep it in mind!
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I just went back through your gallery and I have to say that this one is my favorite out of the tree teapots....excellent work.
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Well that is really good to know. Personally my favorite is the one featured on my page because I feel the bark texture and color turned out better than expected. However, I have compared these two and the top of this one is what separates the two. I just wish I got that texture on this teapot I guess. I'll have to re-think my featured item perhaps...
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lol...its always good to update your featured image....well, that's what I think anyway. Keep viewers on their toes.
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hehe, thank you Cyrion
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Your treepots are just utterly fantastic. I think the droop and darkness gives it the perfect feel of a sturdy old log in a rainy forest.
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I never saw it like that. Thank you very much for that perspective
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