When we last left our brave teapot, it looked like this:
I had to do it. I cut the original 12″ disk down to a 9″ diameter. It just was too large to anneal and I couldn’t hold on to it correctly while raising. And boy, did it make a huuuuuuggggge difference! Yesterday I was able to get a nice angle on it and I got even more done today. My arms/hands are feeling it though.
It’s starting to get the shape that I want – asymmetrical of course (you didn’t think I was taking a break by making it smaller, did you?) Each break is angled so that I can achieve this movement in the metal. Oh, and did I mention that it is oval based?
What’s next in the adventures of this teapot? More raising, some planishing, and eventually I’ll start on the nickel bottom part.
Hammermarks 
I have done ONE vessel with a 12″ disk – it IS very hard to get started but once it gets past a slight angle it is a bit easier. Can you imagine how they did those giant punch bowls and tureens??
Keep the pictures coming.
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There was a teacher at Montgomery College in MD (Komelia Okim I probably spelled that wrong) who raised super huge vessels and then chased them. I’m talking like 18 – 24″ disk diameter. And she was small, so I do feel a little inadequate. But I gotta do what works for me in my limited studio…
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And what about that gi-normus vessel David H did for the art prize! Some day we will be able to play in the big vessel area too
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It’s times like these that I miss Tyler’s supply of stakes. Particularly the giant tongue stake that Stanley was rumored to have brought back from Europe on his lap on the plane.
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Wendy, you have to start watching eBay, I have snagged several stakes that are no longer made there. I just won 4 this past week!
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I always forget about ebay! I should know better since that’s where I got my surface gage.
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