Unique Pottery Teapot, Anniversary Gift, Stoneware Tea Kettle, Ceramic Art, Hot Water Jug, Clay Pot, Wedding Gift, Danko Artistic Pottery

This very unique ceramic vessel can be used for serving tea, coffee, hot water or mulled wine. It can also be a beautiful decorative item for your kitchen and living room, or even for your garden.

The teapot is a unique piece of art. It is wheel thrown on a pottery wheel, then dried, bisque-fired, glazed, and fired for a second time. It is entirely handmade - from the preparation of the clay to the removal from the kiln.

The teapot has both a high-gloss and matte finish. The handle is made from wood.

Capacity - 1300ml/43.5 oz
Measuring: 7 inches / 18 cm high (from the bottom to the upper end of the handle), by 7 inches / 18.5cm in diameter. 5 inches / 12 cm from the bottom to the top of the lid.

Food safe.

Stoneware is a nonporous, nontranslucent pottery, that is fired at a high temperature. It is hard enough to resist scratching, but differs from porcelain, because it is more opaque.
In DankoHandmade we fire stoneware pottery twice to produce a better quality glaze finish. Bisque firing is around 900 °C, and glost firing (the firing used to form the glaze over the ware) - 1200 °C. Water absorption of stoneware products is less than 1 percent, which makes them safe to use in a dishwasher even with intensive programmes.

!!! IMPORTANT INFORMATION!!! This teapot cannot be used over direct heat from a stovetop range.
Very few ceramic items are safe for stovetop heating. When heated, ceramic ware starts to expand (although not visible with naked eye). When we heat them from the bottom, they will expand unevenly, because their upper part, which will be relatively cold, will not expand that much. This will cause the crystal structure of the ware to rupture and the pot to break.
Ceramic items are heat resistent only if we heat them slowly and evenly, for example a casserole in an oven.
This teapot can be used for steaming tea by putting the tea leaves or teabags inside and adding hot water, or just by pouring our previously prepared tea in it in order to serve it to our guests or family. It can also be a beautiful decorative item for our kitchen and living room or even for our garden.
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The Process:
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WEDGING
Wedging is the process of mixing the clay by hand by rotating and pressing a clay ball on a table. The purpose is to thoroughly homogenize the clay and to remove all air bubbles. This is particularly important, as the presence of air bubbles in the clay will result in explosions in the kiln as the air pockets expand and burst. The pot is ruined, as is any other pot near it in the kiln. One knows if there is air in their clay if they see holes, like in Swiss cheese, when they slice through the clay with a wire.