For my object, I have chosen a teapot decorated to look like a cross section of a watermelon. Teapots have been used since as early as 1500 AD, and are essential in many cultures. They are utilized to steep tea leaves, or boil water to then make tea. When I think of a teapot, I think of comfort and relaxation, such as curling up by a fireplace with a good book on a winter day. Teapots also remind me of the traveling I have done with my family to Tokyo and London, two countries that are closely connected with rituals of having tea.
Within my project, I want to connect the teapot to its literal use rather than my figurative and emotional connections. I want to analyze the actions that go into lifting the pot, tipping it over, and having a stream of tea or water pour out. As outlined in my sketch, I am interested in suspending a teapot in a pouring position, and below it having partial casts of a teapot, each one getting larger as it ascends. This will give the illusion that the teapot is pouring out another teapot. Casting the pot out of wax would provide a pouring effect, and melted wax could be used to create a “stream” coming out of the spout of the pot and falling onto the teapot segments beneath.
