The gradual appearance of an unusual number of wooden teapot-replicas in front lawns in Trenton meant only one thing for this week - the annual Teapot Festival.
Kicking off on Sunday, the Festival runs through next Saturday, with floats, parades, fireworks and many other events and gatherings through the week.
On Sunday the Grand Marshall of events was announced, and there was a traditional lighting of the teapots.
A new design of spout has hit the market, close behind the scientific information about the causes of tea dribbling back down the spout of a pot. It features a simple groove design on the underside, and is the creation of Damini Kumar, 23, whilst studying her Masters Degree at South Bank University.
Damini was inspired by looking at how windowsills prevent rainwater surging back along the underside of the wood and possibly into the structure of the house, causing damage,
We have recently added new articles to back issues of the Teapot Times, available in the members section of the site. The magazine, now entirely online, offers articles on new designs, information on the teapot world and upcoming events.
Issue 15 is all new, with an Alice In Wonderland theme and articles such as ‘Spice Up Your Life’, ‘King of Arts’ and a Staff Profile on Kim Pemberton.
Issues 18 and 19 have had new articles added too, and issue 16 contains all new articles, apart from one. So be sure to go and check the updated issues out by logging in (you can join the club here) and going here for the back issues of the Teapot Times.
With the same focus as a recent University study into how to dunk biscuits without leaving crumbs in your tea, Professor Vanden-Broeck has devoted a month to research into why the spouts of so many teapots dribble tea instead of pouring perfectly.
The Professor, a Belgian academic who has spent 20 years calculating fluid flows, has stated that such spillage is a natural phenomenon and not a result of bad design,
“I have discovered that the pressure in the fluid underneath the spout is very low. The fluid therefore gets pushed onto the spout by natural atmospheric pressure.”
Cardewclub.com welcome Lorna Bailey to our designer gallery section, with four years worth of teapot images and access to her latest designs.
Lorna got her B.Tec National Diploma in Design (ceramics) at Stoke-on-Trent College. Influenced by a childhood of following her father around to many of the major antique fairs in the midlands, she developed a hands-on feel for work by artists such as Clarice Cliff and Susie Cooper, leading to her love of strong colours and unusual design.
Recently on display at the Victoria & Albert Museum in London and the National Design Museum in New York, the largest collection of the Glasgow designer’s metalwork has come to auction.
Some of Dressers most famous designs are going to be available for bidding, including a square teapot expected to fetch £200,000, a toast rack valued at £22,000, a tureen that’s hoped to sell for £6,000 and a sugar bowl with a starting price of £9,000.
The fifty-piece collection is being sold by Lyon & Turnbull on Tuesday, at its Broughton Place auction house in Edinburgh, and the prices include US Dollars in expectation of international interest.
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