My Ritual Pot: Diagramic Teapot

My ritual pot is a ceramic teapot. I plan to use the teapot for its intended purpose, to serve and drink tea. I made my tea pot from clay, and plan to use glaze to make it shiny and pretty. The body of the tea pot and the lid was made on the potter’s wheel and the handle and spout was hand built. In the past, people made teapots from clay all the time. The tea pot originated in China, in the 18th century. The teapot vessel was used to infuse tea leaves in hot water to make the tea. While I made my teapot out of clay, you could also have one made out of glass, metal, or silver. My ritual pot is very similar to a historic Chinese teapot, but also different if a way. The basic shape of the pot is very similar. The formation