Tea bodies

Mark and I have both been making teapots today, truth be told he made 2 yesterday while I punched out some numbers. I have been making this one or two person teapot for a number of years. It is a good size for at least 2 cups of tea. I usually try to get some made every other month, but somehow with all that transpired last year I did not get any made at all.
No not at all.
 How does that happen?
Oh, wait it was a crazy year. Now that I think back on it, it is a wonder I made any pots....

I like to lay out my grid for the body right after they are thrown, leaving a spot or two for stamping and then the blank area for some carving.

On our way between Nawfalk and the B&B we stopped in to see my sister Leslie.
Les had just thrown out a crowd after giving a baby shower and this teapot was sitting all pretty on her kitchen counter. It gave us a chance to revisit with it and made Mark think about making teapots soon.
This one was made early in our transition from one style into the more stamped and carved work that we do now.

I have a story to tell about when we went to see Leslie, but it is someone's birthday in this house and I think a nice dinner might be just the ticket.
I did let him eat a moon pie after lunch today, but he complained that there were no candles to blow out.
Maybe I will put some candles in his potatoes  since there is no cake in the house.

Happy Birthday Mark, it has been a long, strange, interesting ride,and I am sure the trip is not over yet!
M