"In the past 30 years, the contemporary American teapot has become the most significant object of decorative and applied art being produced and collected. Thousands of artists, working in all media, have embraced the teapot, creating individual testimonials to this appealing form." 

From "Teapots Transformed: Exploration of an Object",  by Leslie Ferrin
Published by GUILD Publishing, Madison, Wisconsin, 2000

This book, "Teapots Transformed: Exploration of an Object," traces the transformation of the contemporary American teapot from its functional, traditional origins in the early 1960’s to its present status, as a sculptural object and important genre for both artists and collectors. Illustrated with over 120 vivid, full color photographs, the book is now widely available.

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Teapots Transformed - Lenox, MA 2002

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"Mermaid Teapot", by Beatrice Wood
 1991
14" h x 11.5" w x 6" d
Earthenware with luster glazes

Picture Courtesy of the Charles A. Wustum Museum of Fine Arts, Racine, WI; The Donna Moog Teapot Collection

"Beatrice Wood's Mermaid Teapot  is not a classic representation of a siren enticing a sailor to his death on the rocks. Instead, with a playful sense of humor, Wood pairs this mermaid with a formally attired gentleman, as if her were her groom. Instead of an icon of mythology, Wood creates a pair who behave casually as tourists on their honeymoon. This siren has caught her sailor ... and married him."

- Bruce W. Pepich, Director
 Charles A. Wustum Museum of Fine Arts

"Tuscany Tea Service", by Randy Long
 1990
Teapot - 8" h  x 7.5" w  x 4.625 "d

Sterling Silver, marble, wood with gold leaf, 18 kt gold; Smithed and fabricated forms with roller printed texture. Carved and laminated marble.

"Tuscany Teas Service was inspired by an evening stroll in the town of Orvietto, Italy. As I emerged from a narrow street onto the piazza, I was stunned by the drama of the full moon suspended between the stripped marble walls of the cathedral and an enormous cypress tree."

- Randy Long

"The Offering", by Susan Bostwick
 1996
9" h x 8" w x 6" d
Earthenware

Japanese Still Life on Lily Box
by  Karen Koblitz
 1990
12.5" h x 14" w x 8.5" d
Low fire ceramics

" Teapot", by Warren MacKenzie
 1996
7 5/8" h x 7" w x 5" d
Stoneware, cut sided Shino Glaze

 "If given the time to absorb the nature of the work and its maker, the person who uses these pots will share in the creative act that produced the piece."

- Warren MacKenzie

Woman and Child With Horizontal Stripes
 by Adrian Arleo
 1995
8" h  x 16" w  x  6" d

"I enjoy using the human form to anthropomorphize the three necessary elements of spout, handle and lid, making the work more mysterious and engaging by creating relationships between figures; male with female, female with children, female with female and figures alone in unusual positions." 

- Adrian Arleo

"Bird Tea", by Donald Clark
 1998
7" h  x 9" w  x 7.5" d
Mixed Media

"Ticklish Girl", by Susan Thayer
 1999
12" h x 11" w x 3" d
Porcelain