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• Hand-built of whte stoneware clay cone 6.
• The Golden Retriever puppy is sculpted.
• The container is made of slabs of clay.
• The wooden sticks of the handle are press molded.
• The lid is formed of a flat slab of clay molded into the shape of a fortune cookie.
• Construction sequence:
      Fired initially to cone 06. Underglazes applied. Refired to cone 6. Overglazes and lusters applied. Refired to cone 017.
      Cold finished with gold lustser. Final firing to cone 018.
• Exhibited at Craftsman House Invitational Teapot Show, St. Petersburg, FL and Form and Grace and Whimsy, Small Group Show, Seen Gallery, Decatur, GA.
• Date: 2008.
• Size: 10.5" x 9.0" x 7.0".
• Avaliable for purchase: Price $900.

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• This hand-built stoneware teapot is created in the form of a Chinese take-out container with a carved Golden Retriever puppy struggling to emerge from the lo mein noodles within.
• The crushed container reflects the large dog's size, weight and energy.
• The handle isnewly designed of press mold double faux wooden sticks.
• The fortune strip protruding from the fortune cookie lid behind the dog's head reads "Dogs are people too."
• My objective here was to portray dance-like fluidity and liveliness.
• Part of the whimsy and wordplay of the piece focuses on its protruding tail "Peking" through the back of the container.
• This teapot was created specifically for exhibition at Craftsman House Invitational Teapot Show, St. Petersburg, FL.

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