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Cane Handles (DVD)

Learn to make cane handles for lids, plates and bowls, baskets and teapots. You’ll begin with an introduction to the materials and tools needed, how to properly prepare the materials so they’re workable, and even information on dyes both natural and commercial. Sheila Clennell takes you through several techniques from simple cane additions to lids and plates to finishing with one of the most complex forms-a teapot handle.

You’ll find that using this forgiving material and following Sheila’s detailed step-by-step instruction, you’ll quickly make beautiful handles and natural additions for your pieces.

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One of the objects that we like to make is the teapot. Many of our forms, especially the teapot, are round, bulbous shapes. This shape, as it becomes larger, can be a very difficult one for attaching a handsome clay handle on the back. An over-the-top variety is better suited.

The clay over-the-top handle seems like a fragile addition, just calling out to be broken by the sink taps. Instead of a clay handle, we added clay lugs and experimented with bending or braiding copper, electrical wire and various other materials before settling on using round reed and binding cane. These materials are available from stores servicing the chair-caning and basket-making trade.
The need to make our own handles was brought home by my reading a post on the Clayart online discussion group. A well-known potter, who was the juror for a teapot show, had juried out all teapots with store bought handles. This apparently rocked many boats and sent a message to potters that everything matters. If a potter is going to take the time to make an individual drop-dead-gorgeous teapot destined for a juried exhibition, they had better attend to every last detail!

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We make handmade cane handles for our pots and consider them value-added elements. It takes our pots to another price level and sets them apart from others. It’s a signature that is unique to us and tells our customers that we believe in attending to the very last detail.

Like the pulling of clay handles, the making of cane handles is a skill that improves with practice. The handles can be made robust for gallon-sized teapots and more delicate for smaller 2-cup teapots. It’s a matter of making the handle suit the pot. The one-size-fits-all style is not something we feel comfortable with.
I have mentioned that cane handles make our pots unique. Sheila has instructed handle-making workshops where participants have added thread, cotton, shells, jewelry bits and pieces, and come away with handles that are distinctive to the maker. She shows you the bones of the handle making process and you make it your own creation. – Tony Clennell

 

 

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