Purple Pentagonal-Cross-Section Reassembled Ring Teapot

Each of these Teapots is a cut-apart deconstruction of the original ring, followed by a rearranged assembly of the separated parts. With this Teapot I was trying to collapse the ring part way around its original circle by overlapping the arc-sections, while keeping all the inward-curving surfaces faced toward the center like the original ring shape. However, the arc sections are not reassembled in the original positions where they were before the ring was cut apart. While working on this Teapot Reassembly I thought, "Why not put the handle inside the ring where the tea usually is in a traditional teapot?" This unusual handle placement results in a balanced pouring motion, where the Teapot ring rotates around the server's hand like a steering wheel. When I sculpted the finial for the lid I was thinking of an ancient motif, like a saber-toothed tiger's oversized fang. I dipped the Teapot in our dark purple glaze, but I was dissatisfied with the uneven glaze color after the firing, so I thickened the purple glaze to a paste and repainted the pale sections of the fired Teapot. A second glaze firing is risky because it can crack the Teapot from uneven heat shock while the kiln warms up, but here it was successful, and resulted in a much more unified sculptural composition. 
11” Tall x 12” Wide x 5” Deep
Cone 5 oxidation Firing
This Teapot was purchased for a private collection in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.