Teapot with Hinged Lid by Hayne Bayless

stoneware, black slip, copper matte glaze 12" x 6" x 9" Process/Concept: most of my teapot forms are loosely based on Colonial-era silver- and pewter-ware From the Artist: It's more often the case that the materials select themselves. That is, the nature of fired clay is that only certain materials combine in ways that I feel work visually and practically. The best expression I've found is what Constantin Brancusi said almost 100 years ago: “Each material has its own life ... we must not try to make materials speak our language, we must go with them to the point where others will understand their language.”