The Teapot Project: Personal Characteristics as Unintentional Self Portraits
Gerald Gulotta, renowned tableware designer, Pratt ID graduate and instructor, loved teapots. They are a medium of self-expression, cultural ceremony, and open-ended play for designers. His teapot project was a pivotal semester-long assignment. Students learned about 3D form, function, meaning, personal expression, and the ceramic production process, all while engaging in hands-on craft and navigating the temporal demands of plaster.
For over 30 years, Gulotta assigned his teapot project and photographed his students showcasing there work — here from his 1959 and 1973 classes. Open Book
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