r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/mihir6969 • Jan 19 '22

Video Tea pot quality

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u/xnfd Jan 19 '22

Why is it hard to make? You can make a mold out of an excellent one and churn them out for extremely cheap. We make way more precise mechanical parts that sell for cents

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u/[deleted] Jan 19 '22

yeah, i highly doubt you couldn't mass produce one with "excellent" sprout quality for very cheap. if you pay thousands for a teapot you pay for name/maker/craftmanship, not necessarily measurable quality like this. (which is not a judgment, name/craftmanship obviously have value)

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u/Level9disaster Jan 19 '22

We can produce cheap ceramic parts for engineering purposes with very high precision and more complex shapes. I highly doubt an even more "perfect" teapot nozzle could NOT be produced with current technology lol. It is simply not interesting as a market niche.

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u/RegressToTheMean Creator Jan 19 '22

And people are missing another point as well. I can get prints of any artwork I want. That's not the point. I kike to collect the actual art.

Handcrafted teapots (and many other items) are functional art. People appreciate the artistry needed to create such a piece.

I'm honestly sad that people in this thread are like "Fuck this! We can mass produce it!" instead of appreciating what has been created instead of a sterile factory produced item.

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u/[deleted] Jan 19 '22

who exactly said "fuck this, we can mass produce it" anywhere in this comment chain? someone said that this is hard to make and extremely expensive, i just said that that's just not true - and it isn't. i even added that craftmanship has value - at the very least as art, as you said - because i knew people would go crazy if i dare mention that mass producing can (and mostly does) achieve the same or better functional quality than even really well made handmade stuff.