| All you need to make a teapot stand is | | | | go makes it fiddly and frustrating |
| pegs and No Nails Glue. You can varnish | | | | because you apply pressure to make the |
| your finished teapot stand but you would | | | | pegs stick, but the other pegs slide out |
| need to use a marine varnish because | | | | of position. More haste, less speed! |
| normal varnish will spoil if on contact | | | | The following day join the clusters of |
| with water, with water being an | | | | four peg halves together to form |
| essential ingredient of the tea making | | | | clusters of eight. The following day |
| process. An accident is very probable. | | | | join the clusters of eight to form |
| You will need approximately 23 wooden | | | | clusters of sixteen and so on until the |
| spring pegs. You may need a couple more | | | | peg halves form a star like circle, with |
| or less because the peg sizes may vary. | | | | a hole in the centre. You may need to |
| First dismantle all the pegs. Remove and | | | | add additional peg halves to achieve |
| discard the metal spring, you just need | | | | this. |
| the two pieces of wood. | | | | Allow the glue to dry completely before |
| You will notice on the shaped side of | | | | you continue. |
| the peg that one end tapers and becomes | | | | Use sandpaper to stand the two flat |
| slim. This is the area to apply the No | | | | surfaces to the teapot stand to smooth, |
| Nails Glue from the tip to the | | | | clean and remove any excess glue. Now |
| indentation of where the spring once | | | | you can apply a couple of coats of |
| was. | | | | marine varnish if you choose to. Read |
| Glue the peg halves together in groups | | | | the varnish tin for directions of how to |
| of four so that all the shaped surfaces | | | | use the varnish. |
| face the same way. | | | | An interesting artistic looking teapot |
| Allow these clusters to dry overnight. | | | | stand that would give any teapot that |
| Trying to make the teapot stand in one | | | | wow factor. |