How To Make A Ceramic Ocarina

Shape a piece of fresh clay into a smooth ball.

How to make a ceramic ocarina.

Click subscribe if you want to know when i post new pottery videos. Let it sit for a day or so. To make it just put a bunch of small clay pieces in a bowl and fill it up with water just over the clay. Each ocarina is well tuned to play with other instruments.

It has 12 holes with a pitch range from a4 to f6. Make an ocarina about the size of a medium orange. The sound it procures is beautiful amazing and classic. The shape does not include the mouthpiece as that will be made later on.

Put the slip on the grooved edges of the body and then smush the two halves together. Create a flattened bottom by pressing the hollow form onto the table surface. Set aside the body of the ocarina to create the mouthpiece. Cradle the clay in one hand and shape it with the thumb and index finger of the other.

However i would not try this out unless you have confirmation from the ocarina s maker that your specific model can withstand the dishwasher. I remember some maker i believe it was anita from anita s ocarinas who is retired now who said their ocarina could be cleaned in a dishwasher. Unfortunately i made the slight mistake of designing the ocarina with a curve leading to the mouthpiece this was later corrected and i have added a line showing how the ocarina should have been cut out. The first step in making your ocarina is to draw an outline of the shape you want your ocarina to take.

Pinch the two halves into bowl shapes. The ceramic ocarinas have four holes on top and two thumb holes underneath so that a total of 16 notes including all sharps and flats can be played. To make the ocarina more appealing chrome band with triforce golden triangle is added. The ocarina from legend of zelda by stl ocarina is the most authentic replica of the zelda ocarina.

Pinch the two halves into bowl shapes. Probably works for ceramic ocarinas. If the clay begins to dry and. A pound of clay will make an ocarina about the size of a medium orange.

Turn the clay in your hand frequently and keep the thickness of the wall as even as possible. Cut the ball in half through its middle. Slip is a muddy clay mixture. The ocarina is handcrafted using the quality ceramic.

Cut the ball in half through its middle.