How To Make A Hand Built Ceramic Lid

The two should fit snugly together.

How to make a hand built ceramic lid.

You can change the sha. The outer diameter of the flange itself should equal the measurement. It s a really fun project with a lot of areas for creativity. Place the strip at the point where the slope begins.

When made into a ring the flange should be slightly taller than the neck of the pot. Cut a inch thick clay strip longer than you ll need to fit inside the edge of your pushed in lid. Use the tip of a wooden rib to undercut about an inch below the lid turn off the wheel and cut through the undercut with a wire tool and set the lid aside to dry to the leather hard stage. Using the rim of the jar as a slump mold for the lid roll a small wooden or styrofoam ball around on the soft clay with slight pressure to create an even concave shape figure 10.

Cut the flange of the lid from a slightly stiffer slab. The ends of the flange strip are thinned and softened scored and slipped together. In this video i show you how i make a little box or jar using template. Make the inner ring from slightly softer clay so it shrinks a little more than the outer ring.

Using a banding wheel and keeping the angle of the knife consistent i follow the line until the top is separated from the bottom 8. Smooth the bottom edge and wrap the flange strip around the neck ring.