How To Make A Ceramic Ocarina

The mouthpiece shown below is approximately 1 inch wide 1 1 2 inches long and 3 4 of an inch thick.

How to make a ceramic ocarina.

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. Let it sit for a day or so. Each ocarina is well tuned to play with other instruments. 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. The ocarina is handcrafted using the quality ceramic. However i would not try this out unless you have confirmation from the ocarina s maker that your specific model can withstand the dishwasher. Pinch the two halves into bowl shapes.

Shape a piece of fresh clay into a smooth ball. The sound it procures is beautiful amazing and classic. The first step in making your ocarina is to draw an outline of the shape you want your ocarina to take. Probably works for ceramic ocarinas.

Cradle the clay in one hand and shape it with the thumb and index finger of the other. Cut the ball in half through its middle. Notice that the mouthpiece shape has squared sides with a slight taper from back to front. Ocarina workshop ceramic ocarinas are handmade in england by our master craftsmen.

Create a flattened bottom by pressing the hollow form onto the table surface. To make it just put a bunch of small clay pieces in a bowl and fill it up with water just over the clay. The ocarina from legend of zelda by stl ocarina is the most authentic replica of the zelda ocarina. To make the ocarina more appealing chrome band with triforce golden triangle is added.

If the clay begins to dry and. It has 12 holes with a pitch range from a4 to f6. 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. 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 shape does not include the mouthpiece as that will be made later on. Cut the ball in half through its middle. Slip is a muddy clay mixture. A pound of clay will make an ocarina about the size of a medium orange.

Put the slip on the grooved edges of the body and then smush the two halves together.