How To Make A Hand Built Ceramic Lid

The two should fit snugly together.

How to make a hand built ceramic lid.

In this video i show you how i make a little box or jar using template. 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.

Place the strip at the point where the slope begins. Make the inner ring from slightly softer clay so it shrinks a little more than the outer ring. The ends of the flange strip are thinned and softened scored and slipped together. You can change the sha.

Create the lid s flange using the corner of a wooden rib c. The outer diameter of the flange itself should equal the measurement. When made into a ring the flange should be slightly taller than the neck of the pot. It s a really fun project with a lot of areas for creativity.

Cut the flange of the lid from a slightly stiffer slab. Smooth the bottom edge and wrap the flange strip around the neck ring.