How To Make A Hand Built Ceramic Lid

Create the lid s flange using the corner of a wooden rib c.

How to make a hand built ceramic lid.

In this video i show you how i make a little box or jar using template. It s a really fun project with a lot of areas for creativity. When made into a ring the flange should be slightly taller than the neck of the pot. 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.

Make the inner ring from slightly softer clay so it shrinks a little more than the outer ring. Cut the flange of the lid from a slightly stiffer slab. I use a sharp knife to make a 45 incision into the box along the line. Place the strip at the point where the slope begins.

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. 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. I flip the lid upside down onto a piece of foam and roll out a coil to finish the joint inside the lid 9. Smooth the bottom edge and wrap the flange strip around the neck ring.

You can change the sha. The two should fit snugly together.