Watch this helpful ceramics video to learn how to throw a few types of lids for wheel thrown pots.
How to make a lid in ceramics.
Our guide forms a gallery lid using calipers to measure the inside distance of the rim of the pot.
Create the lid s flange using the corner of a wooden rib c.
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.
The outer diameter of the flange itself should equal the measurement.
The calipers can then be used to adjust the width of the lid piece.
Add theme elements to the lid.
You must add a handle that goes with your theme.
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Construct the lid by adding a coil on the bottom of the lid that fits inside the walls of the box.