How To Make A Hand Built Ceramic Lid

I flip the lid upside down onto a piece of foam and roll out a coil to finish the joint inside the lid 9.

How to make a hand built ceramic 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. The two should fit snugly together. When made into a ring the flange should be slightly taller than the neck of the pot. The ends of the flange strip are thinned and softened scored and slipped together.

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. Create the lid s flange using the corner of a wooden rib c. The outer diameter of the flange itself should equal the measurement. It s a really fun project with a lot of areas for creativity.

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

Place the strip at the point where the slope begins. I use a sharp knife to make a 45 incision into the box along the line.