How To Make A Ceramic Ocarina

The ocarina is handcrafted using the quality ceramic.

How to make a ceramic ocarina.

It has 12 holes with a pitch range from a4 to f6. Turn the clay in your hand frequently and keep the thickness of the wall as even as possible. Slip is a muddy clay mixture. The sound it procures is beautiful amazing and classic.

Cut the ball in half through its middle. 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. Shape a piece of fresh clay into a smooth ball. Put the slip on the grooved edges of the body and then smush the two halves together.

Pinch the two halves into bowl shapes. However i would not try this out unless you have confirmation from the ocarina s maker that your specific model can withstand the dishwasher. The ocarina from legend of zelda by stl ocarina is the most authentic replica of the zelda ocarina. Each ocarina is well tuned to play with other instruments.

Click subscribe if you want to know when i post new pottery videos. Make an ocarina about the size of a medium orange. Create a flattened bottom by pressing the hollow form onto the table surface. To make the ocarina more appealing chrome band with triforce golden triangle is added.

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. Cradle the clay in one hand and shape it with the thumb and index finger of the other. Notice that the mouthpiece shape has squared sides with a slight taper from back to front. Set aside the body of the ocarina to create the mouthpiece.

Probably works for ceramic ocarinas. Ocarina workshop ceramic ocarinas are handmade in england by our master craftsmen. Pinch the two halves into bowl shapes. The first step in making your ocarina is to draw an outline of the shape you want your ocarina to take.

The mouthpiece shown below is approximately 1 inch wide 1 1 2 inches long and 3 4 of an inch thick. 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. A pound of clay will make an ocarina about the size of a medium orange. If the clay begins to dry and.

Cut the ball in half through its middle.