How To Make A Hand Built Ceramic Lid

When made into a ring the flange should be slightly taller than the neck of the pot.

How to make a hand built ceramic lid.

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. The ends of the flange strip are thinned and softened scored and slipped together.

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

Cut the flange of the lid from a slightly stiffer slab. 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. Make the inner ring from slightly softer clay so it shrinks a little more than the outer ring.

I flip the lid upside down onto a piece of foam and roll out a coil to finish the joint inside the lid 9. The two should fit snugly together.