How To Make A Ceramic Ocarina

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.

How to make a ceramic ocarina.

Each ocarina is well tuned to play with other instruments. Turn the clay in your hand frequently and keep the thickness of the wall as even as possible. A pound of clay will make an ocarina about the size of a medium orange. Let it sit for a day or so.

Pinch the two halves into bowl shapes. Slip is a muddy clay mixture. Put the slip on the grooved edges of the body and then smush the two halves together. The first step in making your ocarina is to draw an outline of the shape you want your ocarina to take.

If the clay begins to dry and. The ocarina from legend of zelda by stl ocarina is the most authentic replica of the zelda ocarina. Cut the ball in half through its middle. However i would not try this out unless you have confirmation from the ocarina s maker that your specific model can withstand the dishwasher.

Cradle the clay in one hand and shape it with the thumb and index finger of the other. Make an ocarina about the size of a medium orange. The sound it procures is beautiful amazing and classic. 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.

Notice that the mouthpiece shape has squared sides with a slight taper from back to front. Click subscribe if you want to know when i post new pottery videos. The ocarina is handcrafted using the quality ceramic. The shape does not include the mouthpiece as that will be made later on.

It has 12 holes with a pitch range from a4 to f6. Shape a piece of fresh clay into a smooth ball. Pinch the two halves into bowl shapes. To make it just put a bunch of small clay pieces in a bowl and fill it up with water just over the clay.

Set aside the body of the ocarina to create the mouthpiece. Cut the ball in half through its middle. Probably works for ceramic ocarinas. Ocarina workshop ceramic ocarinas are handmade in england by our master craftsmen.

To make the ocarina more appealing chrome band with triforce golden triangle is added.