How To Make A Hand Built Ceramic Lid

The two should fit snugly together.

How to make a hand built ceramic lid.

In this video i show you how i make a little box or jar using template. I use a sharp knife to make a 45 incision into the box along the line. You can change the sha. Cut a inch thick clay strip longer than you ll need to fit inside the edge of your pushed in lid.

Make the inner ring from slightly softer clay so it shrinks a little more than the outer ring. Place the strip at the point where the slope begins. 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 outer diameter of the flange itself should equal the measurement.

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. Smooth the bottom edge and wrap the flange strip around the neck ring. 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. It s a really fun project with a lot of areas for creativity.

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. Cut the flange of the lid from a slightly stiffer slab.