Watch this helpful ceramics video to learn how to throw a few types of lids for wheel thrown pots.
How to make a lid in ceramics.
Construct the lid by adding a coil on the bottom of the lid that fits inside the walls of the box.
This one is a simple shallow pot with straight sides and a gallery added on the rim to ta.
The outer diameter of the flange itself should equal the measurement.
Create the lid s flange using the corner of a wooden rib c.
The calipers can then be used to adjust the width of the lid piece.
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.
You must add a handle that goes with your theme.
Add theme elements to the lid.
Our guide forms a gallery lid using calipers to measure the inside distance of the rim of the pot.