workshop!
works the best for me! This is a great project for students learning the clay
medium.
Clay, newspaper, hardwood thickness strip 1/4", rolling pin, bowl of water, sponge, slip, plastic wrap,
Styrofoam balls, needle tool, cardboard circle template, paintbrush, finishing rubber, nail file, drill bits,
fettling knife
clay to ensure you get all air bubbles out of the clay. Using your
rolling pin roll out the clay to an even thickness.
of your cardboard circle template.
store in a damp cloth preferably in a plastic bag for later.
Styrofoam ball. Carefully lift a clay circle and mold it
evenly on the ball. If you have a stamp you can now
stamp a design on the center of the circle for decoration.
Allow clay an hour to stiffen to the shape of the mold.
finishing tool, work grooves from outside to inside along the
outside edge.
of slip inside the grooved edges.
the bottom of the molded forms and gently squeeze the
edges together to seal.
ocarina body with a wet finish rubber. First the
back side of the ocarina body then the front
side being careful not to disturb your stamped
design.
sponge to the outside edges of the body of the
ocarina, first the back side......then the front, then let it
set, until it leaves no marks when it is touched.
roll a thin even coil used to hang the ocarina. Cut off
ends of the coil in an angle with a fettling tool.
coil to the top of the body of the
ocarina.
coil.
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