How To Make A Ceramic Ocarina

Notice that the mouthpiece shape has squared sides with a slight taper from back to front.

How to make a ceramic ocarina.

Create a flattened bottom by pressing the hollow form onto the table surface. Pinch the two halves into bowl shapes. Make an ocarina about the size of a medium orange. A pound of clay will make an ocarina about the size of a medium orange.

To make it just put a bunch of small clay pieces in a bowl and fill it up with water just over the clay. Ocarina workshop ceramic ocarinas are handmade in england by our master craftsmen. Pinch the two halves into bowl shapes. The sound it procures is beautiful amazing and classic.

Slip is a muddy clay mixture. Cut the ball in half through its middle. The shape does not include the mouthpiece as that will be made later on. 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.

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. However i would not try this out unless you have confirmation from the ocarina s maker that your specific model can withstand the dishwasher. 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.

Cut the ball in half through its middle. The mouthpiece shown below is approximately 1 inch wide 1 1 2 inches long and 3 4 of an inch thick. Probably works for ceramic ocarinas. Shape a piece of fresh clay into a smooth ball.

Set aside the body of the ocarina to create the mouthpiece. The ocarina is handcrafted using the quality ceramic. If the clay begins to dry and. I remember some maker i believe it was anita from anita s ocarinas who is retired now who said their ocarina could be cleaned in a dishwasher.

It has 12 holes with a pitch range from a4 to f6. Put the slip on the grooved edges of the body and then smush the two halves together. To make the ocarina more appealing chrome band with triforce golden triangle is added. The ocarina from legend of zelda by stl ocarina is the most authentic replica of the zelda ocarina.

Let it sit for a day or so.