Ocarina making— how to make and construct ceramic clay ocarinas, sweet potato. How-to guide. Free instructions.

How to Make a Ceramic Ocarina: A How-to Tutorial.

Lizard Squeak, an Official Ocarina Inspector Ocarina-maker K Dunster has written an in-depth how-to tutorial for anyone who is interested in making these unique musical instruments.

Perhaps you are a big fan of "Zelda, Ocarina of Time" and want to make your own clay ocarina. Or, maybe you are a teacher who needs a fun project for your students. Whatever your motivation, this instructional site on the creation of ocarinas (a.k.a. "sweet potatoes") will give you the information you need (along with some general ceramic and pottery lessons and guidelines) to successfully construct your own working ocarina.

Every section is copiously illustrated, and many aspects of the creation of ocarinas are discussed—from making a plaster mold for your ocarina body, to tuning the ocarina using an electronic tuner. General pottery concepts are also discussed, such as a beginner "how to" tutorial on how to make slip, introduction to many pottery tools, and a glazing tutorial.

Where to start?

Ocarina-making Table of Contents lists all the different sections of this comprehensive ocarina tutorial site.