How to Make a Sweet Potato Ocarina out of clay, instructions on how to make a ceramic 10 finger hole ocarina... Ocarinas - clay whistle flutes, sweet potato. Ceramic musical instruments.

Ocarinas by K. Dunster

How to Make a Clay Sweet Potato Ocarina

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Shaping and Finishing the Mouthpiece

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shorten mouthpiece

Cut mouthpiece to desired length using tool #11.

trimming mouthpiece

With the same knife, shave off strips of clay lengthwise on the mouthpiece to taper it.

trimmeing 2

Clean inside the entrance of the mouthpiece with tool #2 (curved end).

shape mouthpiece

Use the edge of the knife to scrape the mouthpiece to a rounder contour, eliminating some of the angles.

shape mouthpiece tip

On the tip of the mouthpiece, round off the sharp edges. Smooth mouthpiece with wet fingers and a damp paper towel.


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Introduction and Tools 1 | Forming the Body 2 3 | Making the Mouthpiece 4 5 6 | Position Mouthpiece-Cut Voicing 7 8 9 10 11 | Finger Holes 12 13 14 | Align Mouthpiece 15 16 | Adjust Voicing Size 17 | Attach Mouthpiece 18 19 | Tuning 20 | Assembling the Body 21 22 | Tidying up the Ocarina-Finishing 23 24 25 26 27 | Plaster Ocarina Mold | Clay Ocarina Mold | Make an Ocarina using a Clay Mold | Make an Ocarina Without a Mold | Glaze a Ceramic Ocarina | Glaze a Dragon Ocarina



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