Bill wilkey s jars do this perfectly.
How to make lids in ceramics.
They had to incorporate a theme use additive methods to design sculpt their boxes.
This video is excerpted from precision throwing and intricate carving which is available in the ceramic arts daily bookstore.
From the soft squaring off of both the jar and lid to the slightly arching rim that echoes the arches on the feet of the jar every detail is considered to make a cohesive whole.
Watch this helpful ceramics video to learn how to throw a few types of lids for wheel thrown pots.
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Making a round lid.
Ingleton pottery http www ingletonpottery co uk after numerous requests i decided to have a go at making throwing a tea pot.
Check out these videos to watch how to make a teapot lid with a sculpted head and face out of clay.
The calipers can then be used to adjust the width of the lid piece.
I did the whole process in o.
Our guide forms a gallery lid using calipers to measure the inside distance of the rim of the pot.
Ceramic themed box with lid lesson my middle school class 7 8th graders just finished up their ceramic boxes with lids project they came out so great.
To create a jar with a round lid that fits over the rim and has a flange that drops down into the jar begin after figure 5 by pulling the leftover thick rim inward and upward reducing the thickness and creating a thin rounded edge with a slight upward sweep.
I haven t made a lidded jar in a while but i remember what a fun exercise it is to make two part pieces and find ways to make the components hang together visually.
Great instruction on how to make a classic jar lid.