I dug up this oldie-but-a-goodie from my early days in clay. I really wanted a short spout on a long jug, but knew it also wouldn’t hold much. I came up with an idea and roughed it out as you see above.
Dealing with the hand-built internals to this thing was way too finicky even for me; so I passed on refining the idea. However, I thought I’d share in case others get the urge.
Ever want to make a clay whistle? How about a complete instrument?
This note is to help one make and play a four hole ocarina. You can forget the extra holes if you just want a whistle.
It may take a bit of practice to get the right angle on the edge of the hole. Try blowing at different angles and sides of the hole until you hear a tweet. If all else fails, seal up the hole and make a new one with a different angled edge.
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Another batch of my class handouts from back in the day. For teachers and students.
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Enjoy and drop me a note-
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I taught ceramics classes in college during my grad tenure at Utah State University (Thx John Neely and Susan Harris!) While doing so, I came up with a number of handouts. These have spread around the internet, but the original batch went away long ago.
I still get nice notes from teachers who use them and if they are available for free. (If you want to hit the donation button on the way out, it’s always appreciated.)
Here are the originals. I am releasing these under a Creative Commons License.
You are free to:
Share — copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format
Adapt — remix, transform, and build upon the material
for any purpose, even commercially.
This license is acceptable for Free Cultural Works.
The licensor cannot revoke these freedoms as long as you follow the license terms.
Here they are:
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Scratched this up from some scrap in the back yard. We got tired of carrying stuff in our shirts.
I wanted to keep it narrow, but the handle seemed to be in the way, so I decided on this design. Not the strongest, but we’ll see how it goes.
I’ve seen other wire and wood baskets and hear that it makes it easy to hose things off. I put mine up on little feet to keep things out of the dirt and help drying. The can is holding a scissors, but I can see it good for other handy tools one might want have.
