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Make A Clay Ocarina

Step 11Sanding

Sanding
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After it is dried out (may take a few days depending on the size of it...) you can sand it with a low grit sanding pad and then if you really want to make it look good, you can burnish it by taking a metal spoon and rubbing the back of it on the clay in little circles. It makes it really shiny and it is quite interesting. Believe it or not, Ocarinas are on Wikipedia. There are multi-chambered ocarinas that make a polyphonic noise. it is kind of like bagpipes. The bass and tenor drones work at the same time as the chanter. the bass and tenor sound chambers on the ocarina work the same time as the one with the finger holes.
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2 comments
Nov 14, 2011. 7:33 AMpseventy-seven says:
Don't paint it, glaze it :P

Thanks for the tutorial. I'm going to try to make this in ceramics class and hope that the teacher doesn't think it's a bong.
Apr 11, 2010. 11:37 AMFFVIIBOY says:
paint it blue and show a pic of it painted on the last step
Mar 2, 2011. 7:46 AMDumchicken says:
and then put a tri force on it im a huge legend of zelda fan!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!111
Feb 28, 2011. 3:01 PMSteampunkManiac says:
why not paint it some shimmering metallic colors? I think that would be cool.
Jun 16, 2010. 6:20 PMeulaliaaaa! says:
ahem... "There is a lot more to Ocarinas than Zelda" Un quote.
Jun 17, 2010. 5:15 AMFFVIIBOY says:
yeah i know, i just like how the ocarina of time is blue
Feb 22, 2011. 4:14 PMbloke2022 says:
It's blue in Link to the Past too.
Mar 2, 2011. 3:53 PMdoughnutguy1 says:
ITS CALLED A FLUTE IN THAT GAME *Insert Rage*
Mar 6, 2011. 9:42 AMbloke2022 says:
Yeah, sucks doesn't it.

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