Clayzeness Makes A "Limited II" Zelda Replica Ocarina

[UltimateThryll]

This amazing video has helped me to understand how ocarinas work! I just tried to make one, but it ... well ... failed. Epically.

Can you show us how to make these without using a plaster mould? Just the shaping, and then we can refer to this video for tuning etc :)

Thank you!

[L1V1NGD3ADPRO]

Do you guys still sell these?

[GetDefraged]

Gosh, I still have every single item I ever got from you guys~ I looked up your website and it brought a smile to my face to see my zelda graphics still up on the songbook... after a whole decade... =) Love these products, absolutely amazing.

[bagslifeim]

Wow! What an interesting video clip!

I was so impressed.

Thank you for uploading.

[tonebank2000]

how do you get the mold to be hollow?

[andresderasfriend]

Did you learn from tradition or you self taught yourself?

[Clayzflute]

@andresderasfriend

We have many teachers. First and foremost, Alan Albright, who made the Ocarinas that Nancy Rumble most often uses. He taught Sandi by snail mail over thirty years ago about the magic of the 4 hole system. His ocarinas are wooden. Also Brian Ransom, who's ceramic musical instruments are amazing was her teacher at Oregon School of Arts and Crafts some time later. Our teachers are many and we give most of them accolades on our website, clayz.com. So, I think "tradition" .

[andresderasfriend]

@Clayzflute Thank you for this valuable piece of information!

[Edslave]

What is the name of the ocarina song wich goes under?

[Lotos61]

Wonderful video, thank you very much for sharing it!

[soridosuneku]

Woa. Very cool. I'd actually prefer that ocarina without the paint and Zelda stuff if you accept that kind of request.

[Zambaku]

I just started making my own ocarinas today, so far I've made 2 and they don't produce any sound. It's hard to get the mouthpiece right,

[ZeldaObito123]

WOW that's really cool how you make those! I just bought one of your mini English Pendant triforce ocarinas about 4 days ago, and now i know that it had been made with care. :)

[whatnowpunk1106]

i am thirteen right now how old do you have to be to work there.

[Clayzflute]

@whatnowpunk1106 Aw, that may be one of the nicest comments we have ever had! We are a mom and pop (now grandma and grandpa) kind of a shop. We make our ocarinas in a home studio and sell them at the Pike Place Market in Seattle. :)

[whatnowpunk1106]

@Clayzflute thanks. thats ok it just seems to be fun making ocarinas.

[solarisofrisingsun]

@Clayzflute Aw, I was just at Seattle a few months ago, if I only knew about your website during my visit there with my parents. :(

[dafthead95]

for how much would u sell one of those????

[supermarthlover321]

@dafthead95 They look cool! i wanna know too.

[Clayzflute]

@dafthead95 You can see our prices at clayz.com

[prosper58]

It looks like milk chocolate after taking it out of the mold. If I were still five years old, I might have eaten it.

[pharcyde907]

Holy crap that's awesome, that finish looks so cool

[trucomanx]

I liked the video.

but I have doubts about the "airway", because, I have not succeeded, making good sound for the notes "B" and "C".

I have achieved, obtain the notes:

CDEFGA

but "B" and second "C" no.

could give me some advice.

thanks

[massieko]

You know I actually watched this video a long long time ago, may have even fav'd it. I don't really have any means of making casts just yet and there are a few things that confuse me. As you prob no, I'm still pretty basic in how I make mine, no molds or casts, just grab a lump of clay and make a shape. At about 3 minutes, when you first remove the "Blank" It's already hollow. I'm confused as how the clay liquid gets hollow? It looks like as it fills the cavity, it would be solid?

[Clayzflute]

We fill the mold and let the inside walls of the mold soak up moisture from the outside of the then full not hollow ocarina shape. After 24 hours we give it a shake an pour the liquid center out. Like a partially frozen ice cube in an ice cube tray.

[massieko]

Oh wow how amazing!

That's really very ingenious I had no idea it would work like that but now that you've explained it it seems so obvious!

That's very very cool! So how do you make the molds? Did you hand make them and use an existing ocarina to make the impression?

I have a fair bit of clay to work with, much of it dry, what kind of ratio is it to make the liquid state of the clay?

Thanks for the info! I'm feeling so very enlightened! I've been wondering on this for over a year!

[Clayzflute]

We first make a solid model from clay. You could use wood or plaster or another ocarina, I guess. We just use plain old clay. Shape it with our hands and various tools we have collected for years. Sponges help to smooth the final model.

[usernamenate]

To my understanding, from what I can tell, the cast which was made of plaster pulled out some and quite a bit of water. I think that what happens is, he poured it in, let it dry for 40 minutes and emptied the liquid out. The 40 minutes would NOT be enough for it to dry solid all the way through. So when he shook and dumped it, the outside part stayed in form because much of the water had left, and the inside poured out.

Just my theory.

[massieko]

@usernamenate

Hey thanks! Though clayz already replied about it, you're right!

He said basically the same thing, describing it " Like a partially frozen ice cube in an ice cube tray."

[GeoSlash99]

Clayz, I dunno how you make this look so easy but I could never make them that nice... I have one of these and play it all the time.... Your fan, geoslash99

[Clayzflute]

Thank you, geoslash99, for you kind words. Glad you are making music.

[Medululu]

wow! Im from Puerto Rico and this is a rarely seen instrument, I will order one of your ocarinas and learn how to play! Can you tell me what type of ocarina and what songs (kind of indigenous) are being played on the background? Thanks a lot and GREAT work... Im very impressed :D

[Clayzflute]

Mostly home grown music. The music box is from a great animation from Japan called Totoro. Lots of clips on YouTube.

Thank you for your kind words. :)

[pablofallenjedi]

whats the name of the song playing at :31????

[Clayzflute]

Just a little homemade untitled ditty we worked up for this movie...

[pablofallenjedi]

@Clayzflute that is sooooooo wizard i would love to own that on disk!!!!!!!!!!!

[Tagmannnn]

Does it play?

pretty cool btw

[TheInuyasha100]

that looks so magnifasint

[TheInuyasha100]

that is so beast.

[marcoxmeijer]

Someone get me a chocolate ocarina =D

But seriously, I should buy an ocarina from you someday. You deserve it.

[elitotaku]

first time i see how a clay ocarina is made. it's loots of work. and takes time. i give you 5 stars.

[indiloor]

what about 12holes ?

[XxBK201xX]

lol Totoro is in my head now. Very delicate process indeed =D great work

[lockbreak12]

saw your booth two times and never bought because I saw some minor inconsistencies in your product and thought you were scamming me(the fake holes were also a put off). years later I decided I would look into ocarinas. looking around yt I found talented players who all praised your product for it's sound( this is where I start kicking myself). now I own two of your products and am extremely pleased this is not the first time young me was too dumb to know a good product when he saw one

[Clayzflute]

Thank you! :)

[Clayzflute]

Thank you!

[ephidapoon]

Its awesome to see this. It's not a bunch of plastic parts thrown together from china... It's a skilled craftsman making a real product.. a cool product.

[TheGuitarmaster888]

nice!

[Clayzflute]

We make our molds.

[camra93]

hi i just got one of your ocarinas and great i truly like thanks for making them lol .

[Clayzflute]

Thanks you! Glad you like it!

[kikitakahani]

TOTORO TOTORO!

[overratedname]

Ugh! I want one so bad but I don't has the money!

[Hoomi2]

All these years I've known you two, and this is the first time I've watched how you work. Pretty spiffy video, and interesting to see!

[Clayzflute]

Well, we think so. :-)

[overratedname]

Hi, Fizzilisouis

I'm Verstand, another ocarina player. This is a great ocarina for creating music, although possibly not great for a beginner. If you'd like recommendations, please by all means send me a PM. The verdict on this ocarina, however, is that it is a GREAT sounding ocarina, and looks very similar to the OOT.

[ingej32]

Lol... I just laughed because at 13:00 the "pling-pling"-music was stopped by the drill.

Kinda hilarious in a way..... ish....

[hourglassdeity]

yay i got mine yesterday! i really should move away from alaska

[Inuyasha4uandI]

These are the same people who I bought one from at Pike's Place in Seattle. I had it signed by Tommy Tallarico that night at the Video Games Live concert.

[jwchargers13]

wow, that's really cool

[nekoanime1]

I'll buy one =D

[nekoanime1]

awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[hourglassdeity]

lol i always come to this video cuz its fun to see making an ocarina in action

i ordered last week on a pendent tri force

[ocarinagroup]

really interesting

[Clayzflute]

Thank you! We are honored!

[hourglassdeity]

this ocarina is a true replica cuz the ocarina from OOT is pointing the other direction than other sweet potatos

but it would be more real if you glazed

the part on the mouth piece which you didnt paint or glazed.

but that dont matter if your into the sound.

the sound is great!

[Clayzflute]

We are making molds for on a BIGGER version and a TINY version that is wearable. The few we have cast are working!

Thanks for your review! :-)

[jonojutsu]

MY BRAIN!!!! TOTORO!!!!! T,T

Tonari no totoro, totoro...

WA!!!! i remember totoro in the song

[hourglassdeity]

how do you make the molds?

[diamonds5575]

you dont need to make a mold, you can place two pinch pots toghether but making the noise come out is sooo hard. you need to possition the whistle wedge in such a way that it cuts you air stream in half

[fairywings14]

wow!!!! i followed this video and i actually created my own.....it's AWSOME ^_^

[nuby1989]

wow! while looking at it i constantly gazed at my ocarina

[dabiribd]

wow! that was awesome

[angelodeathrpr]

mmmm chocolate

[OnYourMarkItsumo]

This definitely makes me appreciate my ocarina more.

[MastaGibbs]

How did you guys make your molds? I made one, and it worked and I made a few good ocarinas, but I'm confused at how you get the original out and how you seperate the two sides.

[SpikesScarletWitch]

that was very interesting..thanks!

[imaclownandwillkillu]

You sir, do amazing things with clay.

[ohyeahmans]

its not that easy but.... I make one. then more,more then I give 4 to my son and I told him to give them to his best friends.

[angelodeathrpr]

il buy one...

[chrisimpala1982]

whats the song list? I would love to know!! I love the song where there pouring the clay.

[Clayzflute]

That is Chris G. playing a vintage ocarina and a Bear Paw ocarania, drums and rattles. The next song is Chris G. on a Bear Paw Ocarina. Then comes TOTORO on a music box and Sandi playing Tootle on a Clayz Ocarina, then Chris G. again... and on and on it goes. Richard Plays the Zelda Replica at the end.... Ta Da >>>

[shadow12952]

whats the song at 6:52?????

[Clayzflute]

Our youngest son, Daniel, on a Larkina and guitar. The Larkina is a small handheld four wheel, music box type, vintage musical instrument from Switzerland. You play it with thumbs. Sweet, huh? Song name: Fractal

[Clayzflute]

No, they just pop out! Some, more intricate molds, would call for "mold release". Our pieces are very simple and smooth, and are easily removed when the clay is set up. The drying clay shrinks enough that lift out easily.

[tommarques]

In the first steps seems like chocolate! yumm yumm :D

[kingocarina]

what material are the molds made out of? do they deteriorate after a while and need to be remade?

[Clayzflute]

The molds are made of plaster.  They last a long time, with care.

[Orion886]

...Tootle times 3...brilliant.

[Clayzflute]

You speak to our hearts!

:-)

[ZarsasCostumes]

OH MY GOD!!! IT'S TOTORO!

[Clayzflute]

:-)

[ZarsasCostumes]

i love that movie so much!

[fodidinho]

first anime i ve ever seen! <3

[ZarsasCostumes]

what is? totoro? man i love that movie!

HAYAO MIYAZAKI ROCKS!

i make myself clear...

[sssteven2004]

i love the deku palace song from MM

[Tobunshi]

Awesome video, very helpful for people who might want to make their own. The musical-box style music always gives me the creeps...it's so eerie and calm.

[longbeforedawn]

Wow! That is totally amazing.

Doesn't the shrinkage of the clay when you fire it cause the tuning to alter? How do you compensate for shrinkage and keep your notes in tune with, say, your guitar?

[popamon451]

ha thanks for the ocarina thqnk you

[MAURINI]

do you ship worlwide?

[popamon451]

thanks im buying one of your ocarinas rate now alsome!!

[vincimanu]

let me buy one off u

[popamon451]

go on his youtube channel then check the sites you will find clayz then go on the site it will say if you wont to buy one mines coming

[ZACKATTACKHO3]

thx for telling me

[jackoskellington]

that plaster mold is so neat and perfect mine broke when I tried to seperate the two pieces apart.

[Clayzflute]

Did you use mold release between the halves?

[jackoskellington]

I like this vid. Thanks for posting i made one like you did but the notes sound like crap, how do you tune e'm?

[Hoeloe42]

Do I hear the Totoro theme?

[Clayzflute]

Yes!

:-)

[wariokid244]

why are the holes on all your pendants more off to the side?

[unionofonion]

Those ocarinas are beautiful.

I can see why you make them, it's a hard to describe sense of pride seeing people buy them and play them.

I saw people in japan in a national geographic special video make clay tea cups and ever since then I always wanted to do something like that...I really want to make an ocarina now.

I'm gonna see about a pottery class at the college just to make things like this.

[Clayzflute]

Thank you unionofonion! Good luck with your class. It is very fun to make the first sounds from a lump of clay!

[XVeriandomNess]

crap dude...your sooo good BRAVO

[MossMaskface]

lol, i love that the colors just called "zelda blue"

[jotalegend]

that's my kind of blue..

[DaRaccoonOfDaDoom]

where can you buy one?

[Vzagge]

anywhere

[DaRaccoonOfDaDoom]

ohhh...thx

[DrDrick]

Yummy... looks like chocolat... AND I love chocolat !!!

[wiiman70]

can u buy those?¿

[Vzagge]

they're instruments like flutes

[BusterDwarf]

I would buy one of those instantly if I had the money.

Is there any chance of you listing the songs in the video?

[Clayzflute]

Hello BusterDwarf,

Our music box plays "Totoro". Sandi plays "Tootle" on a ClayZ pendant. Chris G. plays a bearpaw ocarina rattles and drums, etc. Sandi plays "Zelda's Lullaby" on a ClayZ Limited II Zelda Replica Ocarina at the end. Thanks for asking!

[BusterDwarf]

And thank you for being so helpful.

[Vzagge]

they are very cheap

[capitanFUNK]

awsome, this is pretty cool, long, but I guss it would take a heck of a lot longer then ten minutes.

[Llillifay]

Sometimes these are Richard's hands, and sometimes they are his son's hands.

[ViolentRiC]

Thanks for sharing - you guys are my heroes! -"Link" Lanahan

[Schwessie]

Great to watch. Especially how easy it looks when you make them. I`m also trying to make a good 10 hole ocarina, but that`s not easy without a mold. But with some practice and patience i know I'll succeed one day.

[CoopDogg18]

sweet. check out how to handbuild one on my channel.

[ChrisMartensson]

This is great work! :)

Do you use the same technique for the pendant ocarinas?

/Christian

[Clayzflute]

Yes, we use the slip-casting method almost exclusivly. That, after 10 years of handbuilding each piece. Ocassionally, we still hand build one, of a kind ocarinas. Our Sweet Heart ocarinas for Valentines Day. These take two players! :-)

[OcarinaTycoon]

You really have a Valentine-edition ocarina?

[Clayzflute]

For 30 years we always have special edition Valentine ocarinas.  Even our fish get hearts for a few weeks before Valentines day. We call them Valen-tuna. (argh) We need to get pictures up of the sweet-heart ocarinas that take two players to play.

[OcarinaTycoon]

I looked through your clayz(dot)com website, and I didn't find it.

[keltzroth]

I'm very proud to be your relative!

[nerfanator111]

that was pretty cool guys i like how you make um

[origamipotato]

Oh that was awesome! Thanks so much for sharing. Now for some odd reason, I want to become an ocarina maker. :P hehe

[ThievingSeven]

Awesome. I have one of these ocarinas. Bought it 7 years ago to be precise.

[Llillifay]

That was amazing! I've seen Richard do this, up close, dozens of times. I've tried it myself. Something you don't realize watching the clay in the hands of a master, is just how fragile and sticky the blank is while he shapes and cuts it. Besides beautiful craftsmanship, its a brilliantly made video as well! Bravo Clayzeness!-from the apprentice