How to Make a Ceramic Olive Oil Lamp

So, there you have it, your own little olive oil lamp and its sweet, warm glow will lead you into spring.

Ancient lamps made by Romans and Parthians.

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: Place a wick in your fired, unglazed lamp. (Find wicking in a hobby store or use a snippet of cotton shoelace. Cut the wick long enough to have space to burn down.) Place the wick in the bottom of lamp, feeding the end out of the smaller hole. Leave about a third of an inch sticking out. Then, fill the lamp about three-quarters full by pouring olive oil in through the top hole.

: Decorate your lamp as you wish, using stamps, or by engraving, slip trailing or modeling. Apply decorations at the appropriate time, given the construction method youve chosen.

: Make a small pinch pot, narrowing the opening at the top. You will pour oil into the lamp through this hole, so make it big enough. After shaping, cut a smaller hole in the side from which you will feed the wick (see 3).

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Olive oil has a low flash point and it has been used as lamp fuel for millennia. I had an olive oil lamp once that my Mom gave me and it made a nice, soft glow without stinking like petroleum-based oils burned in hurricane lamps. Since winter has just begun,Jane Street Clayworkshonors the solstice by explaining how to make an olive oil lamp out of clay. It represents lengthening days and the return of light to our world.

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: Using a small bowl for a mold, make two halves that will fit together. The size is up to you, but most olive oil lamps are smallish. Join the two halves well, scratching the edges and using slip. After its almost leather hard, cut a hole in the top through which you will later pour oil, so make it big enough. After shaping, cut a smaller hole in the side from which you will feed the wick (see 3).

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: The shape the ancients used looked like modified Aladdins lampsthe vessels low, rounded body held the olive oil and a narrowed spout ended with a wick hole. You can fashion a handle, if youd like, but its not crucial because the lamp doesnt get hot and can easily be carried from the bottom.

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