cassarole lids

I do my lids thicker at the wheel and thin toward the rim then trim the heck of them at leather stage until they are the same thickness from top to rim. The fun part is the handle, of course.

Diego

Nothing wrong with that. Make the handle wide and not too tall and it can actually double as a bowl. Something a lot of potters actually do on purpose. :o)

The shape of your lid is going to be much how you open up the floor in the way you are making it. So if you want a flat type lid begin with a very flat shape - like a plate almost. Then pull out the floor more by compessing and pushing out with the heel to make the floor have what shape you want the lid to have. You will have very little clay on the rim to pull up which is what you want. Pull it up to the thickness you want and trim off to the height you want if you have ended up with too much of a side. Chamois it smooth and compress the lip to make it somewhat thicker than the sides. You will then take away the excess on the bottom (top on finished piece) towards the rim if you have made a curved (but flat) lid when you do your trimming. For this type of lid you have to add your handle which should be much easier than throwing it as a single piece. If you want a really flat lid basically you are going to just make a plate (a pancake) but you can leave a center of clay that can be turned into a handle. So in this case the bottom is the bottom... So many ways to make a lid... so little time.