Where your work lives.

A card for every piece, and the whole path from throwing to finish — photos, notes, the kiln — on one shelf. That’s the reason Clay Studio exists.

7 days of Pro, no card · iPhone & Android

A celadon-glazed vase, one of Clay Studio’s own stills

The shelf. Then the whole life of a piece.

Tap a card and you’re in the lifecycle — throwing, trimming, glazing, kiln, finish. A photo and a note at each stage. Optional firings sit in the same spine when a piece needs them. Batch a set and it stacks as one card.

Bowl #014 in Clay Studio, with photos on Thrown and Trimmed in the lifecycle.
  1. The piece

    Throwing

    On the wheel or by hand. A photo, a clay body, a note if you want one.

  2. The second pass

    Trimming

    Foot, rim, the shape you meant. Each stage holds its own photo.

  3. From your own jars

    Glazing

    Chosen from the palette you already keep — and from the recipes behind those colours.

  4. The fire

    Kiln

    In the kiln, dated. The shelf shows which pieces are firing now. In the kiln.

  5. On the shelf

    Finish

    Signed, dated, and resting with the rest of the work.

Hands dusty. A glance is enough.

The Shelf groups what’s in progress, what’s in the kiln, and what’s finished. Each card opens the piece — not a form, the work itself.

  • A card for every pieceNumbered, named when you want, stacked as a batch when you’re throwing a set.
  • Photos and notes at every stageWatch a piece change from wet clay to fired glaze, in the colours of that stage.
  • Yours, on this phone and the nextWritten to the device first. Signed in, the shelf is backed up so a new phone doesn’t lose it.
My Shelf in Clay Studio — eight pieces in the studio, a trimmed bowl and a cup in progress.

Which recipe made that result.

Glaze Memory is a synced recipe book — ingredients, cone, test-tile photos — linked to the colours you put on pieces. It turns the shelf into a reference: you can trace which recipe made which pot, not just that you glazed it.

New Recipe in Clay Studio — glaze name, ingredients, cone, temperature and firing notes.
The Materials pantry in Clay Studio — glaze jars and clay bodies on studio shelves.

The fired photo is the answer.

While you pick a glaze, Clay Studio shows the last pieces you fired in that combination — your own pots, not a guess. Search the Shelf by glaze, clay, or recipe the same way.

  • A fired terracotta bowl
    Bowl · #012 Celadon recipe · on buff
  • A fired terracotta mug
    Mug · #018 Same recipe · speckled
  • A celadon-glazed vase
    Vase · #009 On porcelain · two coats
Inspiration in Clay Studio — skill, clay weight, kind of piece, and themes.
Ideas for you in Clay Studio — a grid of suggested pieces matched to the studio.

Stuck? Four questions, then a grid.

Inspiration asks only what matters: your skill, how much clay you have, the kind of piece, and a theme. The grid that comes back is written for your studio — photos, material notes, work you could actually throw.

  1. Your skillBeginner through expert
  2. How much clayUnder a kilo, up to five and more
  3. Kind of pieceFunctional or decorative
  4. ThemesUp to four, if you want them
Clay-covered hands centering a pot on a spinning wheel. Photograph by Jared Sluyter, public domain.

Made by hand. Kept with care.

The shelf is the record. Community is optional — Feed, Discover, Mine. Posts carry the glaze and the clay. Follow and block. Nothing leaves the studio unless you post it.

Community Discover in Clay Studio — a grid of pots shared by other makers.

A studio that stays out of the way.

Works without a connection
Everything you make is written to the phone first. The app keeps working in the studio, signal or not.
Backed up when you sign in
Pieces, photos, glazes, recipes and saved ideas sync to your account, so a new phone doesn’t start from nothing.
A week of the full studio
Sign in with email, Google or Apple. A calm tour, then seven days of Pro — recipes, unlimited pieces, the lot — with no card. After that, what you made stays yours.
We don’t sell your data
No ads, no selling, and your photos are never sent to an AI service. The privacy policy says the same thing at length.

Start your shelf.

Seven days of Pro, no card. Make something today; log it tonight. The pieces you start stay on the shelf when the trial ends.