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Take the break. Keep the shelf.MORE THAN 9 IN 10 MEMBERS COME BACKFrom $25 a month, everything you built here stays exactly where you left it. Your shelf, your banked classes, your rewards, the half finished pot.

One night that is yours. You came for the hours where your phone is face down and your hands are too covered in clay to reach for it. A hard month is exactly when a person needs that.

Your reason is reason enough. Money got tight. The calendar filled up. Something went sideways that nobody planned for. None of that is a character flaw.

Two taps, and your to-do list is empty. Pay for the months you need. No portal step, nothing to cancel, no text to confirm. We move your billing date, and it starts again on its own.

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Almost nobody quits because it got hardAN OPEN LETTERNothing went wrong. You missed a week, then another, and your head wrote a kinder story about it. Twenty minutes, before you decide anything. Pause it instead of ending itOne fee of $25 to $50 depending on your Level, instead of a whole month. Your shelf, your banked classes and your rewards all stay exactly where they are. If something here went wrongTell us before you go. It reaches the owner directly, and you can send it without your name on it.

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Come once before you decide. One more class costs nothing, and you have until the 24th either way.

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52 BuffThe house starter. Smooth, forgiving, and the least expensive bag in the studio.

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The easiest gift in potteryPick an amount, we handle the rest, and somebody you love gets to play in the mud.

Any occasion. Birthdays, anniversaries, and sorry-I-broke-your-mug apologies.

Any amount, $30 to $1000. Or gift a whole month of membership at any Level.

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The whole craft, on one page202 pottery lessons and tools across 17 areas, from your first bag of clay to selling your work. Free to study, built to get lost in.

Quiz yourself. 1,000+ quiz questions to check what stuck before the kiln does it for you.

Study in order, or wander. The areas run in the order a piece does. Nobody is taking attendance.

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The Mold Room

Every slab mold we own, in one placeAll 148 of them. What each one makes, how much clay to start with, how thick to roll the slab, and which shelf it lives on.

Find the one you want to make. Search by what comes out the other end, rather than by what the mold looks like on the shelf.

Slab molds are not the easy way out. They take the guesswork out of the form so you can put the work into the surface.

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Brush-On Glazes & Underglazes

Required before you glaze anything. Watch the video, learn the rules, pass the quiz, and the 650+ wall is yours.

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Required before the seven dipping buckets. The fastest way to a full, even coat, once you know the rules.

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Required before the slab rollers and 150+ slab molds. Make something near-perfect on day one.

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Required before any raku workshop. Fire, tongs, and pots pulled glowing from the kiln. Safety first, every time.

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Announcements. What is happening at the studio right now.

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The fun stuff. The Void, Mud, member photos, and things we probably should not have built.

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The Show & Tell wallClass photos, member pieces, and the occasional masterpiece. Featured MembersA page each, in their own words, with photographs of what they made here.

Made something worth bragging about? This is where it goes.

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Bring All Your Friends Free WeekThe whole story, the dates, and how to get your people in the door.

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Make an offering to Icarus, God of KilnsLeave your offering. Ask for the glaze blessing you desire. Watch our kiln god come to life. Scream it into the voidWhatever the kiln did to your favorite mug, whatever life brought to you outside of this place, tell the void. And then choose how to let it go. Destroy our meticulous glaze wallScroll past the finder and trigger your disaster with the icons. Turn our most guarded area of the studio into a big, giant mess. Take a peek at your daily Clay Hole cardThe same cards members find waiting at their seat. One a day, and it picks for you. Come back daily or receive ’em by email.

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The Glaze FinderType a name. An arrow points to its exact slot on the wall. The Mega Glaze ToolEvery glaze and underglaze in the building, searchable and sortable.

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Make an Offering to Icarus, God of KilnsLeave your offering. Ask for the glaze blessing you desire. Watch our kiln god come to life.

Before a big firing. It costs nothing, and the kiln knows.

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Join The Clay Hole

Pick your Level on the next page. Takes about two minutes.

Start Here

Look Before You Leap

The four levels, at a glance

$145/mo · x4 classesAbout $36 a class. Bring your own starter tools. Basic glazes and half of a divided shelf with your name on it.

The full level-by-level breakdown →

Clay Hole FAQs

Every question, answered straightPrices, pause rules, firing costs, Levels, glazes, all of it. Type your question and the answer finds you.

Thinking about joining? Start here. It answers the stuff people are afraid to ask.

Already a member? It settles studio debates faster than texting Dan.

Friends & Couples

Options for Couples

Friends

Before Your First Day

Helpful to Know

Manage My Membership

Pausing

One night that is yours. You came for the hours where your phone is face down and your hands are too covered in clay to reach for it. A hard month is exactly when a person needs that.

Your reason is reason enough. Money got tight. The calendar filled up. Something went sideways that nobody planned for. None of that is a character flaw.

Two taps, and your to-do list is empty. Pay for the months you need. No portal step, nothing to cancel, no text to confirm. We move your billing date, and it starts again on its own.

While you are paused

If a pause is not quite it

Canceling

Start with what changed

If it is not really about the pottery

If it is the money

Come once before you decide. One more class costs nothing, and you have until the 24th either way.

Pay for Stuff

Clay

Which clay should I buy?

52 BuffThe house starter. Smooth, forgiving, and the least expensive bag in the studio.

Your Level sets the price:

See this clay →

Firings & Glaze Fees

Helpful Pottery Items

Buy In the Studio

The Full List

Every Recommended ItemIn-studio buys plus the Amazon & Etsy finds

Workshops

Drinks & Apparel

Drinks

Apparel

Pre-Made & Extras

Pre-Made Pieces

Rentals

Clay Cubby Rental

Gift Cards

The easiest gift in potteryPick an amount, we handle the rest, and somebody you love gets to play in the mud.

Any occasion. Birthdays, anniversaries, and sorry-I-broke-your-mug apologies.

Any amount, $30 to $1000. Or gift a whole month of membership at any Level.

Where & When

Learn

Clay Hole University

The whole craft, on one page202 pottery lessons and tools across 17 areas, from your first bag of clay to selling your work. Free to study, built to get lost in.

Quiz yourself. 1,000+ quiz questions to check what stuck before the kiln does it for you.

Study in order, or wander. The areas run in the order a piece does. Nobody is taking attendance.

For New Members

The Mold Room

Every slab mold we own, in one placeAll 148 of them. What each one makes, how much clay to start with, how thick to roll the slab, and which shelf it lives on.

Find the one you want to make. Search by what comes out the other end, rather than by what the mold looks like on the shelf.

Slab molds are not the easy way out. They take the guesswork out of the form so you can put the work into the surface.

Certifications

Brush-On Glazes & Underglazes

Required before you glaze anything. Watch the video, learn the rules, pass the quiz, and the 650+ wall is yours.

Get certified →

Dipping Glazes

Required before the seven dipping buckets. The fastest way to a full, even coat, once you know the rules.

Get certified →

Slab Rollers & Slab Molds

Required before the slab rollers and 150+ slab molds. Make something near-perfect on day one.

Get certified →

Raku Workshop Safety

Required before any raku workshop. Fire, tongs, and pots pulled glowing from the kiln. Safety first, every time.

Get certified →

Guides

Calculators

Clay Hole CalculatorsFiring costs, clay math, and more, all on one page.

Watch

Pottery & Personality

Community

The Everything Page

The whole studio, one pageThe members’ corner of the site. If you only bookmark one page, make it this one.

Announcements. What is happening at the studio right now.

Tools. The Glaze Finder, calculators, guides, and the suggestion box.

The fun stuff. The Void, Mud, member photos, and things we probably should not have built.

Members & Their Work

The Show & Tell wallClass photos, member pieces, and the occasional masterpiece. Featured MembersA page each, in their own words, with photographs of what they made here.

Made something worth bragging about? This is where it goes.

Bring All Your Friends Free Week

Bring All Your Friends Free WeekThe whole story, the dates, and how to get your people in the door.

Members. This is your excuse to finally drag them in.

Website Fun for Members

Say Something

Talk to Us

Subscribe to Our Newsletters

Announcements, new member deals, and more. All the lists live on one page.

Jobs at The Clay Hole

Host an Event

Employees

Employee Portal

Glazes

The Glaze BibleEvery glaze in the building, in one reference. The book members swear by.

Families, brands, and combinations. Organized the way potters actually look things up.

Kept current. The wall changes, and the Bible changes with it.

Find a Glaze

The Glaze FinderType a name. An arrow points to its exact slot on the wall. The Mega Glaze ToolEvery glaze and underglaze in the building, searchable and sortable.

Learn & Get Certified

Offerings to Icarus

Make an Offering to Icarus, God of KilnsLeave your offering. Ask for the glaze blessing you desire. Watch our kiln god come to life.

Before a big firing. It costs nothing, and the kiln knows.

Buy Glaze Stuff

Meet the Owner

The Owner & His Dog

The Signature WallA TRUE STORY, IN PERMANENT MARKERHow a kid who faked the signatures in his own yearbook grew up and started collecting real ones. By the hundreds.

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