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Meet MudNo contract. Cancel by the 24th.
Classes are 3.5 hours and never expire while you’re a member.
This month’s deals are claimed. The next batch drops on the 1st.
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After you click.
Five steps, from payment to your first class.
You check out
Level, cell number, two ticks, payment. If you picked a deal, it is already on.
We text you
At the number you gave us, usually fast. We confirm your start month, sort out your first class, and answer whatever’s still rattling around in your head. All of it fair game.
You sign the waiver
Two minutes, online, required before your first class. Sign it here →
You watch three short videos
Wheel, slab roller, glazing. Required, quick, and they’ll save you so much guessing on day one. We send the links right to your phone.
Day one
Studio tour. Your own shelf, with your name on it. Pick your clay, meet a few people, start making something. You’ll walk out with a piece in progress and probably three new opinions about glaze.
Pick how you start.
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Four levels. Almost the same price per class. Wildly different studio.
Here’s the part that surprises people. It costs roughly the same per class at every level. Moving up doesn’t buy you cheaper classes. It buys you more studio. A lot more.
Tap a level above to compare it below.
| Green | Yellow | Purple | Black | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Every month | $145Green | $170Yellow | $200Purple | $275Black |
| Classes per month | 4 | 5 | 6 | 8 |
| Cost per class | $36.25 | $34.00 | $33.33 | $34.38 |
| Your private shelf | 24 × 12 × 8 | 24 × 12 × 12 | 36 × 16 × 14 | 48 × 16 × 16 |
| Tools | Bring your own | $150,000 of studio tools | Thousands more, incl. bladed | Elite tools nobody else touches |
| Glazes | Basic green dot | + dozens of yellow dot | + hundreds of purple dot | + black dot: our rarest & priciest |
| Slab molds | A few small | Small + medium | Through XL and XXL | Every size, incl. Giant |
| Off every bag of clay | Not included | $2 | $4 | $6 |
| Wheels | 24 in the main area | 24 in the main area | + the kick wheel | + high-power Skutts |
| Specialty equipment | Not included | Slab rollers, stamps, rollers | Hand extruder, clay openers, ribs | Wall extruder, Strong Arm, Diamond Core |
| Workshops & events | Not included | Not included | First dibs & discounts | First dibs & bigger discounts |
| Classes never expire | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Your private shelf, from above
Footprints drawn to scale. Tap any of them to compare.
Footprints drawn to one shared scale. Green and Yellow share a footprint, Yellow is simply the taller shelf. Purple gives you 2× the surface of Green, Black 2.7×. By volume, Purple holds 3.5× and Black over 5×.
What each level opens in the glaze room
The numbers, side by side. Each dot is 5%.
Purple opens roughly 550 glazes. Green opens about 33.
Tools, slab molds, underglazes and clay discounts scale the same way. And that last stretch is not just more glaze… the black dot shelf holds the rarest, priciest glazes in the building.
Green: the budget door
The cheapest way in. You bring your own tools, you use our basic glazes, and you get the littlest shelf. It works. Just know you’re seeing a fraction of the studio you came here for. You can upgrade mid-month.
Yellow: where we’d tell a friend to start
No tool shopping before your first class. Real glaze access instead of just the basics. A taller shelf. And $150,000 worth of studio tools, included. For $25 more than Green, this is where the place starts feeling like the place.
Purple: where most of us ended up
Most members land here within their first year, and it’s the lowest cost per class of any level at $33.33. Hundreds more glazes. Thousands more tools, including the bladed ones. A shelf three times the size of Green’s, slab molds through XXL, the kick wheel, the hand extruder, and first dibs on workshops and game nights.
Black: for the obsessed
Eight classes a month and nearly everything in this million-dollar studio, including gear nobody else touches. The commercial wall extruder. Strong Arm centerers. Diamond Core carving and trimming tools. The high-power Skutt wheels. The biggest shelf we make. And that final 15% of glazes? The rarest, priciest ones we stock. Black is capped at 20 members, studio-wide. When it fills, it is full.
Selects Purple Level and takes you to sign-up. Upgrade mid-month, downgrade next month.
The 60-second quiz No email, no wrong answers. Answer five questions and we’ll point you to the level that fits. Tap to open or close.
What’s actually pulling you toward this?
When you walk into a studio, how often do you want to hear the word “no”?
How much do you want this to be a people thing?
Tools and workspace. What sounds like you?
How much does price decide it for you?
Purple Level
$200/month · 6 classes
Not locked in. Upgrade mid-month, downgrade the following month.
Clay and glaze firings are paid as you go. Here is what they cost.
Some studios bake clay and firing into everyone’s price. Sounds nice, until you realize you’re subsidizing the guy who makes nine casserole dishes a month. Here, you pay for what you use. Bisque firings are free. Glaze firings run a nickel per cubic inch ($4.80 minimum). Clay starts at $28 a bag, and it gets cheaper as your level goes up.
For comparison, a one-night pottery class around here runs $45 to $75 for about two hours, and you go home with nothing finished. Six Purple classes is 21 hours in a studio with 29 wheels and 650+ glazes. And you keep everything you make. Anyway. We think it’s a pretty good deal.
Sliders are estimates using an average-size piece. Small pieces fire for the $4.80 minimum, and several tiny ones can share a single kiln cookie. Full cost breakdown here →
Month to month, and every date on one calendar.
The only thing between you and finding out whether you love this is usually the fear of getting stuck. So hear us. You can’t get stuck here.
No contract, ever
Month to month, always. Nothing to sign that traps you. We loathe that stuff as much as you do.
Cancel yourself in two clicks
In the member portal, by 11:59 PM on the 24th. No phone call. No retention pitch. No awkward conversation with anybody, ever.
Or pause instead
Keep your shelf, your unused classes, your rewards, and your spot. From $25 a month. Pause by 4 PM on the 24th. Most of us who’ve had to step away picked this one, and it’s why we came back.
Change levels
Upgrade mid-month. Downgrade starting the following month.
Classes never expire
As long as you’re a member, they wait. There’s no limit to how many you can stack up.
A cheaper first month
$60 off your first month, or your second month free. First-time members pick one when they join.
How the billing month works
Memberships run on calendar months, not from your start date. The 24th is the only date you ever need to remember.
There are no refunds. None. Not for missed deadlines, not for changed minds, not for anything. Cancel by 11:59 PM on the 24th and you are never charged again. And you still get the rest of that month’s classes… you paid for them, they’re yours.
Start this month or next. Your call, and you can tell us which when we text you.
“Am I going to be the worst one there?”
Almost certainly not. But let’s get specific. Tap whichever one is actually you.
Then congratulations. You’re the most normal person in the building. Most of us walked in knowing nothing. Not a technique. Not a tool. Not one single word of the vocabulary.
You don’t need a plan, and you don’t need talent. You need to walk through the door once. Our four instructors take it from there.
And if you want to make something beautiful on day one without ever touching a wheel, that’s exactly what our 248 slab molds are for. People do it every week and act like they didn’t.
Then you’ve held clay, and you already know you liked it. That’s more than most of us showed up with.
The difference here: you’re not doing a two-hour activity and going home with wet hands and nothing to show. You’re starting real pieces. Drying them, glazing them, firing them, and taking home things you’ll actually use.
That takes weeks. Which is the entire reason we do memberships instead of one-off paint-a-pot nights.
Good. You get to skip the awkward part. Sit down at any of our 29 wheels, tell an instructor where you got stuck last time, and go.
About the glazes: if you’ve only ever worked with a handful, there are 650+ of them here, most already fired onto test tiles so you can see what you’re choosing instead of praying at a bottle.
Bring whatever half-finished ambition you’ve been carrying around. There’s room for it here.
Then brace yourself, because this studio is going to quietly ruin every other studio for you.
Four kilns, including one big enough to fire a four-foot piece. Diamond Core carving and trimming tools. A commercial wall-mounted extruder. Strong Arm centerers. And me, in classes often, glad to help you push your skill to the next level.
You already did the hard part. You spent the years. Come use equipment that finally keeps up with you.
You’re in very good company. Most of us walked in nervous. Me included. Ask me about it sometime, or don’t, because talking is not required here.
You can sit and make things next to people without a single icebreaker. Nobody will make you talk. And not one person will think a thing of it if you take a few weeks to warm up. Most of us did.
There are soft couches all over the studio for when you need a minute away from the noise. And there’s Mud, the studio dog, whose entire job is people who need exactly that.
Almost everyone starts alone. That’s not the exception here. That’s the pattern. It’s probably the whole reason this place exists.
Real friendship takes hours of side-by-side time.
You won’t be coming alone for long. Ask anyone who’s been here three months.
Real class nights at The Clay Hole.
4.9 stars from 145+ Google reviews
“This is the third pottery studio I’ve worked at. It can be intimidating to learn all the details in pottery but Dan has created so many helps.”
Google review“What a fabulous little gem The Clay Hole has turned out to be. I have never seen a studio as well stocked as this one. Plenty of space and wheels for you and your friends. Everyone is so kind.”
Google review“This place blew me away when I walked in the door. Big, beautiful, lots of options and time slots to create. The instructors are kind and the owner has been fun to meet.”
Google review“The best pottery studio around! Dan has built an amazing studio with an even more amazing community. It is the cleanest studio with so much accountability and dedication to keeping the space beautiful.”
Google review“A fantastic local pottery studio that’s both incredibly well equipped and genuinely welcoming. The space is thoughtfully set up with all the tools, materials, and equipment a potter could want.”
Google review“I have been practicing pottery and ceramic art for the past 6 years… Beyond its convenience, it is a bright and airy place to create.”
Google reviewSo what will you actually make?
Anything clay can be, which is basically anything. Mugs you’ll drink from every single morning. Giant ramen bowls. Planters, vases, platters, casserole dishes. Jewelry. Ornaments. Wedding gifts people actually keep. Sculptures of deeply questionable taste (encouraged, obviously). The occasional gnome army.
All made by members, from first-timers to longtime potters. See the member Show & Tell gallery →
The pottery wheel
Hard at first. Then quietly, wonderfully addictive. It takes two or three months to get decent, and every hour of it does something to your brain that no app has ever managed. We have 29 wheels. You will never stand around waiting for one.
Hand-building & sculpting
Big shared tables, thousands of tools, and no limit except what you can picture. Your hands stay busy while the conversation wanders wherever it wants. This is where most of the work in our studio actually gets made. And where most of us accidentally found our people.
Slab molds
Press clay into one of our 248 slab molds and leave your very first class with a genuinely beautiful bowl, platter, or casserole dish. You’ll look like you’ve been doing this for years. Your secret is extremely safe with us.
Switch between all three in a single class if you feel like it. Nobody here is going to stop you. Some of us will probably cheer.
You’re not renting a wheel. You’re getting the keys to all of this.
Most community studios are one room, one instructor, and a shelf of glazes shared by forty strangers. That’s what $145 a month usually buys. We’re a little different here.
Here it buys you a 10,000 square foot studio. Four instructors on the floor in every instructed class. Your own private shelf with your own name on it. And more glaze than most college ceramics departments will ever own. I poured more than a million dollars into this place, then priced it for actual humans. Not because I’m humble. Because I’d rather have it full of you.
Seven days a week, two kinds of studio time.
Open studio classes
Four instructors on the floorOpen studio times
No instructors · still counts as a classCome do your own thing and be around people while you do it. Everyone helps tidy up after. Five minutes. All of us, together. Yes, even me.
Holidays excluded. New members can use open studio after two instructed classes, or after one if they already know their way around clay.
Two people, two better prices.
Two full memberships is real money. There are two better ways to do this, and somehow most couples don’t find out until after they’ve already signed up. So we’re telling you now.
Shared Membership
One membership, two humans. Split the classes however you two like. Same price as a solo membership. Couples only, and yes, we’ll believe you. New member deals work on both.
Shared Shelf Pass
You each get your own full membership, you share one shelf, and you both save 20%. For Purple Level and Black Level. Any two people… couples, friends, siblings, roommates, you and your ride-or-die from third grade.
The hours already exist.
Researchers have actually measured this. It takes about 50 hours with someone to turn an acquaintance into a casual friend. About 90 hours to make a real one. And 200+ hours to make the kind you can text at midnight. Who knew friendship came with math.
Nobody ever tells you where those hours are supposed to come from after 25. Purple Level gives you 21 of them every month. Same table. Same people. Hands busy, guards down, conversation going sideways in the best possible way.
University of Kansas research. At six classes a month, you cross 200 hours inside your first year.
And there are no assigned nights
Come Monday morning one week, Thursday evening the next. Twice in one week, then not at all. Miss a whole month and your classes are still here waiting for you. They never expire.
We’re not a pottery studio with a community. We’re a community with a really, really nice pottery studio.
Hi. I’m Dan. I’d love it if you came and gave this place a go.
You might already know me. 3 million people follow me making pottery online, which is still a ridiculous thing to type out loud. I’ve never gone looking for a following. I just do my thing and awesome humans tend to find me.
But this isn’t really about me. I’m here plenty… popping into classes, working at my own wheel in the corner, teaching the advanced stuff, learning your name and then forgetting it at least once and feeling terrible about it. It’s been more fun than I know how to explain.
I built The Clay Hole as my last big hurrah. Not to get bigger online. Not for more kudos. I built it to turn my life back into a world full of real people, at real tables, who become real friends. And somewhere along the way it quietly stopped being my studio. Twenty-plus employees. Hundreds of members. It’s ours now. Come be part of it.
The questions people actually ask.
Do I need any experience?
None. Members range from first-timers to longtime potters, and four instructors run every instructed class. With 248 slab molds, you can make something beautiful on day one without touching a wheel.
I already do pottery. Is this for me?
Yes. Glaze fires to cone 5½, bisque to cone 05. 650+ glazes, 29 wheels, 248 slab molds, slab rollers and four kilns. If you already know your way around clay, open studio on Friday nights and weekend mornings opens up after one instructed class. Instructors work with you on whatever you’re making. Studio clay only, from $28 for a 25 lb bag. Glaze firings are 5 cents per cubic inch, $4.80 minimum.
Can I just try one class first?
We don’t do drop-ins, date nights, or one-off classes. That is on purpose. Pottery takes weeks to get one piece from wet clay to finished and fired. And community doesn’t happen in one visit… it happens because the same people keep showing up.
So instead, we make your first month cheap enough to be the trial. With this month’s code, finding out costs you $85 at Green Level. And you can cancel yourself by the 24th if it turns out we’re not your people.
Can I really cancel any time?
Yes. No contract, ever. Cancel by 11:59 PM on the 24th of any month, you’re never charged again, and you still get the rest of that month’s classes. You cancel in the member portal yourself. A text or an email to us does not cancel a membership.
Stepping away for a while is what pausing is for. Pause by 4 PM on the 24th. You keep your shelf, your unused classes, your rewards, and your spot. It’s what most of us do when life gets loud.
What if I sign up now but can’t start until next month?
Completely fine, and really common. Sign up now to lock in this month’s discount, then tell us you’re starting next month when we text you. Today’s payment covers that month. And if you sign up on the 25th or later, next month is your start month automatically anyway.
Will I actually finish anything in my first month?
Pottery takes time. Pieces dry for days or weeks, then get bisque fired, then glazed, then fired again. Kilns run when there’s enough work to fill them, usually weekly.
If you’re new to clay, plan on about two months before finished work comes out of the kiln. To speed that up, tell an instructor on day one and they’ll point you at pieces that move fast.
What do I bring, and what should I wear?
Yellow Level and up: bring nothing, the tools are here. Green Level: bring your own basic tools. Clay is here either way, and we get you yours when you arrive.
Wear something you truly don’t mind getting clay on. And trim those fingernails… long nails and wet clay are not friends. An apron helps. A towel helps more. Clay washes out of most things, but believe us, it will find you.
How old do you have to be?
Members must be 18 or older. Teenagers aged 14 to 17 may attend alongside a parent or guardian who is also a member.
What’s the vibe actually like?
Evening classes come with some cursing, plenty of irreverent joking, and people sometimes bring drinks to share. If that’s your scene, you’ll fit right in. If you’re on the more conservative side, come anyway… nobody will think twice about it.
And if a freewheeling room just isn’t your thing, the Monday daytime class is the quiet one. No alcohol, no cursing. My mom is there, and we show her some respect. LGBTQ+ friendly across the board, every class, no asterisks. The one thing we truly don’t tolerate is jerks.
Can I come see the studio before I join?
Not in person. We stopped doing walk-in tours because the online following made the number of visitors impossible to handle while classes were running. The studio is members only now.
The virtual tour is the next best thing, and it covers every room. The class photo gallery has hundreds of photos from real classes.
Are there discounts for teachers, military, students, seniors, or first responders?
There are. Our Heroes Discount Program covers teachers, military, students, seniors, healthcare workers, first responders, and nonprofit folks… because some people have more than earned a break. It’s separate from the new member deal. See if you qualify →
The whole thing in plain English: how membership works, start to finish →
Every other question lives on our FAQs page → Or text us: 385-241-5528
For anything else, text us at 385-241-5528. A human replies.
The membership terms
All of it, one click away, in plain language. By signing up you’re agreeing to these terms and confirming you understand the information on our FAQs page.
Membership, billing & cancellation terms
- You can upgrade your membership mid-month or the following month, and downgrade starting the following month. You may change membership levels up to twice each year.
- Memberships renew automatically on the 25th. You can cancel any time by 11:59 PM on the 24th, or pause by 4 PM on the 24th, to avoid being charged for the next month. There are no contracts, just deadlines to cancel.
- There are no refunds on memberships for any reason at any time, including for missed cancellation deadlines.
- Memberships are based on calendar months, not on your start date. If you choose to start mid-month, that month terminates at the end of that same calendar month, and you will be charged on the 25th for the following month even if you started late. Your classes never expire while you remain a member, so unused classes carry forward.
- Memberships are non-transferable. Every new member must sign up under their own name, email, and phone number. To give membership as a gift, please purchase a gift card instead. We cannot make exceptions to this rule.
- We reserve the right to cancel any membership at any time should our studio rules not be kept or problems arise. Should your membership be canceled for conduct or rule breaking, there are no refunds and all items and materials on your shelf will be forfeit.
- All members are required to sign the online waiver and membership agreement before participating at The Clay Hole. All members must also initial and sign the glaze checklist and agreement before accessing any glazes.
- Members must be 18 or older. Teens aged 14 to 17 may attend alongside a parent or guardian who is also a member.
New member offers & multi-month deals
- New member offers are available to first-time members only, for a limited number of new members each month, and must be applied at time of sign-up. Only one new member discount can be used per account.
- Our first month deals let new members try The Clay Hole for a full month. Since we lose money on that first month, memberships canceled before attending a class will be automatically reactivated. You can cancel again after you have attended at least one class. This keeps the discount available for people genuinely exploring our community as a longer-term option.
- If you sign up for any multi-month deal, such as a BOGO offer, and then cancel during the first month, you will not receive the promotional extras or discounts for future months, and your membership will be canceled at the end of that first month. Hold off canceling if you want the benefit of the offer.
Costs not included in membership
- Clay is available starting at $28 for a 25 lb bag, before membership discounts of $2, $4, or $6 per bag by level.
- Bisque firings are free. Glaze firings are priced at $0.05 per cubic inch, with a $4.80 minimum. Multiple small pieces can be fired together provided they fit on a 6" × 6" kiln cookie.
- Absolutely no outside clay may be brought into The Clay Hole. Any member who brings in outside clay is financially liable for any resulting kiln, kiln shelf, or pottery damage.
Attendance & first-class rules
- If you start classes between the 1st and the 15th of the month, you may start any day you like, provided you have replied to let us know when you’re coming. The one exception: if you sign up less than three hours before class begins, you’ll need to wait until the next class day so we can send your info and set up your account.
- If you start classes on the 16th of the month or later, your very first class must be a Monday or Thursday so that you can get the tour, your shelf assignment, and your setup. After your first class, come to whichever classes or open studio times you like. If you come on another day, we’ll need you to return on the proper day to get situated.
- New members can use open studio after two instructed classes, or after one if they already know their way around clay.
- Any member who attends more classes than their membership level allows will be charged the difference for the current month and upgraded to a level that includes more days the following month. Overage charges are not refunded.
- All members participating in open studio times must help clean the studio afterward, a five to ten minute commitment.
A year from now, you’ll be a year older either way.
One version of you spent that year scrolling. The other one has a shelf full of things that didn’t exist until their hands made them… and a table of people who save them a seat.
We’re saving you one right now.
Start this month or next. Tell us which when we text you.
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