Printed paper pottery templates and paper cutouts on a rolled clay slab with tools and a finished mug, the all-fifteen bundle from The Clay Hole in Draper, Utah
A six-sided slab-built stoneware table lamp body in speckled charcoal glaze with a white drum shade, lit, on a side table, made from The Clay Hole paper templateAn arch-topped slab-built stoneware mantel clock in matte oatmeal glaze with twelve pressed hour dots, standing on a wooden mantel, made from The Clay Hole paper templateA slab-built stoneware wren house with sage green walls and a brown roof, a wren on the ridge, mounted on a garden fence post, made from The Clay Hole paper templateA square slab-built stoneware teapot in glossy teal glaze with a straight cone spout, a flat lid and a strap handle, beside a matching cup, made from The Clay Hole paper templateA tall tapered slab-built stoneware pitcher in glossy white glaze with a pinched spout and a strap handle, beside a glass of water, made from The Clay Hole paper template

The bundle, every paper template at once

All 15 paper templates, half price in one order

Every pattern on the site: ten to start with and five advanced. 15 PDFs, 91 pages, 28 template sheets, every piece drawn whole at exact size on a US Letter sheet with a 1 inch check square.

  • 15 PDFs
  • 91 pages
  • 28 template sheets
  • 1/4 in slab, 12 percent shrinkage
$63$126All 15 templates in one order: 15 PDFs, 91 pages, yours to print as often as you like.

Delivered as download links by email the moment the order goes through. Have a Clay Hole account: log in instead and every template is free.

See each template on its own page
What is in it

15 patterns, from a 30 minute ring dish to a four hour teapot

Each one opens on its own page with the steps, the finished sizes and a free sample to flip through. Sizes below are what comes out of the glaze kiln at 12 percent shrinkage.

A straight-sided handmade stoneware slab mug with a strip handle, made from The Clay Hole paper template, on a wooden table Paper template 01, beginner The Slab Mug A straight-sided 11 ounce mug with a slab handle. about 11 oz, 4 3/16 in tall, 3 1/16 in across 2 sheets, 6 pages$6 on its own Two matching tapered stoneware tumblers in a teal glaze, made from The Clay Hole tapered tumbler paper template Paper template 02, beginner The Tapered Tumbler An 8 ounce cup that flares out toward the rim, cut as one fan-shaped wall. about 8 oz, 3 15/16 in tall, 3 in across the rim 2 sheets, 6 pages$6 on its own A six-sided white stoneware bud vase with mitered corners holding dried grass, made from The Clay Hole hexagon vase paper template Paper template 03, intermediate The Hexagon Bud Vase Six tapered panels and a hexagon base, with mitered corners. 5 3/4 in tall, 2 7/16 in across the base 1 sheet, 5 pages$6 on its own A deep blue stoneware wall pocket vase hanging on a wall with eucalyptus, made from The Clay Hole wall pocket paper template Paper template 04, intermediate The Wall Pocket A half-cone hanging vase with a flat back and a hanging hole. 6 13/16 in tall with the hanger, 3 15/16 in wide 2 sheets, 6 pages$8 on its own A small square pink stoneware keepsake box with a flat lid, made from The Clay Hole lidded box paper template Paper template 05, intermediate The Lidded Keepsake Box A square box with a flat lid that locates on an inner flange. 3 1/2 in square, 2 5/8 in tall with the lid 1 sheet, 5 pages$8 on its own A sage green stoneware butter dish with the lid lifted to show the butter, made from The Clay Hole butter dish paper template Paper template 06, intermediate The Butter Dish A lidded dish sized to a real stick of butter, East Coast or West Coast. lid 5 1/4 in x 2 3/16 in inside, plate 6 5/8 in x 3 1/2 in 2 sheets, 6 pages$8 on its own A tapered square speckled stoneware planter in its matching saucer with a pothos, made from The Clay Hole planter paper template Paper template 07, beginner The Square Planter and Saucer A tapered 4 inch planter with a drainage hole and its own saucer. 3 15/16 in across the top, 3 3/4 in tall, saucer 4 5/8 in square 2 sheets, 6 pages$6 on its own A folded black stoneware serving tray holding nigiri sushi, made from The Clay Hole folded tray paper template Paper template 08, beginner The Folded Serving Tray One slab, four corners cut away, sides folded up. The fastest tray there is. 6 5/8 in x 4 3/8 in with 1 1/8 in sides 1 sheet, 5 pages$6 on its own A small stoneware tealight house with a blue roof glowing from a candle inside, made from The Clay Hole tealight house paper template Paper template 09, intermediate The Tealight House A little gabled house that sits over a tealight and glows through its windows. 3 1/16 in wide, 4 5/8 in to the peak 1 sheet, 5 pages$6 on its own A lavender stoneware ring dish with a cone holding two gold rings, made from The Clay Hole ring dish paper template Paper template 10, beginner The Ring Dish and Ring Cone A shallow round dish with a cone in the middle for rings. dish 4 3/16 in across, cone 2 5/8 in tall 1 sheet, 5 pages$6 on its own A six-sided slab-built stoneware table lamp body in speckled charcoal glaze with a white drum shade, lit, on a side table, made from The Clay Hole paper template Paper template 11, advanced The Slab Table Lamp A tapered six-sided lamp body with the socket hole and the cord hole drawn in, built to take a standard lamp kit. 8 9/16 in tall to the top plate, 4 13/16 in across the base 2 sheets, 7 pages$12 on its own An arch-topped slab-built stoneware mantel clock in matte oatmeal glaze with twelve pressed hour dots, standing on a wooden mantel, made from The Clay Hole paper template Paper template 12, advanced The Mantel Clock An arch-topped mantel clock with the shaft hole and the twelve hour marks on the template, built around a standard quartz movement. face 5 1/4 in wide, 5 1/2 in tall, 2 3/16 in deep on its base 2 sheets, 7 pages$12 on its own A slab-built stoneware wren house with sage green walls and a brown roof, a wren on the ridge, mounted on a garden fence post, made from The Clay Hole paper template Paper template 13, advanced The Wren House A gabled birdhouse built to the nest box numbers wrens and chickadees use, with a roof that lifts off for the clean-out. 4 3/8 in square, 8 1/2 in to the peak, entry 1 1/8 in 3 sheets, 8 pages$12 on its own A square slab-built stoneware teapot in glossy teal glaze with a straight cone spout, a flat lid and a strap handle, beside a matching cup, made from The Clay Hole paper template Paper template 14, advanced The Square Teapot A four-cup slab teapot with a cone spout whose landing curve is worked out, a lid that locates on a flange, and a strap handle. about 32 oz, 4 3/8 in square, 4 3/8 in tall with the lid 3 sheets, 7 pages$12 on its own A tall tapered slab-built stoneware pitcher in glossy white glaze with a pinched spout and a strap handle, beside a glass of water, made from The Clay Hole paper template Paper template 15, advanced The Quart Pitcher A tall tapered pitcher built from two fan-shaped halves, with a cut spout tongue and a strap handle. about 35 oz, 7 1/2 in tall, 4 3/16 in across the foot 3 sheets, 7 pages$12 on its own
How a template works

Print, check, roll, cut, build

Print at 100 percent

Actual size, never Fit to page. Plain copy paper works. Card stock survives a wet slab and can be used again.

Measure the square

A ruler on the 1 inch square settles whether the sheet is right. Thirty seconds that saves a whole piece.

Roll 1/4 in

Every clearance assumes it. Let the slab firm up to soft leather hard before you cut, so it holds an edge and still bends.

Cut the count, then build

Lay the paper on the slab, cut straight down just outside the edge, bevel where the hatching says, and follow the numbered steps. Score, slip, press, compress, every seam.

Questions

The ones that come up

Do I need a membership to buy this

No. It is $63 for anyone. The same 15 files are free, one at a time, for anyone logged in to a Clay Hole account, so if you have an account there is nothing to buy.

What arrives

An email with the download links the moment the order goes through, one PDF per template, 15 in all. Each PDF is the whole pack for that piece: the template sheets, the steps, the notes and the size table.

Can I buy just one

Yes. Every template has its own page at $6 to $12. The bundle is the 15 together for half of what they cost separately.

Can I make them bigger or smaller

Yes. Print every piece of a pack at the same percentage and the parts still fit each other. Anything over about 115 percent runs a piece off the page, so check the sheet before you cut.

Which clay

Any of the studio's stoneware. Every template is drawn for a 1/4 in slab and the sizes assume 12 percent shrinkage. 52 Buff comes out a little bigger, porcelain a little smaller, and each pack carries the table for both.

Can I sell what I make

Yes. The pots are yours. The template files are for your own use and are not to be shared, which is the whole of the terms.

Members

Every template, free, every time

15 templates now and more as they are drawn, all free to anyone with a Clay Hole account. Print one tonight and bring it to your next session.

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