Dove gray stoneware origami elephant with pink ears beside a coffee mug and books, made from The Clay Hole paper template
Faceted cobalt blue stoneware origami peacock with an emerald pleated fan on marble, made from The Clay Hole paper templateOlive stoneware origami stegosaurus with amber back plates beside a mug and books, made from The Clay Hole paper templateFaceted leaf green stoneware origami chameleon on a brown branch, its tail curled, made from The Clay Hole paper templateCharcoal stoneware origami gorilla on its knuckles beside a coffee mug and books, made from The Clay Hole paper template

A complete set, 30 percent off

The Origami Big Beasts Bundle

New: some of these haven’t been built yet

You can download any of them with confidence. So far every template built and every template in progress has come out 100 percent perfect, and the same will likely be true for the rest.

Every template starts out in my New Pattern Program, marked NEW, until someone builds it in clay and it checks out. Each one should be sound and work as drawn, so use them at your own discretion and be ready to adjust on the fly if a project needs it. Pivoting mid-build is part of the fun of pottery.

Members: be the first to show me one fully assembled and I’ll fire that piece free, with your name on its tile for good. See which templates are still up for grabs.

Made one? Text it to the studio or tag @theclayhole on Instagram.

The five biggest animals in my origami set, every one built from flat slab facets like folded paper. A peacock with its fan open, a stegosaurus with twelve plates, a gorilla on its knuckles. Not a weekend. But what a shelf.

These five, and every update to them

When I improve any template in here, the new version joins the download from your order at no charge. New templates go into new bundles, so this one stays exactly what you bought.

  • 5 PDFs
  • 76 pages
  • 51 template sheets
  • Expert to Insane
  • 1/4 in slab
$98$140saves $42All five templates in one order, 76 pages, yours to print as often as you like.

Delivered as a download link by email the moment the order goes through. Members get five templates free a month, one at a time: log in.

See every template in it
What is in it

Five templates that belong together

Every one has a free sample to flip through on its own page. Sizes are what comes out of the glaze kiln at 12 percent shrinkage.

Dove gray stoneware origami elephant with pink ears beside a coffee mug and books, made from The Clay Hole paper template Paper template 41, expert The Origami ElephantA standing elephant built from 68 flat slab facets, like a folded paper elephant, with fanned ears and a trunk that curls onto the table.12 3/8 in tall, 16 13/16 in long and 12 3/4 in across the ears 20 sheets, 25 pages$20 on its own Faceted cobalt blue stoneware origami peacock with an emerald pleated fan on marble, made from The Clay Hole paper template Paper template 63, insane The Origami PeacockA peacock built from 49 flat slab facets, like a folded paper peacock, displaying a half-round fan of fourteen pleated panels.8 1/16 in tall, 16 11/16 in across the fan and 10 1/16 in front to back 7 sheets, 12 pages$30 on its own Olive stoneware origami stegosaurus with amber back plates beside a mug and books, made from The Clay Hole paper template Paper template 64, insane The Origami StegosaurusA stegosaurus built from 71 flat slab facets, like a folded paper dinosaur, with twelve folded plates and four tail spikes.14 15/16 in long and 7 13/16 in tall to the tallest plate 6 sheets, 11 pages$30 on its own Faceted leaf green stoneware origami chameleon on a brown branch, its tail curled, made from The Clay Hole paper template Paper template 65, insane The Origami ChameleonA chameleon on a branch, built from 64 flat slab facets like folded paper, its square tail curling into a spiral beside the branch.13 3/8 in long, 8 5/8 in tall and 3 5/8 in wide 6 sheets, 11 pages$30 on its own Charcoal stoneware origami gorilla on its knuckles beside a coffee mug and books, made from The Clay Hole paper template Paper template 66, insane The Origami GorillaA silverback gorilla on its knuckles, built from 82 flat slab facets like folded paper, with a high hump and a peaked crest.10 5/16 in tall at the hump, 10 3/8 in long and 12 in across the arms 12 sheets, 17 pages$30 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.

More bundles

Other bundles you may love

A few more sets of templates that belong together, each for less than they cost one at a time.

A small stoneware tealight house with a blue roof, glowing from a candle inside, made from The Clay Hole paper template
A complete set

Houses That Glow Bundle

A tealight house, a canal house and a lighthouse, all lit from inside.

Three templates, Intermediate to Expert.

$54.60$78saves $23.40

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Questions

The ones that come up

Will this bundle get new templates

No, and that is on purpose. These five belong together and they stay together. When I improve one of them, the update joins your download free. A new idea gets a bundle of its own.

What arrives

An email with the download link the moment the order goes through: one zip holding all five PDFs. Each PDF is the whole pack for that piece, with the template sheets, the steps, the notes and the size table.

Do I need a membership to buy this

No. It is $98 for anyone. Members get five templates free every month, one at a time, and bundles are full price for everyone.

Can I buy just one

Yes. Every template here has its own page. The bundle is all five together for 30 percent less.

Which clay

Any of the studio's stoneware. Every template here 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

Free templates, every single month

Current members of The Clay Hole pick five templates free every month. Print one tonight and bring it to your next session.

Log in to claim your free onesSee every template

Sent as download links by email the moment the order goes through. Already a member? Log in, and five templates a month are free, one at a time.