The Complete Guide To Clay Bodies, Behaviors, and Preparation Workshop Bundle

Clay looks simple, but it’s more complex than new potter’s realize… that is until their pot cracked across the bottom, or their mug warped in the kiln, a handle pulled away at the join, The wall collapsed when throwing, and you’re convinced you just aren’t good enough yet… but the real culprit is likely not a skill you’re bad at, but knowledge you’re missing.

Clay is not a neutral starting point. It’s an active material with behaviors of its own, and if you don’t know what stage it’s in, or if you’re even using the correct type, then you’ll be guessing at every decision downstream.

This module gets you fluent in the material.

What’s inside

Orientation (6 episodes, 71 min)

Where every Clay Foundations student starts. Mindset, shared language, the supply list that saves you hundreds on gear you don’t need, and the six-step framework that turns scattered practice into actual progress.

• Episode 1: Orientation (5 min)

• Episode 2: The Six Steps to Ceramic Success — Will’s Story (18 min)

• Episode 3: Supplies You’ll Need and What You Don’t (13 min)

• Episode 4: Mindset & Shared Language (11 min)

• Episode 5: Workspace Flow and Safety (15 min)

• Episode 6: How to Get the Most From Clay Foundations (9 min)

Clay Types, Behaviors, and Preparation (6 episodes, 112 min)

• Episode 1: What Is Clay? (11 min)

• Episode 2: Clay Types and Uses (24 min)

• Episode 3: Drying Stages and Material Breakdown (8 min)

• Episode 4: Clay Preparation & Wedging Methods (23 min)

• Episode 5: Drying Management & Damp Box Construction (20 min)

• Episode 6: How to Recycle Clay (26 min)

Three hours total, from a potter with 15 years as a production thrower and ceramic educator.

What you get

• Lifetime access. Rewatch the wedging and reclaim sections whenever you need them, for as long as you make pots.

• The full resource library. Every downloadable worksheet, checklist, and reference we’ve made, plus everything we publish from here on. Your library grows; your price doesn’t.

• Community access. Join the Clay Foundations community and get your questions answered by potters actually doing the work.

• $99 credit toward the full course. Upgrade to Clay Foundations within 30 days and your $99 comes straight off the price.

• 14-day guarantee. Same terms as the full Clay Foundations course. Watch Module 1, and if it isn’t what you needed, tell us inside 14 days.

What’s not included

These workshops are a portion of our Clay Foundations Curriculum, not the full program. Live group calls, 1:1 coaching, and the rest of the Clay Foundations curriculum are reserved for full course students.

But if your pieces keep failing for reasons you can’t name, start here. This is the module that explains the other modules.

Who this is for

• Anyone standing in front of a supplier’s clay list with no idea what to order

• Potters whose work keeps cracking, warping, or blowing up in the kiln

• Anyone with a growing bucket of scrap clay they don’t know how to reclaim

• Wheel throwers and handbuilders alike; the material rules apply to both

• Complete beginners who want to understand what they’re touching before they shape it

What you need

A bag of clay and a surface to wedge on. Everything else, including the damp box, gets built in the module.

Register now for lifetime access, full resource library, and $99 back if you upgrade within 30 days.