Priya K. Studio member #wheel-help
Third cylinder in a row folded at the same height
6 replies · 2 h ago
A pottery membership with Nico Ferrante
Learn pottery at home, with a potter who answers back.
Six courses in the right order, four live sessions a week and a kind crit on Saturdays. Taught by one potter from his garage studio in Burlington, Vermont.
“I post free videos because everyone should get to touch clay. The membership is where I can actually teach you: in order, live, and with feedback on the pots you made.”
“I post free videos because everyone should get to touch clay. The membership is where I can actually teach you: in order, live, and with feedback on the pots you made.”
Every lesson is filmed right here.
Nico's garage studio in Burlington, the same secondhand wheel since 2016. A new lesson goes up every Tuesday and a short fix every Friday.
Start where your hands are.
You don't need a wheel, a kiln or any experience. Pick the line that sounds like you and we'll point you at the first lesson that fits.
I'm starting as someone who…
- I've never touched clay Start with six free lessons, no card needed
- I have a wheel, or a studio membership Begin with Wheel Foundations
- I don't have a wheel Kitchen-Table Handbuilding needs only a table
- I'm stuck on glaze Glaze Without Fear, plus Thursday's clinic
- I'm buying it for someone Gift memberships that never auto-renew
Still not sure? Email Hattie at hello@mudroomclay.example. A person writes back.
- Lessons
- 67 lessonsin six courses, in order
- Live sessions
- 4 live sessionsevery week, all recorded
- New lessons
- Every Tuesdaya new lesson goes up
- Cancelling
- 2 clicksto cancel, no call needed
Sample figure Members: about 2,400 potters in 31 countries.
What's inside a membership
How it works
Real progress starts with lessons in the right order.
Free videos teach one trick at a time. Here every lesson builds on the last one, and when you get stuck there's a live session this week and a community that has been stuck in the same place.
- Short lessons, 5 to 18 minutes, one skill each
- Practise, then post a photo or a cut-in-half pot
- Bring the problem live, or catch the replay within 48 hours
A typical path
Every pot counts, even the wobbly ones.
This is roughly how members who practise two or three short sessions a week move through the first courses. It's a typical path, not a promise: some people take longer, some go faster, and both are normal.
- Weeks 1 to 4: center a pound of clay, most of the time
- Weeks 5 to 8: pull a cylinder that stays standing
- Months 3 to 6: mugs with handles you'd give away
Three ways in, one membership.
Watch a lesson, then go make it.
Six courses, 67 lessons, every live session as a replay, and a short fix every Friday. Captions and written transcripts on everything.
- Pick up where you left off, on any device
- Measurements in both inches and centimetres
- A new lesson every Tuesday, on the release calendar
Mugs Worth Holding
MH-03
- Pulling handles from a carrot of clay 13:50
- Pulled, slab or extruded handles 10:10
- Attaching: timing, scoring and the thumb rest 12:40
Throw with Nico on Tuesday night.
Four sessions a week for Studio members: a throw-along, a glaze clinic, Saturday crit and a quiet Sunday open studio. Cameras are always optional.
- Tue Oct 13: Throw-along, Cylinders that stay standing
- Thu Oct 15: Glaze clinic, Why did my glaze crawl?
- Sat Oct 17: Saturday crit, Open submissions: leather hard or fired
Tuesday throw-along · Cylinders
Live
Illustration of a live session. Names are samples.
A community that answers back.
Eight spaces, hosted by Marisol and two volunteer members. Critique only when you ask for it, no selling, and every safety question gets a pinned answer.
- Wheel help, Glaze lab, Kiln and firing, and more
- Post your first wobbly pot in week one. Everyone does.
- Six plain rules, enforced kindly
Dale M. Library member #show-your-pots
First mug I'd actually give someone
11 replies · Yesterday
Sample posts, written for this demo.
Membership
Plain tiers. Plain prices.
Every tier says what it includes and what it doesn't. Move up or down whenever you like.
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Free sampler
For trying Nico's teaching before you pay anything.
$0 forever
No card needed
- Six full lessons, one from each course
- The monthly letter: what's new and one tip
- The Front porch space: say hi and ask where to start
No card needed. No live sessions or crit.
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Library
For learning at your own pace, on your own schedule.
$12 a month $108 a year
or $108 a year, save $36 Works out to $9 a month
- All six courses, 67 lessons, plus every new one
- Replays of every live session within 48 hours
- The whole community: post, reply, share your pots
- Printable templates and the monthly member Q&A
Watch live sessions as replays. Crit is a Studio perk.
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Nico's pick for most beginners
Studio
For learning live, with people, and getting feedback.
$24 a month $216 a year
or $216 a year, save $72 Works out to $18 a month
- Everything in Library
- Every live session: throw-along, glaze clinic, Saturday crit, open studio
- Saturday crit: send one piece a month for feedback
- The glaze recipe book: 48 cone 6 recipes
- 15% member price on weekend workshops
Crit is one piece a month. Extra pieces wait for the next month.
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Mentorship
For one-to-one feedback from Nico on your own pots.
$59 a month $590 a year
or $590 a year, save $118 Works out to $49 a month
- Everything in Studio, with two crit pieces a month
- A 20-minute 1:1 video critique with Nico every month
- Quarterly seconds box: two seconds pots and a tool Nico uses
- The Mentorship room, a small space for 40 members
Capped at 40 members so Nico can do every call. If it's full, you join a waitlist.
What members tell Nico.
Sample stories, written for this demo-
“I took two community-studio classes and still couldn't center. The centering unit broke it into steps I could practise at home, and by about week five I stopped dreading it.”
Priya K. · Columbus, Ohio
Studio member, 14 months
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“Glaze clinic has saved me a lot of ruined pots. Nico explains why a glaze crawled instead of telling you to buy a different one.”
Ana R. · Tucson, Arizona
Studio member, 2 years
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“The monthly call is twenty minutes and it's the most useful twenty minutes of my month. He looks at the pot I actually made, not a perfect one.”
Grace L. · Portland, Oregon
Mentorship member, 10 months
Run by a potter, not a platform.
Mudroom is three people and a kiln. Your membership pays for Nico's teaching time, Marisol's hosting, Hattie's support inbox, captions and the clay. It lives on our own site, so a social app changing its rules can't take your lessons away.
Questions people ask before joining.
Do I need a pottery wheel?
No. Kitchen-Table Handbuilding needs no wheel at all, and plenty of members never buy one. If you want to throw, a community studio membership works just as well as a wheel at home.
Do I need a kiln?
No. Most members don't own one. Firing Without a Kiln shows you how to find community studios and firing services, pack your pots, and talk to whoever fires them.
Can I cancel anytime?
Yes. Account, then Membership, then Cancel. Two clicks, no call, no exit survey. You keep access until the end of the period you already paid for.
What's the refund policy?
Monthly plans: your first payment is fully refundable for 14 days. Yearly plans: full refund for 30 days, then a refund of the whole months you haven't used, if you ask.
Will this help me start a pottery business?
We don't promise that, and we'd be wary of anyone who does. Mudroom teaches you to make good pots. Some members sell at markets; most make pots for themselves and their friends. Both are the point.
Six lessons are free. The rest is $12 a month.
Start with the free sampler, no card needed. Join when you're ready, cancel in two clicks, and get your first payment back within 14 days if it isn't for you.