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Mudroom Clay Club with Nico Ferrante

Content library

Everything inside, before you pay anything.

Membership sites love a locked door. Ours has a window: here is every course, every unit, every extra shelf and what's landing in the next few weeks.

lessons in six courses
67 lessons in six courses
from live session to replay
48 hours from live session to replay
printable templates
22 printable templates
tested cone 6 glaze recipes
48 tested cone 6 glaze recipes

The courses, unit by unit

Tap a course for every lesson title and running time.

Beyond the courses

Five more shelves, all searchable from the same library page.

  • Replay archive

    Every live session since 2022 · Library and up

    Throw-alongs, glaze clinics and crits, posted within 48 hours with chapter markers and captions.

  • Short fixes

    A new one every Friday · Library and up

    Two to five minute answers to the question members asked most that week.

  • Printable templates

    22 templates · Library and up

    Mug wraps, slab boxes, cup sleeves and handle guides, sized to print on letter or A4.

  • Glaze recipe book

    48 cone 6 recipes · Studio and up

    Recipes Nico has tested on two clay bodies, each with photos, thickness notes and a food-safety note.

  • Studio setup guides

    9 guides · Library and up

    Buying a used wheel, setting up a corner for handbuilding, reclaiming clay. No affiliate links, ever.

Free sample lesson

Coning up and down

Wheel Foundations, unit 2, lesson 1 · 12:30

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Transcript, first two minutes

Sample transcript

0:00Okay. One pound of clay, already wedged, slapped down in the middle of the wheel head. Don't worry about perfect. Get it roughly central and press it down so it sticks.

0:24Wheel at about three-quarters speed. Wet your hands, wet the clay. Not a flood, just enough that your hands slide. If it feels sticky, add water. If you see a puddle, sponge it out.

0:51Now we cone up. Both hands around the base, squeeze in, and let the clay rise. Your elbows are on your knees or braced on your hips. That's the whole secret: your arms don't move, the wheel does the work.

1:30Then down. Left hand on the side, right palm on top, push the cone back into a mound. Up, down, up, down. Three times. If it wobbles at the top, that's fine. We'll fix it in the next lesson.

Release calendar

What's landing next.

A new lesson every Tuesday, a short fix every Friday. Here are the next few weeks.

  1. Tue Oct 13 New lesson Trimming and Feet: chattering a foot ring Trimming and Feet · TF-04
  2. Fri Oct 16 Short fix Why your handle cracked where it joins Mugs Worth Holding · MH-03
  3. Tue Oct 20 New lesson Glaze Without Fear: layering shino under celadon Glaze Without Fear · GL-05
  4. Fri Oct 23 Short fix Reclaiming clay without a pugmill Kitchen-Table Handbuilding · HB-02
  5. Tue Oct 27 New lesson Wheel Foundations: throwing off the hump Wheel Foundations · WF-01
  6. Tue Nov 3 New lesson Firing Without a Kiln: talking to a firing service Firing Without a Kiln · FK-06

How the library works

  • Captions and a written transcript on every lesson and replay
  • Speed control and chapter markers, so you can find the bit you need
  • Inches and pounds on screen, centimetres and grams on every lesson page
  • Progress saved across phone, tablet and laptop
  • Nothing expires while you're a member, and nothing is removed without notice

Free members see six lessons. Library, Studio and Mentorship members see everything on this page except the recipe book, which comes with Studio.

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