The Hand-Building Template Bundle: category books, printable studio sheets, shrink-ready templates and the finished pieces

A printed mug template next to the finished stoneware mug it makes

Clay Maker Lab templates printed at home on plain paper

Cutting a clay slab around a paper template

Slab templates laid out on freshly rolled clay

Finished hand-built pieces made from the templates

Clay Maker Lab

The Hand-Building Template Bundle

Everything you need to hand-build pottery at home — at the size you planned.

153 Premium Pottery Templates — Mugs, Bowls, Vases, Planters, Teapots & More
459 Print-Ready Files — Every Shape In 3 Shrink Editions (10% / 12% / 14%)
Step-By-Step Build Instructions On Every Single Piece
The Clay Guide — Which Clay To Use And How It Fires
Shrink Rulers + Wet-Cut Reference Table Included
Start Here Guide — From First Print To First Firing
Complete Category Books For Easy Browsing

FREE BONUSES INCLUDED — ONLY UNTIL OCTOBER 15!

🎁 The Studio Sheets Pack — plan it, log it, fire it🎁 Sets That Fit — bowls that stack, lids that close

From makers who tried it

Two greenware mugs side by side on a studio bench with a steel ruler — Emma R., California

Clay shrinks. Your templates should know that.

Build a mug from a normal template and it fires out 12% smaller than you planned. Every Clay Maker Lab template comes in three shrink editions — pick the one that matches your clay, build at the printed size, and your piece fires down to the size on the label. That's it.

Without cute, but the wrong size

With pick your clay's edition

Fired exactly the size it promised

↓ What's inside

Master the Art of Hand-Built Pottery with Confidence and Precision

Slab templates laid out on rolled clay, ready to cut around

Pack 1

153 Pottery Templates for Slab, Coil & Pinch

153 shapes across the three ways you hand-build — each in three shrink editions: 10%, 12% and 14%.

Slab, 56 shapes: mugs, plates, boxes, lidded jars and wall pieces — lay the paper on your slab and cut around it
Coil, 49 shapes: full-size profiles you hold against the pot as you build, plus start discs and coil gauges
Pinch, 48 shapes: rim circles at true size, wall-thickness gauges and a ball-size guide for every piece
Steps printed on every piece: build instructions sit next to the shape, not in a separate manual
Home-printer ready: A4 and US Letter, cm and inches, plus a complete category book for each technique

Start Here Guide and Clay Guide printed and bound on a studio table

Pack 2

The Guides That Take You From Print to Kiln

From first print to first firing — know what to do before you touch the clay.

Start Here Guide: the order to do things in, from printing your first template to opening the kiln
The Clay Guide: which clay to use for what you want to make, and how each one fires
Pick your edition: find your clay's shrinkage and you know which of the three editions to print
Main index: all 153 shapes with family and difficulty at a glance

Printable shrink rulers next to a clay test tile and wooden calipers

Pack 3

Shrinkage Tools That Take the Guesswork Out

Your clay, measured — so the size you cut is the size that comes out of the kiln.

Shrink rulers, 6% to 16%: measure your own clay's real shrinkage in one test tile
Wet-cut reference table: turn any fired size you want into the size to cut today
Scale any shape: make a template bigger or smaller and still land on the size you planned

Instant download · 459 print-ready files · yours forever

Included with every order

2 Free Bonuses To Keep Every Piece On Track

Both are part of the launch — they come out of the bundle on 15 October.

Printable project planner, firing log and supplies checklist

Free bonus #1

The Studio Sheets Pack

12 printable sheets

Know What You Did Last Time — And Do It Again
Everything that lives next to the clay instead of in a drawer — printed as often as you like.

Plan and log: project planner, firing log, supplies checklist, plus order and inventory sheets for makers who sell
Two bench cards: joins and drying on one, kiln day on the other — laminate them and keep them on the bench

Free bonus #2

Sets That Fit

the matched-sets guide

Build A Set Where Every Piece Actually Matches
Anyone can make one nice mug. A breakfast set that matches, a trio of bowls that nest, a jar whose lid still fits after the kiln — that's the one people ask about.

Nesting bowls and lids that come home: the 2 cm clearance rule, and the lid trick — if it fits at leather-hard, it fits after firing
Scale a whole family: print an entire family at 110% or 90% and you have the child-size set or the espresso version, without a single formula
Worked examples with real numbers: built from templates that are already in your bundle

Free until 15 October · yours to keep once you've bought

How it works

Order & download

One zip, tidy folders, yours forever.
Print at 100%

Check the 10 cm bar on every sheet and you're calibrated.
Cut, build, fire

Follow the steps printed on every template.

Get the Bundle

153 Premium Pottery Templates — Mugs, Bowls, Vases, Planters, Teapots & More
459 Print-Ready Files — Every Shape In 3 Shrink Editions (10% / 12% / 14%)
Step-By-Step Build Instructions On Every Single Piece
The Clay Guide — Which Clay To Use And How It Fires
Shrink Rulers + Wet-Cut Reference Table Included
Start Here Guide — From First Print To First Firing
Complete Category Books For Easy Browsing

FREE BONUSES INCLUDED — ONLY UNTIL OCTOBER 15!

🎁 The Studio Sheets Pack — plan it, log it, fire it🎁 Sets That Fit — bowls that stack, lids that close

Clay Maker Lab is a small studio project with one obsession: true-to-size templates for your best pottery yet, made at your own table. Everything we sell is designed, tested on paper and built to be printed at home — from print to kiln.

What makers say

Nine makers, nine different problems solved.

I kept thinking the problem was my technique. Turns out I was mostly getting the measurements wrong. I used the template for a mug and the shape came out much more accurate than usual.

Ethan C.

My pieces were always slightly different from each other, even when I tried to make the same shape. With the templates, I can finally keep the proportions consistent. I made four matching bowls and they actually look like a real set.

Madison J.

I've always had problems with lids. Either too tight or too loose. I tried one of the templates and finally got one to fit without having to remake it three times.

Wyatt G.

I thought I'd need a special printer. I used the one I already have at home and regular paper. Zero problems.

Avery L.

I'd already bought individual templates online and ended up spending money every time I wanted to try a new shape. This is much more convenient because everything is together.

Kayla D.

The drying guide was much more useful than I expected. I'd lost several pieces to cracks that appeared after a few days. I'm paying much more attention to how I let them dry now.

Elise R.

The most satisfying part was being able to remake a shape that turned out really well months ago. Before this, I had no idea what measurements I'd used, so every attempt came out different. Now I can simply go back to the same model and start from there.

Delaney K.

The part I use the most? Probably the project sheets. I write down the clay, glaze and firing temperature and I don't have to dig through my phone trying to remember what I did.

Brielle K.

Print, cut, trace. That's basically it. 😅

Brooke N.

FAQ

Do I need a pottery wheel?

No. Every template is for hand-building: slab, coil and pinch. A rolling pin and a needle tool get you very far.

What do I need to print?

Any home printer, A4 or US Letter, black and white is fine. Print at 100% ("Actual size") and check the 10 cm bar on the sheet.

Which shrink edition do I use?

Your clay bag states a shrinkage (often 10-13%). Pick the closest edition — 10%, 12% or 14%. The Start Here guide shows how to test your clay with the included rulers.

What exactly do I get?

One download with tidy folders: 3 shrink editions of all 153 templates (459 PDFs), shrink rulers, Start Here guide, main index and complete category books.

I'm a complete beginner — is this for me?

Yes. Every template carries a difficulty badge (Beginner / Improver / Adventurous) and full step-by-step instructions.

Does it work with air-dry clay?

The shapes do, yes. Air-dry clays shrink less than kiln clays — use the 10% edition or measure your clay with the included rulers first.

How is it delivered?

Instantly. After checkout you get a download link on screen and by email.

What if it's not for me?

Because every order is delivered instantly as a download, we can't take returns for a change of mind. But if a file won't open, won't print at the right size, or is missing pages, email us at hello@claymakerlab.com within 30 days and we'll fix it or refund you in full.

The print-ready guarantee

Every file is tested before it ships. If something won't open, won't print at the right size, or a page is missing, email us and we'll fix it — or refund you in full.

Instant downloads mean we can't take returns for a change of mind. But a file that doesn't do its job is our problem, not yours.