clayhub

Your studio companion.
Free, open and community-driven.

ClayHub brings recipes, glaze chemistry, inventory and firing logs together in an open-source tool. Use it, share it and improve it.

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RECIPES · GLAZE CHEMISTRY · FIRING CURVES · INVENTORY · COMMUNITY ·

Four tools, one open notebook.

  1. 01 · Keep

    Your recipes and everyone else's

    Base glazes, tests and combinations, with tile photos, notes and versions of every attempt.

  2. 02 · Manage

    A studio that fits you

    Calendar, inventory, kilns, costs and members of your studio in one dashboard, for you or your whole team.

  3. 03 · Fire

    Every firing, on record

    Check the glaze in the calculator first; then plan the curve, log the firing and link it to its recipe. With ClayPod, in real time.

  4. 04 · Share

    What you learn, for everyone

    Publish recipes and results, ask in the discussions and learn from potters around the world.

ClayPod

Any kiln, under precise control.

ClayPod is an open controller you install on your kiln, electric or gas, even if it has no PID controller: it brings its own and tunes it by measuring your kiln. It follows the schedule, alerts your phone and saves every firing to ClayHub.

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Your glazes at hand

Classic glaze families with their typical cone. In your studio, every tile keeps its recipe, its cone and its photos.

  • CeladonJade green, reduction · cone 10
  • TenmokuIron black, rust edges · cone 10
  • ShinoCream with carbon orange · cone 10
  • Cobalt blueDeep and glossy · cone 6
  • RaspberryChrome-tin pink · cone 5–6
  • Copper redOxblood, reduction · cone 10
  • Rutile blueVariegated, breaks on edges · cone 6
  • Satin whiteSmooth, barely matte · cone 6

Your studio, in order. On your own or with other members.

ClayHub helps you with the admin side of the studio: the schedule, the numbers and the people, all in one place.

Calendar

example

Classes, firings and events in a shared schedule, with enrolments.

Mon

Tue

18:00Glaze class6/8 enrolled

Wed

Thu

09:00Bisquecone 06

Fri

18:00Open class4/10 enrolled

Sat

08:00Glaze firingcone 6

Sun

Costs and income

example

Fees, payments and material and firing expenses, with the cost of each piece.

Monthly fees
+ €640.00
Clay and materials
− €182.50
Firing energy
− €96.20
Monthly balance
+ €361.30

Collaborative studios

example

Invite with a code, assign roles and share the calendar, inventory and kilns.

  • ALAna LópezAdmin
  • MRMarta RuizMember
  • JPJon PérezMember
Invite codeSTUDIO-7Q2K
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Free to use. Free forever.

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