Pottery first. We handle the rest.
Pottery is having a moment worldwide, and the tools haven't kept up. Nothing brought what potters know and what studios know into one place. MudBuddy does: potters get better at the craft, studios spend less time on ops and more time teaching, guiding and inspiring.
What it does, in three lines
A record of the craft
Potters track every piece through the making process, with photos and notes on clay and glaze. Over time it becomes a record of how their work is getting better.
Class work ready on time
Students log their own pieces in seconds. Teachers and kiln techs see what needs firing, and everyone hears when work is ready.
Credit, clay and supplies
Members pay for exactly what they fire and buy clay and glazes in the app. Firing income that used to leak gets captured, and the studio spends less on fees.
TWO APPS, ONE LOOP
Potters and studios feed the same loop. Everyone gets better.
One app for the potter, one for the studio, both looking at the same pieces. The potter logs a piece and learns how their clay and glazes behave. The studio fires it and sees turnaround and kiln loads, and the potter hears the moment their piece is out of the kiln. Each side adds a little, and the picture sharpens for both. Potters get better at the craft. Studios spend less time on admin and more with the people in the room: teaching, guiding, inspiring. That is the part nobody had built.
MUDBUDDY + MUDBUDDY STUDIO · iOS, ANDROID, WEB
LIVE AT CLAYGROUND ROSEBERY AND BROOKVALE
“The hardest part of running firings used to be the not-knowing. Members couldn't see where their pieces were, so they'd ask our techs multiple times a day. Since MudBuddy, members log their own pieces in seconds and the manual recording has dropped right off.”
Kayde, founder, ClayGround
SIDE QUEST
The t-shirts were a thank-you. Then everyone wanted one.
Heavyweight, studio-proof tees made as gifts for the people who helped build MudBuddy. Demand got a bit out of hand, so now they ship worldwide.
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