Muddy Buddies vs Clay & Fire

Muddy Buddies was built around a simple belief: pottery is better with intention. Whether you're tracking your progress, building a glaze library from scratch, or sharing your work with fellow potters, this is the place to document your practice and grow alongside a community that gets it. FIND YOUR POTTERY COMMUNITY - Share your work and see what fellow potters are making, wherever they throw - Leave hearts and comments on each other's pieces, the small moments of encouragement that keep people coming back to the wheel - Start a studio and invite your people with a six-character code, a link, or a QR code to scan - Studio calendar to coordinate open sessions, classes, and community events TRACK YOUR CREATIVE JOURNEY - Log pieces through every stage: Greenware, Bisque Firing, Bisque Fired, Glazing, Glaze Firing, Glaze Fired, Finished, Archived - Keep a stage-by-stage process journal with throwing notes, dimensions, bisque notes, and finishing details - Document what worked, what didn't, and build on it next time - See your whole collection in one place and watch yourself improve over time MASTER YOUR GLAZES - Build a personal glaze library with brand, application method, and notes - Record exact glaze layers: location, method, coats, dip time, and notes like "top half only" - Learn from your own history and see exactly how you achieved that perfect surface CAPTURE AND SHARE - Photo uploads for every stage of each piece - Share finished work to Instagram, Messages, and beyond - Your process, documented and yours forever Pottery has always been about more than making objects. It's about growth, the satisfaction of getting better at something hard, and the community that forms around people who care about the craft. Muddy Buddies is built to honor that. Made by a potter, for potters.

Ever pulled a gorgeous, perfectly drippy mug out of the kiln, only to realize you have absolutely no idea which glazes you layered to make that happen? Or maybe you trusted a sticky note to remember which clay you used, only for it to magically disappear? Stop trusting your memory. Your memory is full of clay dust (Please use a mask) Meet Clay & Fire! your new pottery tracker. Whether you’re a hobbyist covered in mud or a studio owner managing multiple kilns, this app is here to keep your ceramics journey organized, documented, and safely backed up (even if you drop your phone in the slip). Why we think you’ll love it: - Track Every Masterpiece (or Disaster): Log your pottery projects from wet clay to trimming, bisque firing, and the final glaze reveal. Snap photos at every stage so you can finally prove it looked great before the glaze crawled. - Manage Your Resource Board: Keep a detailed stash of your resources. Log your clays, underglazes, techniques, tools and more! Never accidentally buy your fourth pint of "Oatmeal" glaze again. - Save Resources from Social Media: Save contentfrom Instagram, TikTok, Pinterest, Youtube, X/Twitter and Facebook! Images are copied into the app, so even if they're taken down you will still have something to reference. - The Ultimate Resource Library: Don't want to manually type out the names of all your supplies? We got you. Search our massive, built-in Resource Library of commercial glazes, clays, tools and more. Just find the ones you own and tap to add them to your personal stash. - Don't Know What To Make?: We've all been there, luckly we got you! Check out the forms and techniques sections in the Resource Library! You will find new forms or techniques to try out! - Magical Cross-Referencing: This is the game-changer. Not only can you look at a finished bowl and see exactly which three glazes you layered on it, but you can also go to your inventory, tap on that jar of "Blue Rutile," and instantly see a photo gallery of every single piece you’ve ever made with it! Stop guessing what a glaze actually looks like on dark clay, your own past projects will tell you. - Community News: See announcements, news, and updates to perfect your craft. - Follow Your Community Sudio: See what glazes and clays your studio has, what classes are coming up, and get notifications when pieces are out of the kiln! - Google Drive Sync: Back up your entire pottery diary to Google Drive automatically. Your data is safe from wet, clay-covered hands. Who is this for? Potters, ceramic artists, sculptors, teachers, students, and anyone who spends an unreasonable amount of time watching videos of people centering clay on a pottery wheel. Download Clay & Fire today and start tracking your pots. Because the only thing that should be unpredictable in the studio is the kiln, not your notes! Crafted with love for potters, by potters. Learn more at https://3beansstudio.com