Build Confidence at the Wheel!

Becoming proficient at the wheel can be a long journey — but you can learn faster. Join my online studio here and learn the techniques to become a skilled potter.

In-person instruction is not always available or within reach. This online studio brings all of our tried and true Twisted Clay Studio projects to your home or community studio. With new lessons weekly, you'll never run out of projects!

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Choose your membership type and start building confidence at the wheel.

ANNUALLY

$184/yr

Get over two months free when you join with Annual! Commit to your craft for a year and improve your skills as a potter.

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MONTHLY

19.99/mo

The monthly membership gives you unlimited access to all published courses and online materials.

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Explore Beginner Track

These videos follow the same progression I use with my in-studio students, so each course builds naturally on the last and helps you grow with confidence. You do not have to take them in order, but following the sequence can make learning feel more natural.

Getting Started at the Wheel

Throw bowls with a continuous curve, create wide altered rims, and add drainage holes to your bowl.

Throw narrow cylinders, shape a strong belly, and pull handles that feel good in your hand.

Join two thrown forms to create a larger vase and double the size of the pots you can make.

Make lids that fit as you learn to create a bellied pot with a split rim gallery and a flange on a cylinder with strong angles

Throw angled and bellied forms while learning to collar clay and create a smaller opening.

Throw tall cylinders, and lean to collar several different neck styles.
(Current Project)

Throw wide bowls without slumping, learn thoughtful foot placement, and trim a lightweight set that stacks neatly.

Explore Intermediate Track

Ready to make more challenging pots and feel more confident at the wheel?

Inside the Intermediate Track, you’ll find project-based courses designed to help you keep growing, stay inspired, and build the skills you need to make the pots you’ve been dreaming about.

Make lids that fit while creating a strong bellied form with a trimmed foot that elevates your jar.

Learn to make pulled and added spouts, comfortable handles, and creating pitchers that pour well.

Throw off the hump and creating closed forms while making beautiful handmade ornaments for the holidays.

Throw a closed form and create both flange and gallery lids that fit perfectly.

Split the wall and create an all-in-one planter and dish from one five pound lump of clay.

Join two thrown forms to create a larger vase and double the size of the pots you can make.

Build confidence collaring, shaping a belly, and trimming narrow-neck bottles with a chuck.

Build on skills from Two-Section Pots and Narrow Neck Bottles and combine multiple thrown forms into one large, functional lamp base.

Throw a matching dinnerware set and avoid problems like warping or cracking plates.

Membership Plans

$184/year

(15.33/month)

ANNUALLY

Annual Membership is a great choice for the committed potter looking to continually build skills with new projects. Ruthie takes hours of wheel work and breaks the project down into manageable steps for her students.

$19.99/month

MONTHLY

Access all of our lessons and projects with this Monthly Membership!

Ruthie takes her students through the details and breaks the project down into manageable steps.

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Build Confidence at the Wheel!

Becoming proficient at the wheel can be a long journey — but you can learn faster. Join my online studio here and learn the techniques to become a skilled potter.

Like to keep a regular schedule?

A new class each week has you learning along with the group on the Current Project.

Want to learn in real time?

Our Live Classes let you interact with our clay community to discuss and ask questions in real time.

Need to work at your own pace?

Pick a Project Course from our Catalog and access all the lessons for the project on your own schedule.

Only have time for a short pottery lesson?

Troubleshoot a problem or focus on one skill — with 130+ Short Tutorials, there's plenty to learn.

What Ruthie's Students Are Saying...

"The library of courses and tutorials is robust and the instruction is so easy to follow. I am learning so much with this app! HIGHLY RECOMMEND"

~ notta-happycamper

Review on App Store

"I have done many in-person classes this year, and nothing has provided me the most guidance, and invaluable advice like your tutorials and videos do. I will be referring my friends that try pottery directly to your website! Even as I get comfortable in the craft, I think I will always refer back to your programs here.

Thank you, thank you thank you!!"

~ Morgan M.

From Iowa

"Ruthie has a way of teaching in class that makes it easy to understand. Her passion and personality comes across with every project and her ability to relay technique, problem solving and so many details about throwing a successful pot has transformed me from a "wanna be" to a potter."

~ Dayle B.

From Florida