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Welcome to My Online Pottery Studio!
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.
Your Personal Online Pottery Studio
Whether you are seeking a project to inspire you or needing to improve a specific skill, these pottery lessons will help you be productive at the wheel. With 350+ videos and new classes added weekly, you can keep learning and growing.
Learn when and where you choose — at your own pace, on your own schedule. Membership gives you access to all my projects and lessons.
Start a Membership Now with a 7-day FREE Trial Period
Choose your membership type and discover what I mean by project-based learning.
Monthly
$16.99/mo
The monthly membership gives you unlimited access to all published courses and online materials.
Annual
$169/yr
Get two months free when you join with the annual! It's like $14/month for the same great access.
Take Control at the Wheel - One Project at a Time
After working with hundreds of students at my teaching studio, I’ve found that project-based learning makes all the difference.
PROJECT-BASED LEARNING
Each project is designed to build key clay skills — like throwing bigger, making lids, collaring, and more — all while creating pieces you will be proud of.
TROUBLESHOOTING
I show you how to fix common issues, based on real-world experiences with my students. I share the tools I use, plus the techniques and hand positions to make them work.
A COMMUNITY OF SUPPORT
Detailed, high-quality courses are mixed with Live Classes that answer your questions in real-time. Our TCO clay community helps us grow and learn together.
PERSONALIZED LEARNING
Stream anywhere. Pause, re-watch, change devices, mark favorites — it's easy to manage lessons to fit your needs. Your watch history lets you pick up right where you left off.
Project Calendar
Featured Project: Ornaments
Make your own ornaments this Christmas! You'll learn and hone many clay techniques, including how to:
Throw off the hump
Create a variety of ornament shapes
Decorating with slip
Make and use wadding
Join me in this fun project now and make a #handmadeholiday!
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What Ruthie's students are saying
"Such good training. I really like how the projects get broken down into sets of skills to focus on one by one and how you address issues that might come up throughout the videos and then answer more questions in the live segments. It's brilliant. I looked at a few courses before deciding to try yours and have been really thrilled by your approach and ideas and appreciation of how individual goals might differ. I'm just waiting for my juicer to get fired but was so shocked I'd been able to make it that I made a second one. And there are so many more projects on your site!
~ Aaron J.
from British Columbia
"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
