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FILE · CLÉ ATELIER / MC01 ISSUE N° 01 · VOL. I HANDBUILT · UNGLAZED · UNHURRIED
N° 01 · CLÉ ATELIER

Primitive large-format ceramics.

A self-paced clay masterclass and made-to-order vessels from a desert studio in Utah. Taught by Lauryn Bowers. Self-taught, Hawaii → Utah.

$89ONE PRICE
8.MODULES
LIFETIME
Clé Atelier desert studio interior with large handbuilt ceramic vessels, Utah red rock visible through the window
THE STUDIO · UTAH HIGH DESERT
N° 01 · STONE COLLECTIONLIVE
N° 01 · WHAT WE MAKE

Three things the studio ships.

One studioOne potter · one voice · one output channel.
24 inch handbuilt coil vessel
01 / EDUCATION
The Flagship Product

Clay Masterclass

8 modules. 2.5 hours of video. A PDF workbook. The whole path from bag of clay to a finished handbuilt vessel. Buy once, keep forever. $89.

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Hand for scale next to large handbuilt vessel
02 / OBJECTS
Made-to-Order

Large-Format Vessels

12" to 24" coil-built stoneware with raw burnished surfaces. Terra sigillata. Left unglazed. Three to five pieces released per month from the stone collection.

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Ball of stoneware clay on wooden workbench
03 / FIELD NOTES
Free · Quarterly

Clay Is Life Vol. 01

A 20-page field guide. The real month-by-month playbook for the people who keep almost starting pottery. $65 to start. First pot on a shelf in six weeks.

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Hands shaping wet clay on a handbuilt vessel
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N° 02 · THE FLAGSHIP

Clay won't kill you.

A self-paced masterclass for anyone who needs a hobby that isn't a screen. No wheel. No studio. No art school. Just 2.5 hours of video, an 8-part guide, and everything she actually does when she sits down with a bag of clay on a weekday evening.

It is not a membership. It is not a cohort. It is not a community. It is one product, recorded once, priced at $89 forever — $69 for the first 200 buyers. Watch it in a weekend or watch it over a year.

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8 MODULES · 2.5 HRS OF VIDEO
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N° 03 · WHAT MAKES IT DIFFERENT

Three principles hold the studio up.

The laneNobody owns big, raw, handbuilt, quiet. Yet.
PRINCIPLE 01 / FORGE

Primitive. Tactile. Big.

Raw surfaces. Hand-pressed ridges. 24-inch coil-built vessels. The mark of the hand left in on purpose. 95% of pottery content is about glazing — almost nobody teaches when not to.

PRINCIPLE 02 / FORM

Hawaii → Utah. Self-taught.

Island roots, desert studio. A day job and a creative outlet. Quiet ambition. No daily-post-or-die pressure. No other potter has this identity arc — and that's the whole point.

PRINCIPLE 03 / FIRE

Clay won't kill you.

You don't need a wheel. You don't need an MFA. You don't need perfect hands. The pot does not have to be beautiful — it has to exist. The first pot is bad. That's the point.

N° 04 · THE MASTERCLASS

Eight chapters. Two-and-a-half hours.

FormatVideo + PDF workbook · Lifetime access · No live calls.
Module01

Clay Won't Kill You

The permission module. Why your first pot will be bad and why that's the point.
VIDEO18 MIN
Module02

The Clay Kit

The real shopping list. What to buy, in what order, for $65 total.
VIDEO + PDF16 MIN
Module03

Reading Clay

Wet, leather-hard, bone-dry. Feel it with your hands instead of a recipe.
VIDEO22 MIN
Module04

Pinch + Coil

The two techniques older than the wheel. Muscle-memory drills, good pot and bad pot.
VIDEO28 MIN
Module05

Going Bigger

Scaling to 12"+ vessels. Walls, supports, slow drying. Patience is the actual skill.
VIDEO24 MIN
Module06

The Surface

Burnishing, terra sigillata, the primitive raw finish. The Clé Atelier look.
VIDEO20 MIN
Module07

Firing Without a Kiln

How to find a community studio. Pay-per-piece. The studio finder PDF.
VIDEO + PDF14 MIN
Module08

The Clay That Got Away

The closing chapter. Stories from the studio. Permission, one more time.
VIDEO18 MIN
N° 05 · THE THESIS

Make something once. Keep it forever.

The best part is not the pot. It's the hour you spent making it. The pot is a souvenir from the hour. One product, recorded once, priced at $89 forever — $69 for the first 200. Watch it in a weekend or watch it over a year. All future updates free.

N° 06 · REQUEST ACCESS

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