Working document
The kiln queue and shelf audit for a working studio
A four stage audit you can run in one afternoon to find out exactly where pieces go missing between the wheel and the pickup shelf.
Free resources
Resources for people who run a community clay studio
The calculators, comparisons and checklists behind KilnSeat, free to use whether or not you ever open the software.
Everything on this page came from studios rather than a marketing plan. The membership calculator exists because owners kept pricing dues off the studio down the road. The kiln capacity tool exists because a full roster meets two electric kilns and the queue quietly stops fitting. The audit exists because lost work is the most common reason a member does not renew.
Alongside them sits Kiln Report, our magazine on the working side of the trade: firing schedules, member economics, kiln rooms, glaze safety and shelf space. Use any of it without an account. The software is here when the shelf list and the firing notebook stop keeping up with you.
Free tools
Studio calculators: membership price and kiln capacity
Two working calculators for the numbers studio owners get wrong first: the membership price and the load your kilns can actually carry.
Comparisons
KilnSeat compared with the software studios actually consider
Three fair comparisons for a studio owner deciding what should run memberships, wheel time and the firing queue.
Main guide
How much should I charge for an open studio membership in my first year?
It settles what one open studio membership has to cost in your own building, built from rent per square foot, kiln power, staffed hours, clay and shelf inches rather than the price down the road.
Magazine
Kiln Report
Working knowledge for people who run community pottery studios: firing schedules, member economics, kiln rooms, glaze safety and shelf space.
About
Who writes all of this
The page behind the byline: who writes Kiln Report, the studios and kiln rooms that shaped the shelf and firing arithmetic used across these pages, and how to reach us.
Take the calculators, leave the software
Every guide, comparison and audit on this page stays unlocked, and plenty of owners run a good studio on a wall chart and a firing notebook. The day that notebook starts losing pots between the damp room and the pickup rack is the day KilnSeat is worth a look. Book a walkthrough and we will start from your own shelf list rather than a demo studio.