ClayLab 4+

Your pottery in your pocket

Lorenzo Calvani

Designed for iPhone

    • 4.5 • 107 Ratings
    • Free

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Description

A digital diary to help ceramists keep track of their pieces and document their process.
Whether your piece is resting in the damp room or sitting on a shelf waiting to be fired, record where you are in your process to pick up where you left off next.

Take notes and choose from list of glazes, underglazes, slip and forms...or add your own!

What’s New

Version 1.5.1

optimization of the search and filtering

Ratings and Reviews

4.5 out of 5
107 Ratings

107 Ratings

TomPowers ,

Record your clay projects and history

I’ve been looking all over for an app that can record my clay projects and glaze combinations. Although not perfect, this one probably is as close as I would want it. If I could build my own I certainly would but alas I’m not that smart. The only recommendations I would have are that I am a hand builder and there is no option for hand building. Also I would prefer the glaze selection to have the ability to select multiple glazes and to be able to indicate which one was the first layer and which one is the second layer. Lastly, in a perfect world, I would have the ability to look up my projects by certain variables like, say, form or color of glaze etc. So when I need to find my favorite blue combo, I could just organize by blues.
But I know it’s the first version so I’m sure there will be more options in the next version. Thanks for building it!

Developer Response ,

Thanks so much for your feedback Tom.
The app is optimized for throwers at the moment but I would love to make it more useful for hand builders too at some point.

Regarding the ability of filtering by form/color/glaze and selecting multiple glazes and indicate which layer was applied first: it's at the top of my current 'roadmap', hope I can make that happen soon!

Thanks again.

Lorenzo

Sidhe333 ,

Love this app! Almost perfect

Clay Lab is absolutely essential for keeping records of ceramic pieces!! LOVE it for keeping photos, notes, glazes, etc on each piece. I do lots of experimenting with glazes & usually prefer test pieces to test tiles & can easily keep track of which clay, glazes, UGs, firing schedules, etc.

Improvements suggestions: Would like to be able to record more than one inside & outside glaze on each piece w/out having to type into notes. Would like to customize categories “about this piece” bc I would like to easily record: glaze firing schedules & item’s price..but don’t care to record size or weight or form.. Also additional “Current Stage” categories could include “Priced” or “For Sale” & “Sold” categories. It would also be great to be able to search app for a specific glaze & be able to see all works w that glaze. Lastly - would be good to be able to delete the glaze names which come already installed..

..but really..This app is great!

Developer Response ,

Thanks so much for your feedback - and sorry for the late reply. A new release is coming out next month where you will be able to add multiple layers of glazes/underglazes/slips etc and delete the existing presets. thank you agian!

MR865479963158 ,

Generally great with room for some simple improvements

Overall, this app is super useful and has allowed me to keep track of my pottery so much more effectively than before. A couple of small requests to make it even better: 1. Allow for searching by glaze or form—the more pieces I add the more important it seems to be able to use this as a database instead of remembering when I might have used a certain glaze/combo before 2. Allow for reordering of photos/swiping between photos (instead of exiting then opening the next one 3. Allow for categories to be collapsed/expanded (so you can see a list with totals of how many pieces you have in each category, then click to expand a category to see in detail what’s in there) Overall, pretty solid, but those tweaks would make it nearly perfect

Developer Response ,

Thanks for your kind words, really appreciated!

Searching and filtering pieces are ideas we are definitely considering, and the ability to reorder and swipe through photos are part of an update that will soon be out.

Thanks again for your feedback!

App Privacy

The developer, Lorenzo Calvani, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy.

Data Not Linked to You

The following data may be collected but it is not linked to your identity:

  • Location
  • Usage Data
  • Diagnostics

Privacy practices may vary, for example, based on the features you use or your age. Learn More

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