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The Pottery Academy · Template Suite

Design the cup,
not the slab.

Printable A4 templates engineered by working potters. Enter a diameter, a height, or a volume — we hand you the unfolded slabs, the base circle, and the seam allowance. No guesswork. No re-rolling.

One purchase, every current and future template app. See full pricing →

  • Lifetime access — buy once, yours forever
  • Every future template app included
  • Founders' price during launch

Pick a template suite

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Cup Templates

Available now — straight-walled mugs & tumblers. Enter dimensions or volume, download A4.

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Tapered Cups

Coming soon — conical wine cups, espresso vessels, sake cups. Compound angles solved.

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Plant Pots

Coming soon — tapered pots with rims, drainage, and footed bases. Saucer template included.

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Bowls

Coming soon — hemispherical and conical bowls. Gored slab patterns for smooth curves.

More to come

Vases, jugs, oval pots — more vessel apps in the works.

Buy once. Yours forever.

Free
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Cylinder cup templates with 3D preview and printable PDFs.

  • Cup templates · PDF + 3D preview
  • 1 saved design (teaser)
  • 1 clay profile (teaser)
Start for free
Cup
$29 one-time

Unlock the cup app — yours forever.

  • Unlimited saved designs + diary
  • Unlimited clay profiles
  • CSV + branded PDF export
Unlock the cup — $29
Best Value
All-Templates Bundle
$59 one-time

Cup today, plant pots and bowls as they ship — every future app included.

  • Everything in the cup app
  • Every future template app
  • Lifetime unlock — never re-buy

Best value — one purchase covers every template we ship. See full pricing & checkout →

See full pricing & checkout →

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The Pottery Academy · 2026