ClayTrace: Pottery Journal

LifeVen Studio

About this app

The next time a piece works, remember why. ClayTrace keeps the photos, glaze notes, firings, and lessons behind every piece together in one pottery journal.

CAPTURE IT IN THE MOMENT
When your hands are covered in clay, save the moment with a photo and get back to making. Add the clay body, dimensions, notes, and next step later. Keep references and experiments close so a promising idea is still there when you return to the studio.

FOLLOW THE REAL PROCESS
Keep every step and photo attached to the piece it belongs to, from the first form to the kiln opening. See what changed along the way and preserve the decisions that a finished photo alone can never explain.

REMEMBER EVERY SURFACE
Remember the glaze order, number of coats, application method, and firing behind a result. When a surface finally comes out just right, the recipe is waiting beside the photo—not buried in Notes or lost in your camera roll.

FIND WHAT WORKED
Search one place instead of Photos, Notes, and scraps of paper. Find every piece where you used a glaze or clay, compare results, and return to last season’s work while the useful details still mean something.

TURN RESULTS INTO EXPERIENCE
A surprise from the kiln does not have to become a mystery six months later. Record what happened, what you learned, and what you want to change next time. Over time, ClayTrace becomes a searchable memory of your own practice.

LEARN AND SHARE
See skills and milestones through work you actually made. When you are proud of a piece, turn its finished photo into a studio card or share the process without rebuilding the story from your camera roll.

ClayTrace supports English, 简体中文, 繁體中文, 日本語, 한국어, Français, Deutsch, Español, Italiano, Português (Brasil), Nederlands, and Polski. Your records stay on your device, and no account is required.

What’s new

ClayTrace now supports Italian, Portuguese, Dutch, and Polish. Settings is cleaner and now gives you a direct way to rate ClayTrace or send us feedback.