About CLAY-MATIONS Studio
Meet the Team
Clay-Mations Studio is lead by a smart and caring team of creative individuals who are happy to help you in your clay-studio experience.
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Founder, Owner & Pottery InstructorIt all started with a vision for a one-of-a-kind upscale pottery lessons business.
Sam aimed to create the perfect creative space to help millennials and students reconnect to their breath and bodies, allowing them the chance to relax while learning the touch of clay.
So, she launched Clay-mations Studio in January of 2025. Soon after she applied to CYstarters and was rewarded by Iowa State University’s (ISU) Pappajohn Center for Entrepreneurship. The CYstarters Program is a competitive pitch based competition and application process for ISU’s business accelerator Summer program.
Sam was an esteemed member of CYstarters: Cohort 10
“We opened our doors to the public in a Spooktacular Celebration October 31st, and we haven’t looked back sense.”
Classes are now open for booking!
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Instructor
+ Clay Coordinator
Bailey is a recent graduate from Iowa State’s College of Design. She earned her BFA specializing in 3D: woods and ceramics.
She brings with her 2 years experience teaching pottery lessons and expertise in large sculptural forms.
Bailey is currently developing her own personalized style of drifting marks and patterns that juxtaposes motions natural emotion, purposefully placing color, shape, and brushwork.
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