Mudtools — Bat Cave, NC supplier

Mudtools is a ceramic tool company in Bat Cave, North Carolina with its own online store and cart, selling polymer and stainless ribs, sponges, wires, carving and trimming tools and starter kits to potters and teachers.

Official shop URL: https://mudtools.com/collections/everything (company home: https://mudtools.com/)

Last checked: 2026-10-27

Category: Supplier Also called: Sherrill Mudtools; mudtools.com

Who it’s for

Potters, sculptors, teachers and studios who want specialty hand tools (ribs, sponges, wires, trim tools) shipped from the maker, and anyone building a starter kit without buying clay or kilns from this shop.

Why it’s listed

This is the company’s own Shopify store, with list prices, Add to cart buttons and a cart/checkout page. It prints a Bat Cave mailing address and phone. It designs and sells tools; it is not a class studio or a membership guild.

Home page (checked 2026-10-27): first-party storefront for Mudtools ceramic hand tools, with cart and category navigation (Polymer Ribs, Mudsponges, Stainless Ribs, DEX Stylus, Wire Tools, Mudshark, Trimming/Carving, Shredders, Bumps, Paddles, PUSH Extrusion).
Everything collection: full catalog with visible prices—for example Shape 0 Polymer Rib from $9.00, Shape 0 Stainless Rib $12.00, Shape 1–5 Polymer Ribs from $9.00, stainless ribs $12–$20, DEX Tools from $20.00, MudMouths from $10.00, Edgy from $9.00.
Shape 0 Polymer Rib product page: five flexibilities (Pink Ultra Soft through Blue Firm) at $9.00 each, or Set of all 5 at $45.00, with Add to cart.
Essentials Starter Kit product page: boxed kit at $109.00 including three polymer ribs (R1, Y2, G4), Mudshark, green cut-off Mudwire, stainless long scraper rib, small Mudshredder, Do•All Trim Tool and blue Workhorse Mudsponge; Add to cart.
Cart page: first-party Shopify cart and checkout.
Contact Us page: Sherrill Mudtools, PO Box 111, Bat Cave, NC 28710, phone 828-625-1852; case-by-case returns; customers choose carrier at checkout; international duties are the buyer’s responsibility.
About Mudtools page: company origin story from maker-designed ribs in multiple shapes and flexibilities; goal of high-performance, indispensable tools.

Official URL

Home: https://mudtools.com/

Shop (Everything): https://mudtools.com/collections/everything

Essentials Starter Kit: https://mudtools.com/products/the-essentials

Shape 0 Polymer Rib: https://mudtools.com/products/polymer-rib-shape-0

Cart: https://mudtools.com/cart

About Mudtools: https://mudtools.com/pages/about-mudtools

(First-party store checked 2026-10-27. Every cited URL returned HTTP 200 to curl -sL -m 30 with a Chrome User-Agent and browser Accept headers, spaced 3 seconds apart. Nothing was added to a cart or bought.)

Location

Sherrill Mudtools, PO Box 111, Bat Cave, NC 28710. Phone 828-625-1852. Email sales@mudtools.com (noted on the Essentials kit page for custom class kits).

This is a supplier. It is not a studio or a guild.

Notes

Category is Supplier: first-party cart selling ceramic hand tools. Classes are not the offering.
Prices and stock change; the figures above are from the check date.
North Carolina already has Starworks Ceramics (clay/supplier) and Carolina Clay Matters / Triangle Potters Guild; Mudtools is a distinct Bat Cave tools maker. Checked local files, GitHub main at 0e53033 and live clayplaza.com on 2026-10-27; not listed. DiamondCore Tools (El Cajon, CA) is a different tools company already listed.
Not affiliated with Clay Plaza. No contact, cart, purchase or form action was taken.
Image: the company’s own header logo (Mudtools_video_logo_for_website_2.png from Shopify CDN), saved as mudtools.png, PNG 1800 × 1013.

FAQ

Q: Where is Mudtools?
A: Sherrill Mudtools, PO Box 111, Bat Cave, NC 28710. Phone 828-625-1852.

Q: Can I buy online?
A: Yes. The company’s own Shopify store has prices, Add to cart, a cart page and checkout.

Q: How much is the Essentials Starter Kit?
A: $109.00 on the check date.

Q: How much is a Shape 0 polymer rib?
A: $9.00 per flexibility on the check date, or $45.00 for the set of all five.

Q: Is this a pottery class studio?
A: No. It is a ceramic hand-tool maker and online store.