Wonky Pottery Supply

Category: Supplier Also called: Wonky Pottery Supply (formerly Cornell Studio Supply); Cornell Studio Supply; Wonky; wonkypotterysupply.com; cornellstudiosupply.com (redirects) Last checked: 2026-10-09

What it is

Wonky Pottery Supply is a pottery and ceramics supply shop in Dayton, Ohio. Its site banner says: “We are in the process of changing our name (formerly Cornell Studio Supply).” Through the official Shopify shop at wonkypotterysupply.com and a walk-in shop at 8290 N Dixie Dr, it sells moist clay (low, mid, and high fire, raku, and casting slip), raw materials and oxide colorants, glazes and underglazes (AMACO, Mayco, Spectrum, Coyote, Laguna), tools (Xiem, Kemper, MKM, Garrity, GR Pottery Forms, Kentucky Mudworks, and others), kiln furniture and parts, L&L and Skutt kilns, Brent and Pacifica wheels, Peter Pugger pugmills, slab rollers, and extruders. It also offers kiln repair and service calls, zone delivery, and firing services. It is a supplier with an official online shop. It runs a few workshops, but it is not a membership teaching studio and not a guild.

Who it’s for

Studio potters, schools and art teachers, community studios, and hobbyists in the Dayton / southwest Ohio area who want to shop in person, have clay and equipment delivered, get a kiln repaired, or order online. The shop has a K-12 teacher focus (a “Teacher Support” menu, a “Kids Need Clay” teacher-resource page, and a summer K-12 teacher intensive). It also hosts occasional multi-day guest-artist workshops.

Why it’s listed

This is the first-party Wonky Pottery Supply Shopify shop (wonkypotterysupply.com, which the old cornellstudiosupply.com domain now redirects to). It prints a Dayton street address, phone, weekday hours, and named staff, and has live product pages with prices and stock status, published delivery-zone and kiln-repair rates, a firing price list, and refund terms. It is not a scraped directory card and not an Amazon storefront.

• Contact / hours (Visit the Shop / About Us page and site footer, checked 2026-10-09): 8290 N Dixie Dr, Dayton, OH 45414; (937) 454-0357. Hours: Tuesday 9am–4:30pm; Wednesday 9am–7pm; Thursday 9am–4:30pm; Friday 9am–4:30pm; Saturday 9am–2pm; Sunday & Monday closed. The About page names Erin (“owner and kiln whisperer”), Lynn (counter), Annette (inventory), and Adam (delivery driver), and says customers can shop “in person” or order online for “expedient clay supply packages.”
• Clay (Clay collection and product pages, checked today): product cards are marked “AVAILABLE IN STORE ONLY - CLAY PRICING.” Examples: WC401 Laguna Cone 5 B-Mix, $30.00 (25 lb) / $48.50 (50 lb), cone 4–6, shrinkage 12%, absorption 2.3%; 112 Brown Clay, 50 lb $48.50 (cone 6, granular manganese speckle); 105 No Talc Low Fire White, 50 lb $48.50 (cone 06–04); 182 High Fire White Stoneware, 50 lb $48.50 (cone 6–10); 266 Dark Brown, 50 lb $58.50 (cone 4–5); WC436 Laguna Cone 5 B-Mix w/Grog, $52.50. The collection showed 40 items in stock and 5 out of stock at check.
• Equipment (L&L Kilns, Skutt Brand Kilns, Pottery Wheels, and Peter Pugger collections, checked today): L&L Plug-n-Fire $1,685, L&L e18M-3-240 $3,605 (3.2 cu ft, Genesis touchscreen), L&L e23m-3-240 $5,170; Skutt Firebox 8x6 $1,490, Skutt KM 818 $2,940, Skutt KMT 1027-3 (208V 3-phase) $5,735; Brent C wheel $2,800, Pacifica GT400 $1,752; Peter Pugger VPM-9 de-airing pugmill $5,499.
• Delivery and service (Service & Delivery page, checked today): delivery Zone A $95 or free over $850; Zone B $125 or free over $1,000; Zone C $155 or free over $1,250; Zone D $195 or free over $1,850; beyond D $245+ or free over $4,000 (up to 130 miles); 130+ miles $500+. No stairs on clay delivery. Service calls Zone A $145 to Beyond D $350, with a 30-minute minimum, then $85/hour. It repairs and services the equipment it sells (L&L/Econo, Amaco/Excel, Skutt, some Olympic, Gare/Evenheat) and stocks most kiln parts.
• Firing services (Firing Services page, checked today): $10 minimum; quarter shelf (10.5×10.5″) $35, half shelf $55, full shelf $75, half kiln load $95, full kiln load $175. Bisque at cone 04 and glaze at cone 04–6. Allow at least a week while classes are in session.
• Workshops (Classes & Workshops collection, checked today): Brooks Oliver & Didem Mert, January 22–24, 2027, $325 (in person, materials included). A “Class with Lynn” six-week wheel class ($195, Wednesdays 6–8:30pm) showed sold out.
• Returns and shipping (Refund and Shipping policy pages, checked today): no returns on equipment, equipment accessories, or raw materials. Clay can be returned unused in its original box within 14 days, with no refunds on clay more than a year past its make date and no returns on glaze “not liked after firing.” Workshops are fully refundable 30 days ahead (the 2027 workshop page uses a 90/60/30-day sliding scale). Wax is not shipped from late November to the end of March because of freezing temperatures.

Prices and stock above are what the official shop showed on the check date. They change. Confirm on live product pages before ordering or treating any figure as fixed.

Official URL

Official shop / company site: https://wonkypotterysupply.com/

All products: https://wonkypotterysupply.com/collections/all

Clay: https://wonkypotterysupply.com/collections/clay

Laguna Cone 5 B-Mix (product): https://wonkypotterysupply.com/products/wc401-cone-5-bmix

L&L Kilns: https://wonkypotterysupply.com/collections/l-l-kilns

Skutt Kilns: https://wonkypotterysupply.com/collections/skutt-brand-kilns

Pottery Wheels: https://wonkypotterysupply.com/collections/pottery-wheels

Visit the Shop / About Us (address, hours, staff): https://wonkypotterysupply.com/pages/visit-the-shop

Service & Delivery: https://wonkypotterysupply.com/pages/service-delivery

Kiln Repair: https://wonkypotterysupply.com/pages/kiln-repair

Firing Services: https://wonkypotterysupply.com/pages/firing-services

Classes & Workshops: https://wonkypotterysupply.com/collections/classes-workshops

Refund policy: https://wonkypotterysupply.com/policies/refund-policy

Shipping policy: https://wonkypotterysupply.com/policies/shipping-policy

(Canonical first-party Shopify shop checked 2026-10-09; every cited URL returned HTTP 200 to curl with a browser User-Agent. https://www.cornellstudiosupply.com/ redirects to https://wonkypotterysupply.com/, which returns 200.)

Location

Wonky Pottery Supply shop: 8290 N Dixie Dr, Dayton, OH 45414. (937) 454-0357. Open Tue 9–4:30, Wed 9–7, Thu 9–4:30, Fri 9–4:30, Sat 9–2. Closed Sunday and Monday. Clay is priced and sold in store. Other items can be ordered online, and clay and equipment can be delivered by zone.

This is a pottery supplier with an official shop URL. It is not a guild and not a membership teaching studio.

Notes

• Category is Supplier: the core offer is the retail shop (clay, glazes, materials, tools, kilns, wheels, pugmills), delivery, kiln repair, and firing. By the same logic Clay Plaza applies to studios that also sell supplies (filed by core offer), a supplier that runs a few workshops stays a Supplier: the Classes & Workshops collection had just four items at check (one sold-out six-week class, a K-12 teacher wait list, and two guest-artist workshops). There are no memberships or open studio. Not a guild.
• Ohio already has Columbus Clay (supplier, Columbus), Clay Alliance (guild, Cincinnati), and Toledo Potters Guild. This is the first Dayton listing. Ohio is not a recent geo (away from AL/NV/OK Thu, RI/WI/LA Wed, CA/HI/MO Tue). An Ohio supplier was used because no supplier with a working first-party cart could be confirmed in an unlisted state today (see the MANIFEST rejects). It resells already-listed brands (AMACO, Laguna Clay Company, Spectrum Glazes, Kentucky Mudworks tools) but is a separate retailer. Keep separate from Lapidary / Mahjong / Bee / Bonsai directories.
• Rebrand in progress: the site banner says the name change from Cornell Studio Supply is underway, and the Ben Carter workshop page still says “at Cornell Studio Supply.” Both names refer to the same Dayton shop. https://www.cornellstudiosupply.com/ redirects to the Wonky domain.
• Clay cards say “AVAILABLE IN STORE ONLY,” so moist clay is not shipped through the online cart. Use in-store pickup or delivery. Some clay titles say “50lbs” while the B-Mix product also offers a 25 lb option at $30.00.
• The Classes & Workshops collection still lists a “Workshop with Ben Carter” for February 26–28, 2026 (past) as in stock. It is not cited as upcoming. The workshop page’s schedule lines also mix dates (“Saturday, Feb 25th”).
• The Shipping policy page is short (“We ship what is recommend from Shopify”) and gives no processing times or carriers beyond the winter wax rule. No founding year is stated on the pages checked, so none is claimed here. The Teacher Resource page was empty at check.
• Currency evidence at check: footer © 2026; the rebrand banner; a January 22–24, 2027 workshop on sale; in-stock product pages and prices. No closure notice.
• No Amazon or affiliate links were found on the pages checked.
• Prices were transcribed from official pages checked on 2026-10-09 and may change.
• Not affiliated with Clay Plaza.
• No Clay Plaza contact, purchase, quote request, or publication action was taken.
• First-party logo saved beside this listing as wonky-pottery-supply.png (round “WONKY” site-header logo from the Shopify CDN, 733 × 750).

FAQ

Q: Where is Wonky Pottery Supply and when is it open?
A: The Visit the Shop page (checked 2026-10-09) lists 8290 N Dixie Dr, Dayton, OH 45414, phone (937) 454-0357. Hours are Tuesday 9am–4:30pm, Wednesday 9am–7pm, Thursday and Friday 9am–4:30pm, and Saturday 9am–2pm. It is closed Sunday and Monday.

Q: Is Wonky Pottery Supply the same as Cornell Studio Supply?
A: Yes. The site banner says the shop is changing its name and was formerly Cornell Studio Supply, and cornellstudiosupply.com redirects to wonkypotterysupply.com.

Q: Can I buy clay online from Wonky?
A: Clay product pages are marked “AVAILABLE IN STORE ONLY - CLAY PRICING.” For example, Laguna Cone 5 B-Mix is $30.00 for 25 lb or $48.50 for 50 lb, and 112 Brown is $48.50 for 50 lb. Glazes, tools, and equipment can be bought through the online shop. Clay and equipment delivery is priced by zone, starting at $95 (free over $850) for Zone A.

Q: Does Wonky repair kilns or fire work?
A: Yes. Service calls start at $145 (Zone A) and include 30 minutes, then $85/hour. The shop services the brands it sells (L&L/Econo, Amaco/Excel, Skutt, some Olympic and Gare/Evenheat). Firing services start at a $10 minimum: $35 for a quarter shelf, up to $175 for a full kiln load, with bisque at cone 04 and glaze at cone 04–6.

Q: Is Wonky Pottery Supply a studio or a guild?
A: Neither as its Clay Plaza category. It is a Dayton pottery supplier with an official shop URL that also hosts occasional workshops. For ongoing classes and open studio use a Studio listing. For association dues use a Guild listing.