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3% Cover the Fee

Why give?

  • Fuel Creative Momentum and Growth:

    Your donation is the literal fuel that keeps the studio running—helping to cover costs like clay, glazes, kiln maintenance, and utility bills. It ensures that the creative process and production of unique, handmade art can continue without interruption, allowing the studio to grow and reach more people.

  • Sustain Affordable Art for Everyone:

    Support the mission to make art ownership accessible! Funds help subsidize the low-cost vending machine, ensuring that unique pieces of pottery remain affordable for anyone to own, promoting art appreciation across all income levels.

  • Keep the Free Little Gift Shop Stocked:

    Donate to sustain the spirit of generosity. Your contribution directly supports the Free Little Gift Shop, enabling the continuous creation and donation of pottery to neighbors. You are helping to give the gift of art and joy to the local community.

  • Empower Creative Freedom and Giving:

    Donations provide the financial stability needed for the artist to experiment, innovate, and continue producing art that inspires. You are empowering the founder to pursue her passion and maintain a business that is inherently generous and driven by a desire to share beauty.

  • Invest in Community Art Engagement:

    By donating, you are investing in a business model that is built on giving back. You help maintain a community-focused venture that not only sells art but actively shares it for free and promotes creativity in the neighborhood.

  • Support a Veteran's Family and Livelihood:

    Your donation helps the founder not only stay home to care for her husband but also supports a veteran's household. The success of Lumps of Clay Studios is a crucial part of their family's stability and provides a meaningful source of income that supports both a loving caregiver and a service member's wellbeing.

Every Piece Gives Back: Your donation keeps the Free Little Gift Shop stocked, ensuring art and joy are shared with the community at no cost.

Affordable Art for All: Lumps of Clay Studios proves that beautiful, handmade art can be affordable—you help keep prices low and the vending machine full.

Empowering a Veteran's Family: Your generosity provides stability and purpose, allowing the founder to care for her husband, a U.S. Veteran, while running her creative business.

 FAQs

  • A: The funds go directly back into purchasing materials, tools, and equipment necessary to continue creating new work and keep the studio running. This allows us to maintain the quality and consistency you expect from our creations!

  • A: No, donations are not currently tax-deductible as we operate as a private individual/small business, not a registered 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. We sincerely appreciate your support, which is a gift directly to the continuation of our creative work.

  • A: Purchasing a finished piece is a fantastic way to support us! However, donations allow us to invest in future growth—for example, buying materials in bulk for better pricing, upgrading to more efficient equipment, or experimenting with new, more expensive materials that might not be possible through typical sales margins alone. Your donation is an investment in our artistic evolution.

  • A: There is no minimum or maximum donation amount. Every contribution, no matter the size, is deeply valued and directly helps us to keep creating. Even a small donation can cover an essential supply item!