Terms of service

Welcome to The Clay Blueprints.

The terms “we,” “us,” and “our” refer to The Clay Blueprints. The Clay Blueprints operates this store and website, including all related information, content, features, tools, digital products, downloads, and services offered through the website (collectively, the “Services”).

The Clay Blueprints is powered by Shopify, which enables us to provide the Services to you.

These Terms of Service (“Terms”), together with any policies referenced herein, describe your rights and responsibilities when accessing or using our Services.

Please read these Terms carefully. They contain important information regarding your legal rights, digital product licensing, intellectual property, disclaimers, and limitations of liability.

By visiting, interacting with, purchasing from, downloading from, or otherwise using our Services, you agree to be bound by these Terms of Service and our Privacy Policy [LINK].

If you do not agree to these Terms or our Privacy Policy, you should not access or use our Services.

SECTION 1 – ACCESS AND ACCOUNT

By agreeing to these Terms of Service, you represent that you are at least the age of majority in your state, province, or country of residence, or that you have obtained any necessary permission from a parent or legal guardian.

To use certain parts of the Services or purchase products, you may be asked to provide information including your name, email address, billing information, payment details, and other information required to process your order.

You represent and warrant that all information you provide is accurate, current, and complete and that you have the legal right to provide such information.

You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality and security of your account credentials and for all activity that occurs under your account.

You may not sell, transfer, assign, share, or license your customer account to another person.

SECTION 2 – OUR DIGITAL PRODUCTS

The Clay Blueprints primarily provides digital products, including but not limited to:

  • Printable pottery templates and blueprints;

  • PDF pattern collections;

  • Handbuilding guides and resources;

  • Pottery planners and project planning tools;

  • Firing logs and studio resources;

  • Calculators and reference materials;

  • Commercial-use licenses;

  • Digital libraries and collections;

  • Bonus materials; and

  • Other downloadable pottery-related resources.

We make reasonable efforts to accurately describe and present our products. However, images, mockups, photographs, pottery examples, finished pieces, colors, textures, proportions, and presentation materials displayed on our website may be illustrative.

The appearance of a finished pottery piece will depend on many factors outside our control, including clay type, clay moisture, shrinkage rate, construction technique, firing method, glaze, kiln conditions, printing accuracy, scaling, craftsmanship, and individual interpretation.

Unless explicitly stated otherwise, physical pottery pieces, clay, tools, printers, kilns, glazes, materials, tablets, binders, books, props, and other physical items shown in product images are not included with the purchase of a digital product.

Product descriptions, included files, bonuses, collections, and availability may be modified, updated, replaced, or discontinued at any time at our discretion.

SECTION 3 – ORDERS AND DIGITAL PURCHASES

When you place an order with The Clay Blueprints, you are making an offer to purchase the selected product.

We reserve the right to accept, reject, limit, or cancel an order at our discretion, including in cases of suspected fraud, payment issues, pricing errors, unauthorized resale, abuse, or violation of these Terms.

Your order is considered accepted once payment has been successfully processed and an order confirmation or product-access instruction has been issued.

Please carefully review your order before purchasing.

Because our products are primarily digital and may become accessible immediately after purchase, cancellation may not be possible once a download, access link, delivery email, or digital product has been issued.

Purchases are subject to our Refund Policy [LINK].

Your purchase grants you only the rights expressly described on the relevant product page, within these Terms, or within any license supplied with your purchase.

Purchasing a digital product does not transfer ownership of its underlying copyright or intellectual property to you.

SECTION 4 – PRICES, PAYMENTS AND BILLING

Prices, discounts, promotions, bundles, and special offers may change at any time without notice.

The price charged will generally be the price displayed at checkout at the time your order is placed.

Depending on your location, taxes, VAT, duties, currency conversion charges, card-provider fees, or other applicable charges may apply.

We may display prices in different currencies through third-party currency conversion tools. Converted prices may vary slightly due to exchange-rate changes or payment-provider conversion rates.

You agree to provide complete, current, and accurate billing and payment information.

You represent and warrant that:

  1. The payment information you provide is accurate;

  2. You are authorized to use the payment method provided;

  3. Charges incurred by you will be honored by your payment provider; and

  4. You will pay all applicable charges associated with your purchase.

We reserve the right to correct pricing errors, cancel incorrectly priced orders, or issue refunds where appropriate.

SECTION 5 – DIGITAL DELIVERY AND ACCESS

The Clay Blueprints primarily sells digital products. No physical product will be shipped unless a product page specifically states otherwise.

Digital products may be delivered through one or more methods, including:

  • Download links;

  • Email;

  • Shopify order pages;

  • Digital delivery applications;

  • PDF access documents;

  • Google Drive or other cloud-storage links; or

  • Other third-party file-delivery services.

Delivery is generally initiated after successful payment processing.

You are responsible for providing a valid email address and ensuring that you can receive emails relating to your purchase.

You are also responsible for downloading and securely storing purchased files.

We are not responsible for delays or access interruptions caused by circumstances outside our reasonable control, including email filtering, customer email errors, internet outages, third-party hosting outages, cloud-storage disruptions, browser incompatibility, or payment processing delays.

If you experience difficulty accessing a legitimate purchase, please contact us at clayblueprint@gmail.com and we will make reasonable efforts to assist you.

SECTION 6 – INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

All content made available through The Clay Blueprints, including but not limited to:

  • Pottery templates;

  • Blueprint drawings;

  • Pattern layouts;

  • Measurements;

  • PDF files;

  • Instructions;

  • Guides;

  • Worksheets;

  • Planners;

  • Firing logs;

  • Calculators;

  • Graphics;

  • Illustrations;

  • Product photography;

  • Videos;

  • Text;

  • Branding;

  • Logos;

  • Website designs;

  • Product names; and

  • Digital resources

is owned by or licensed to The Clay Blueprints and is protected by applicable copyright, trademark, and other intellectual-property laws.

Purchasing a product provides you with a limited license to use that product according to the terms associated with the product.

Unless expressly permitted by a Commercial Maker License or another written license issued by The Clay Blueprints, you may not:

  • Resell the digital files;

  • Redistribute the files;

  • Share the files with other people;

  • Upload the files to public or private sharing groups;

  • Upload the files to marketplaces, forums, social media groups, file-sharing platforms, or template libraries;

  • Give the files away for free;

  • Sell printed copies of the templates;

  • Sell modified versions of the templates;

  • Claim the templates or designs as your own;

  • Convert the templates into another file format for redistribution or resale;

  • Include the files in another digital product, bundle, course, membership, or library;

  • Use our product images, mockups, written descriptions, branding, or promotional materials as your own; or

  • Make the source files available to customers or third parties.

All rights not expressly granted to you remain reserved by The Clay Blueprints.

SECTION 7 – COMMERCIAL MAKER LICENSE

Certain products may include or be sold with a Commercial Maker License.

Where a Commercial Maker License is included, you may use eligible templates to create finished, physical pottery pieces for sale, subject to the terms of that license.

Unless expressly stated otherwise, a Commercial Maker License applies to finished physical pottery created by you.

It does not permit you to sell, share, distribute, sublicense, upload, reproduce, or otherwise provide the underlying templates, blueprint files, PDF files, measurements, diagrams, or digital resources to another person.

For clarity, a Commercial Maker License may allow you to:

  • Make pottery using eligible templates;

  • Sell finished physical pottery made using those templates;

  • Use the templates repeatedly within the limits of the applicable license.

It does not allow you to:

  • Sell the template itself;

  • Sell printed copies of the template;

  • Sell digital copies of the template;

  • Share files with employees, contractors, students, customers, other makers, or businesses unless the applicable license expressly permits it;

  • Create a competing template library based on our files;

  • Resell modified or traced versions of our templates;

  • Upload our templates to print-on-demand or digital marketplaces; or

  • Represent The Clay Blueprints' intellectual property as your own.

Where a separate Commercial Maker License document is supplied with a product, the terms of that license will apply in addition to these Terms.

If there is a direct conflict between this section and the specific Commercial Maker License supplied with a product, the specific Commercial Maker License will govern with respect to that licensed use.

SECTION 8 – PRINTING, SCALING AND POTTERY RESULTS

Certain products are designed to be printed at a specific scale, including templates marked as 1:1 or full size.

Customers are responsible for checking printer settings before use.

Printer settings such as “Fit to Page,” “Shrink to Fit,” automatic scaling, margins, paper size, or printer-driver settings may alter template dimensions.

Where a template contains a scale reference or measurement guide, you should verify it before cutting clay.

Any shrinkage percentages, measurements, fit allowances, dimensions, lid tolerances, or other calculations supplied through our products are intended as practical design aids.

Actual ceramic results may vary.

Clay shrinkage differs between clay bodies and can also be affected by firing temperature, construction, moisture content, compression, kiln conditions, glaze, and other variables.

You are responsible for testing measurements and shrinkage for your specific clay and production process before producing finished work commercially or in significant quantities.

SECTION 9 – THIRD-PARTY TOOLS

We may provide access to third-party tools or services as part of the Services, including payment providers, download providers, file-hosting services, currency converters, review platforms, analytics tools, and cloud-storage services.

We do not control all aspects of these third-party services.

Access to third-party tools may be provided “as is” and “as available.”

Your use of third-party tools may also be subject to the terms and privacy policies of those third parties.

We shall not be responsible for losses arising solely from a third-party service outside our reasonable control.

SECTION 10 – THIRD-PARTY LINKS

Our Services may contain links to websites or services operated by third parties.

This may include links used to provide downloads, cloud-hosted files, payment services, software, or other resources.

We do not necessarily control or endorse third-party websites and are not responsible for their content, availability, security, practices, or accuracy.

If you access a third-party website, you do so at your own discretion.

Please review the applicable third party's terms and privacy practices before using their services.

SECTION 11 – RELATIONSHIP WITH SHOPIFY

The Clay Blueprints is powered by Shopify, which enables us to provide the Services to you.

However, sales made through our store are transactions directly between you and The Clay Blueprints.

By using the Services, you acknowledge that Shopify is not responsible for the products sold by The Clay Blueprints or for disputes relating directly to the content, quality, use, or licensing of our digital products, except to the extent required by applicable law or Shopify's own policies.

Shopify's trademarks, services, and platform remain subject to Shopify's own terms and intellectual-property rights.

SECTION 12 – PRIVACY POLICY

Personal information collected through our Services is handled in accordance with our Privacy Policy, which can be viewed here:

[PRIVACY POLICY LINK]

Because our Services are hosted through Shopify and may use third-party providers, certain information may also be processed by Shopify and other service providers necessary to operate our store, process payments, deliver products, prevent fraud, provide customer support, and improve our Services.

Shopify's privacy information can be viewed through Shopify's official privacy resources.

By using our Services, you acknowledge that information may be processed by service providers located in countries other than your country of residence, subject to applicable data-protection requirements.

Please review our Privacy Policy for further information.

SECTION 13 – FEEDBACK, REVIEWS AND USER CONTENT

If you voluntarily submit reviews, photographs, testimonials, suggestions, ideas, feedback, comments, project images, or other content relating to our products (“Feedback”), you represent that you have the rights necessary to provide that content.

Unless otherwise prohibited by applicable law, by submitting Feedback you grant The Clay Blueprints a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free license to use, reproduce, display, adapt, distribute, and publish that Feedback for purposes including operating, improving, and promoting our Services.

We are not obligated to:

  1. Maintain Feedback in confidence;

  2. Compensate you for Feedback; or

  3. Respond to Feedback.

You must not submit content that infringes another person's copyright, trademark, privacy, publicity, or other legal rights.

You must also not submit unlawful, defamatory, abusive, fraudulent, malicious, or misleading content.

You remain responsible for the accuracy and legality of content you submit.

SECTION 14 – ERRORS, INACCURACIES AND OMISSIONS

Occasionally, information on our website or within our Services may contain typographical errors, inaccuracies, outdated information, omissions, or technical mistakes.

These may relate to:

  • Product descriptions;

  • Template counts;

  • Measurements;

  • File descriptions;

  • Pricing;

  • Discounts;

  • Promotions;

  • Product availability;

  • Bonus materials; or

  • Other information.

We reserve the right to correct errors, update information, modify content, or cancel an affected order where appropriate without prior notice.

If a material error affects a product you have purchased, we may provide a corrected file, replacement access, or other reasonable remedy where appropriate.

SECTION 15 – PROHIBITED USES

You may use the Services only for lawful purposes.

You may not use the Services to:

  • Violate applicable laws or regulations;

  • Infringe our intellectual-property rights or those of another party;

  • Copy, scrape, reproduce, extract, or systematically collect our content;

  • Resell or redistribute our digital products;

  • Circumvent product-access restrictions;

  • Share paid files publicly or privately without authorization;

  • Upload malicious software, viruses, or harmful code;

  • Engage in fraudulent transactions;

  • Provide false or misleading information;

  • Harass, threaten, defame, or abuse another person;

  • Impersonate another person or organization;

  • Attempt unauthorized access to our systems;

  • Circumvent security features or download restrictions;

  • Use automated systems to acquire or reproduce protected content without authorization; or

  • Operate a competing digital-template library using our content.

We reserve the right to restrict, suspend, or terminate access where we reasonably believe these Terms have been violated.

SECTION 16 – AUTOMATED AGENTS

Automated software, bots, AI agents, scraping tools, data extraction systems, or similar technologies may not systematically access, copy, reproduce, extract, download, or redistribute our protected content without prior written authorization.

We may use technical measures to prevent unauthorized automated access to our Services.

Nothing in this section restricts lawful uses that cannot legally be restricted under applicable law.

SECTION 17 – TERMINATION

We may suspend or terminate access to all or part of the Services where reasonably necessary, including where we believe a customer has:

  • Violated these Terms;

  • Redistributed protected files;

  • Engaged in fraudulent activity;

  • Abused our Services;

  • Violated a product license; or

  • Attempted unauthorized access to our systems.

Termination of access does not transfer ownership of our intellectual property to you or remove restrictions applying to files previously purchased.

Provisions concerning intellectual property, licensing, disclaimers, limitation of liability, indemnification, and other provisions that by their nature should survive termination will continue to apply.

SECTION 18 – DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES

Digital resources provided by The Clay Blueprints are intended to assist pottery makers with planning and creating handbuilt pottery.

Pottery involves variables outside our control.

We do not guarantee that using a template will produce an identical finished object to a product image, example photograph, mockup, illustration, or other demonstration.

Results can vary depending on factors including:

  • Clay body;

  • Shrinkage;

  • Printing accuracy;

  • Construction technique;

  • Maker experience;

  • Drying;

  • Warping;

  • Firing schedules;

  • Kiln performance;

  • Glaze;

  • Materials; and

  • Environmental conditions.

To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, the Services and digital products are provided on an “as is” and “as available” basis without warranties of any kind except where expressly provided.

We do not guarantee that every product will be appropriate for every clay body, printer, kiln, firing method, construction technique, or commercial production process.

Nothing in these Terms excludes warranties or consumer rights that cannot legally be excluded under applicable law.

SECTION 19 – POTTERY AND STUDIO SAFETY

Pottery, ceramics, glazing, firing, kiln operation, cutting tools, clay preparation, chemicals, dust, and studio equipment may involve risks.

Our templates, guides, planners, firing logs, and educational resources are not substitutes for professional safety instruction, equipment manuals, manufacturer guidance, or appropriate studio supervision.

You are responsible for safely using clay, tools, kilns, glazes, chemicals, and other materials.

Always follow the instructions provided by manufacturers of your clay, glaze, kiln, tools, and studio equipment.

The Clay Blueprints is not responsible for unsafe handling of equipment, materials, kilns, chemicals, or pottery processes.

SECTION 20 – LIMITATION OF LIABILITY

TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, THE CLAY BLUEPRINTS AND ITS OWNERS, PARTNERS, EMPLOYEES, AFFILIATES, AGENTS, CONTRACTORS, SERVICE PROVIDERS, AND LICENSORS SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES ARISING FROM YOUR ACCESS TO OR USE OF THE SERVICES OR DIGITAL PRODUCTS.

THIS INCLUDES, WITHOUT LIMITATION, LOSS OF PROFITS, LOSS OF REVENUE, LOSS OF BUSINESS, LOSS OF DATA, PRODUCTION LOSSES, MATERIAL COSTS, FAILED FIRINGS, DAMAGED CLAY WORK, OR OTHER CONSEQUENTIAL LOSSES.

Where liability cannot legally be excluded, our liability will be limited only to the extent permitted by applicable law.

Nothing in these Terms excludes or limits liability where doing so would be unlawful.

SECTION 21 – INDEMNIFICATION

To the extent permitted by applicable law, you agree to indemnify and hold harmless The Clay Blueprints and our affiliates, partners, officers, employees, agents, contractors, licensors, and service providers from third-party claims, liabilities, losses, or reasonable legal costs arising from:

  1. Your material violation of these Terms;

  2. Your infringement of another party's rights;

  3. Your unauthorized redistribution or resale of our intellectual property; or

  4. Your unlawful use of the Services.

This section applies only to the extent permitted by applicable law.

SECTION 22 – SEVERABILITY

If any provision of these Terms is determined to be unlawful, invalid, void, or unenforceable, that provision will be enforced to the maximum extent permitted by law.

Any unenforceable portion will be considered severed without affecting the validity and enforceability of the remaining provisions.

SECTION 23 – WAIVER AND ENTIRE AGREEMENT

Our failure to enforce any provision of these Terms does not constitute a waiver of that provision or any other right.

These Terms, together with our Privacy Policy, Refund Policy, applicable Commercial Maker License, and any other policies expressly incorporated by reference, constitute the agreement governing your use of the Services.

If a specific product license contains additional terms, those additional terms will also apply to that product.

SECTION 24 – ASSIGNMENT

You may not transfer, assign, sublicense, or delegate your rights under these Terms or a product license without our prior written consent.

We may transfer or assign our rights and obligations under these Terms as part of a business transfer, restructuring, acquisition, or similar transaction, subject to applicable law.

SECTION 25 – GOVERNING LAW

These Terms and any separate agreements through which we provide Services will be governed by the laws applicable in the jurisdiction in which The Clay Blueprints is established, without excluding any mandatory consumer protections that apply to you under the laws of your country or region.

Any disputes will be handled by the courts having lawful jurisdiction, subject to any mandatory consumer-protection rights or dispute-resolution procedures applicable to you.

SECTION 26 – HEADINGS

Section headings are provided for convenience only and do not limit or otherwise affect the interpretation of these Terms.

SECTION 27 – CHANGES TO THESE TERMS

You may review the most current version of these Terms of Service on this page.

We reserve the right to update, modify, or replace portions of these Terms by publishing an updated version on our website.

Where required by applicable law, we will provide appropriate notice of material changes.

Your continued use of the Services after updated Terms become effective constitutes acceptance of those updated Terms to the extent permitted by law.

SECTION 28 – CONTACT INFORMATION

Questions regarding these Terms of Service, product licensing, or your purchase can be sent to:

The Clay Blueprints
Email: clayblueprint@gmail.com