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Zirconium Silicate
An ultra fine form of Zircon used as an opacifier. Add 5 - 8% for semi opaque and 10 - 15% for fully opaque glazes.
from £2.13 inc VAT
Bath Stone Grogged Stoneware
Bath Stone Stoneware is a plastic, coarse, that burns out pink to yellow and cream. Because of its high fireclay there is no sintering temperature. This clay is ideal for large workpieces such as sculptures.
Firing Range: 1000°C-1280°C
Texture - 7
Fired Colour - Pink through to beige at stonware
% Total Shrinkage at 1200°C - 3.5
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Black Sculptural Crank Clay
Firing Range: 1000°C-1200°C
A heavily grogged black stonware clay perfect for hand building and sculpture. Good characteristics in drying and firing resistance because of the special chamotte mixture; in particular for big items. Good for handbuilding and slab work and sculptural due to the addition of a coarse grog. From dark brown at 1150°C and becomes fully black at 1190°C.
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Creative Air Hardening Clay Red 1188
Firing Range: 1000°c to 1280°c
1188 Potclays' CREATIVE CLAY red Creative clay is an air-drying clay developed using the highest quality materials available Essentially a standard potters modelling clay with an addition of nylon fibres to provide exceptional bonded strength when dry and unfired. These nylon reinforcing fibres are an excellent bonding agent which reduces brittleness and...
from £2.77 inc VAT
Granite Grey Stoneware WMS2502
Firing Range: 1200°C-1280°C
Smooth light grey body with a dark speckle. Good for throwing and handbuilding.
Texture - 1
Fired Colour - Light Grey
% Total Shrinkage at 1200°C - 5.5
For more information on this clay, please follow this link: Technical Data
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Grogged Buff Stoneware Clay CCBG
Firing Range: 1220°C-1260°C
A very popular grey general purpose, throwing and modelling clay. Many schools use this as an all purpose stoneware clay with 10% grog. A dual purpose clay, fine texture that can be used as earthenware firing to pleasant yellow/buff colour progressing to a darker grey with slight speckling at stoneware temperatures.
Texture - 7
Fired Colour - Buff
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from £2.08 inc VAT
High Fire Terracotta Clay 4005
Firing Range: 1000°C-1200°C
High temperature terracotta, becomes darker the higher you fire, particularly good for throwing and handbuilding.
For more information on this clay, please follow this link: Technical Data
Texture - 3-4
Fired Colour - Light To Dark Terracotta
% Total Shrinkage at 1100°C - N/A
% Total Shrinkage at 1200°C - 6
from £3.60 inc VAT
New Keuper Red Clay 1132
Firing Range: 1080°C-1230°C
Medium Red - darker purplish tone at higher temperatures. Smooth. Low flux content to improve glaze pick-up and enabling it to be used at higher temps. Reduction lowers the firing range
159-1132A is a reformulation of 159-1132 (prior to that, 159-1131) due to a further change in fired result/colour response due to the iron oxide.
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from £2.19 inc VAT
Sandstone Stoneware Clay PRGF
Firing Range: 1240°C-1280°C
Once fired it is light concrete grey with a soft speckle, becomes darker the higher you fire. Ideal for throwing.
Texture - 6
Fired Colour - Sanded Yellow Buff
% Total Shrinkage at 1300°C - 4.6%
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Scarva Earthstone Sculpture Pizza Oven Clay E-S180
Firing Range: 900°C-1280°C
A coarsely grogged clay with a beautiful open texture. Suitable for pizza ovens, raku, large sculptures, saggers and hand built items. This fireclay based body with corderite grog has very low shrinkage making it highly resistant to warping, cracking and thermal shock. Suitable for oxidisation and reduction firing. Coarsely grogged body. Ideal for pizza ovens....
from £2.85 inc VAT
