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Ashraf Hanna Super White Raku Body PF520
Firing Range: 900°C - 1280°C
The very best white raku body on the market. With over 58% molochite, this body can withstand the most extreme thermal shock. This is due to both the high alumina plastic ball clay and the three different grades of molochite. This body has very low shrinkage, a medium texture and is highly resistant to warping and cracking.
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Raku Clay 1154
Firing Range: 900°C-1300°C
Designed for those producing large sculptural forms intended for either raku or stoneware firing, it contains coarse textured grogs which produce a pronounced fleck when fired to stoneware. Offering superb thermal shock resistance and low shrinkage it is easily the best raku body.
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Chocolate Black Clay 1130
Firing Range: 1040°C-1120°C
Chocolate Black fires to produce a warm brown-black at earthenware temperatures, which becomes a more intense black when glazed. High pigment levels restrict the firing of this clay to a recommended range of 1040°C-1120°C.
This body is highly thixotropic. It may seem very firm straight from the bag but will soften.
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CWE White Earthenware Smooth Throwing Clay
Firing Range: 1080°C-1160°C
CWE is a newly developed white earthenware clay containing highly plastic ball clays and china clays. It has superb throwing capabilities and is suitable for slab building. Good for throwing, modelling, and slab building.
For more information on this clay, please follow this link: Technical Data
Texture - 1
Fired Colour - Off White
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Low Fire White Earthenware Smooth VBP1
Firing Range: 1080°C-1160°C
An off white clay with a wide firing range. Suitable for throwing, machine making and slab building. Good for throwing, modelling and slab building.
For more information on this clay, please follow this link: Technical Data
Texture - 1
Fired Colour - Off White
% Total Shrinkage at 1100°C - 9.00
% Total Shrinkage at 1200°C - N/A
LTW White Earthenware Clay
Firing Range: 1060°C-1160°C
Wide firring range white earthenware. Suitable for throwing, machine-making and casting. Designed to give a good glaze fit with earthenware glazes.Smooth Texture.
Texture - 1
Fired Colour - White/Ivory
% Total Shrinkage - 9.1
Marbled Surprise Clay K120
Firing Range: 1120°C-1150°C
Interesting marbled body, smooth texture, suitable for both hand building and firing.
Texture - 3
Fired Colour - Marbled Buff, Black, Red
% Total Shrinkage at 1150°C - 12
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Rose Terracotta Clay
Firing Range: 1040°C-1140°C
Smooth earthenware body, starting from a light rose colour at the lower temperature range, turning more terracotta at the top end. Good for hand building.
Texture - 1
Fired Colour - Rose/Terracotta
% Total Shrinkage at 1200°C - 6.5
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Sanded White Earthenware Clay 1141-30
Firing Range: 1100°C-1240°C
General purpose white earthenware body of exceptional handling properties arising from the inclusion of white sand/grog into the plastic LT25 base. Throws well and suitable for larger pots also.
For more information on this clay, please follow this link: Technical Data
Texture - 3
Fired Colour - White
% Total Shrinkage at 1100°C - 9
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Sculptural Terracotta GVRS
Firing Range: 1080°C-1220°C
A newly developed clay containing a good degree of medium to coarse grogg. Gives open texture yet retaining a good degree of plasticity and has good resistance to thermal shock. Suitable for large sculptural work, gardenware, slab work etc. Good for modelling and hand building.
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Smooth Body T.S Flax Paper Clay E-S200
Firing Range: 900°C-1280°C
Scarva FLAXpaperCLAY allows the potter to be more of an artist and less of a technician.
• Incredibly strong slabs - even extra thin slabs will fold, bend and drape without tearing.
• Extra large or thick forms hold up under their own weight.
• Greenware re-wets easily and evenly allowing you to re-work, alter or add new clay at any stage of dryness.
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Smooth Red Terracotta VR
Firing Range: 1080°C - 1180°C
An extremely popular general purpose clay based on a blend of Etruria Marls. Good for throwing, modelling and casting.
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Texture - 5
Fired Colour - Light-Dark Red
% Total Shrinkage at 1100°C - 12.30
% Total Shrinkage at 1200°C - N/A
Standard Smooth Red Terracotta 1137
Firing Range: 1040°C-1170°C
Highly plastic blend of red marls giving a good colour and high fired strength. Attractively priced.
For more information on this clay, please follow this link: Technical Data
Texture - 1
Fired Colour - Red Brown
% Total Shrinkage at 1100°C - 10
% Total Shrinkage at 1200°C - N/A
Standard White Earthenware Smooth VBP3
Firing Range: 1080°C-1180°C
This body produces and excellent casting slip and gives good green fired strength. Suitable for once-firing.
For more information on this clay, please follow this link: Technical Data
Texture - 1
Fired Colour - White
% Total Shrinkage at 1100°C - 10
% Total Shrinkage at 1200°C - N/A
Superwhite Earthenware PF580
Firing Range: 1080°C-1180°C
At last! Superwhite Earthenware, a white earthenware which throws as well as the best stoneware clays. A blend of carefully graded ball clays gives this clay body outstanding plasticity and strength. Being smooth, strong and very plastic, Superwhite Earthenware, is ideal for all production techniques including throwing, pressing and jigger and jollying.
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Terracotta 10% Sanded Red GVR10
Firing Range: 1080°C-1180°C
The VR terracotta with 10% addition of 40’s - 90’s sand,†improves strength in throwing and increases resistance to cracking and warping especially on larger pieces. Used for throwing, hand -building, modelling & tiles.
For more information on this clay, please follow this link: Technical Data
Texture - 6
Fired Colour - Light-Dark...
Terracotta 20% Sanded Red GVR20
Firing Range: 1080°C-1180°C
The VR terracotta with 20% addition of 40’s - 90’s sand, improves strength in throwing and increases resistance to cracking and warping especially on larger pieces. Used for throwing, hand -building and modelling.
For more information on this clay, please follow this link: Technical Data
Texture - 7
Fired Colour - Light-Dark Red
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Terracotta Body T.S Flax Paper Clay E-S800
Firing Range: 1080°C-1180°C
Scarva FLAXpaperCLAY allows the potter to be more of an artist and less of a technician.
• Incredibly strong slabs - even extra thin slabs will fold, bend and drape without tearing.
• Extra large or thick forms hold up under their own weight.
• Greenware re-wets easily and evenly allowing you to re-work, alter or add new clay at any stage of...
White Earthenware Clay 1141 LT25
Firing Range: 1100°C-1220°C
Known for many years as LT25, it is a very plastic white earthenware clay designed primarily for throwing. Firing to an ivory-white it offers good green strength.
For more information on this clay, please follow this link: Technical Data
Texture - 1
Fired Colour - White
% Total Shrinkage at 1100°C - 9
% Total Shrinkage at 1200°C - 14
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White Earthenware Grogged VBP2
Firing Range: 1080°C - 1180°C
This new grogged white earthenware is suitable for larger work containing an addition of white grogg increasing resistance to cracking and warping.
For more information on this clay, please follow this link: Technical Data
Texture - 1
Fired Colour - White
% Total Shrinkage at 1100°C - 10
% Total Shrinkage at 1200°C - N/A
White Earthenware T.S Flax Paper Clay E-S400
Firing Range: 1080°C-1180°C
Scarva FLAXpaperCLAY allows the potter to be more of an artist and less of a technician.
• Incredibly strong slabs - even extra thin slabs will fold, bend and drape without tearing.
• Extra large or thick forms hold up under their own weight.
• Greenware re-wets easily and evenly allowing you to re-work, alter or add new clay at any stage of...
All Purpose Clay APC
Firing Range: 1220°C - 1280°C
An all purpose grogged buff stoneware for oxidising, reduction and Raku firing. Throws well. Smooth Texture. Buff.
Texture - 5
Fired Colour - Buff/Grey
% Total Shrinkage at - 11.5
Finely textured clay, very plastic, contains blended grog, ball clay and fire clay.
Black Hand Building Clay 2005
Firing Range: 1000°C-1240°C
Finely grogged black hand building clay, suitable for small sculpture work. Also suitable for throwing. Becomes darker the higher you fire, must be fired to at least 1200°C to become black.
Texture - 2
Fired Colour - Black
% Total Shrinkage at 1200°C - 7.5
For more information on this clay, please follow this link: Technical Data
Buff Spotted Throwing Clay WMSB
Firing Range: 1000°C-1250°C
A smooth buff body with a dark brown speckle, ideal for throwing, very forgiving.
Texture - 1
Fired Colour - Buff With Brown Speckle
% Total Shrinkage at 1200°C - 7.50
For more information on this clay, please follow this link: Technical Data
Buff Stoneware Clay SSB8
Firing Range: 1150°C-1280°C
Outstanding and extremely well behaved general purpose clay which is plastic and resilient. Containing a selected grog,excellent for throwing, casting and hand modelling. Suitable for oxidised firing.
Texture - 5
Fired Colour - Buff
% Total Shrinkage at 1100°C - N/A
% Total Shrinkage at 1200°C - 12.40
Buff Stoneware Grogged Clay SSB8G
Firing Range: 1150°C-1280°C
Outstanding and extremely well behaved general purpose clay which is plastic and resilient.Contains 10% 60 mesh grog for strength.Suitable for throwing and all forms of hand building.Excellent resistance to warping and cracking. Dense, firm clay body that fires to a buff colour.
Texture - 6
Fired Colour - Buff
% Total Shrinkage at 1100°C - N/A
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CCBG Grogged Buff Earthenware-Stoneware Clay
Firing Range: 1220°C-1260°C
Avery popular grey general purpose, throwing and modelling clay. Many schools use this as an all purpose stoneware clay with 10% grog.
Texture - 7
Fired Colour - Buff
% Total Shrinkage - 11.4
Concrete Speckle Stoneware Clay 2002
Firing Range: 1220°C-1250°C
Once fired it is light concrete grey with a soft speckle, becomes darker the higher you fire. Ideal for throwing.
Texture - 1
Fired Colour - Grey With Light Speckle
% Total Shrinkage at 1200°C - 8.30
For more information on this clay, please follow this link: Technical Data
Craft Crank Clay 1114
Firing Range: 1170°C-1300°C
One of our flagship clays, the original Craft Crank is often copied but never bettered. Carefully graded grog additions to a superb blend of clays makes this clay outstanding for all larger forms of slabbing and handbuilding The unique plasticity of the clay enables the more adventurous potter to throw with it.
TIP: The trademark Craft Crank toasted colour...
Creative Air Hardening Clay Red 1188
Firing Range: 1000°C-1050°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 means...
Draycott White Stoneware Clay 1143
Firing Range: 1200°C-1300°C
An excellent, smooth-textured, white stoneware body based on plastic fireclays and china clays. Throws well and stands up well on the wheel.
For more information on this clay, please follow this link: Technical Data
Texture - 1-2
Fired Colour - White/Off White
% Total Shrinkage at 1100°C - 10
% Total Shrinkage at 1200°C - 12
Flecked Stoneware Clay 1109
Firing Range: 1150°C-1290°C
Attractively flecked stoneware body based on a ball clay blend. Superb throwing properties for small or large pieces. Flecking burns nicely through covering glazes giving a reduction fired appearance under oxidising conditions. An extremely good body for thrown domestic stoneware.There may be some variation in fleck size and/or density from batch to batch due...
Fleckle Buff Clay WMS2005B
Firing Range: 1000°C-1250°C
Dense fleck on a buff body, smooth texture ideal for both throwing and hand building.
Texture - 2
Fired Colour - Buff With Brown Fleck
% Total Shrinkage at 1200°C - 6
For more information on this clay, please follow this link: Technical Data
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
Grogged Body T.S Paper Clay E-S300
Firing Range: 900°C-1280°C
Scarva FLAXpaperCLAY allows the potter to be more of an artist and less of a technician.
• Incredibly strong slabs - even extra thin slabs will fold, bend and drape without tearing.
• Extra large or thick forms hold up under their own weight.
• Greenware re-wets easily and evenly allowing you to re-work, alter or add new clay at any stage of dryness.
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Grogged Pink Clay 1127
Firing Range: 1120°C-1270°C
A blend of crank and terracotta clays produces an attractive warm brown fired colour suitbale for slab built forms, coiled pots and tiles, giving a general purpose hand-building body with good tooth and character. Pleasant pink colour around 1100-1160C becoming darker at stoneware. Good warp and crack resistance.
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Grogged White Stoneware Clay 1142-30
Firing Range: 1200°C-1300°C
Sanded version of the 1142 clay, particularly good for throwing.
For more information on this clay, please follow this link: Technical Data
Texture - 1-2
Fired Colour - Off White
% Total Shrinkage at 1100°C - N/A
% Total Shrinkage at 1200°C - 12
Grogged White Stoneware Clay AWSG
Firing Range: 1240°C-1280°C
White Stoneware containing 10% 40/90 grade sand. Light fired colour providing an ideal background for decoration.
Texture - 6
Fired Colour - Pale Off White
% Total Shrinkage at 1100°C - N/A
% Total Shrinkage at 1200°C - 12.40
Grogged White Stoneware Clay B17CG
Firing Range: 1120°C - 1280°C
Same as Stoneware B17C but with the addition of a mesh graded dust free grogg. Good for throwing, modelling and hand building.
For more information on this clay, please follow this link: Technical Data
Texture - 6
Fired Colour - Pale Buff
% Total Shrinkage at 1100°C - N/A
% Total Shrinkage at 1200°C - 12.4
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
Industrial Crank Craft 1153
Firing Range: 1210°C-1300°C
The original Industrial Crank clay made from a fireclay base is less plastic than Craft Crank but possess the ability to maintain performance in larger forms and at high temperatures. Suitable for large sculptural work, slabbing, saggars and Raku. Very refractory open texture and low shrinkage. Good warp resistance. Fires to a warm buff.
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Modelling Clay 1150
Firing Range: 1150°C-1280°C
The smoothest and most plastic modelling clay available. Used extensively by modellers/sculptors working in diverse fields from pottery to film and television, including those working with silicone moulds. Used to produce the models for the 2015 Star Wars Exhibit at Madame Tussauds, London. Wide firing range: Can be fired to earthenware and stoneware temperatures.
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New Keuper Red Clay 1132
Firing Range: 1080°C-1230°C
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.
If you are a previous user of 159-1131 or 1132 we strongly recommend that you take a sample of 159-1132A for testing before buying in quantity.
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New Lavafleck Clay 1155
Firing Range: 1200°C-1270°C
Popular for its distinctive rustic, flecked character. Good handling for throwing. Shelves need to be well coated with refractory wash to prevent sticking during firing. There may be some variation in fleck size and/or density from batch to batch due to the nature of the material
For more information on this clay, please follow this link: Technical Data
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Oxidising St. Thomas Clay 1102
Firing Range: 1150°C-1280°C
Extremely popular general purpose high earthenware and stoneware body speckling very attractively under normal or slightly reducing conditions. Excellent resilience and tolerance. Good warp and crack resistance. Throws and slabs well. Outstanding for school use. Fires to toasted buff.
For more information on this clay, please follow this link: Technical Data
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Parian Clay
Firing Range: 1220°C-1240°C
The name Parian is derived from Paros, the Aegian Island famous for its beautiful white marble widely used for sculpture by the classical Greeks. Parian ware became very popular in the mid-nineteenth century and was manufactured by many notable Stoke-on-Trent potteries.
Parian is a self-glazing body, extremely translucent through a large temperature range. Ideally...
Premium Craft Crank Clay 1114M
Firing Range: 1170°C-1300°C
Our Premium Craft Crank clay is manufactured by powder blending ball clays and our unique lime-free Hi-Pur grogs to produce a fireclay-free clay. Offered as an alternative to our original Craft Crank, it copes well with the larger forms and is only bettered by the original Craft Crank.
For more information on this clay, please follow this link: Technical Data
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Professional Black Chunky Clay PF660
Firing Range: 1080°C-1260°C
Black Chunky Sculpture Clay has a beautiful texture and is excellent for big sculptures and murals. It is a strong body with very low shrinkage, good for building rugged sculptural forms. It's robust nature also makes it ideal for architectural ceramics. Black Chunky Sculpture Clay is the clay for everything from large slabs to sculptural work.
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