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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.
For more information on this clay,...
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
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....
Scarva Earthstone Terracotta Crank E-S65
Firing Range: 1080°C-1220°C
ES65 Earthstone Terracotta Crank allows you to create large sculptural pieces. It is a beautifully textured, richly coloured, coarse grogged clay. ES65 Terracotta Crank is produced using a blend of Etruria Marls. This body has the excellent working properties of terracotta with the combined strength of a crank. The result is an exceptional body that is ideal for...
Scarva Earthstone Terracotta Smooth Textured Crank E-S75
Firing Range: 1080°C-1220°C
ES75 Smooth Textured Terracotta Crank is prepared to the same high standards as ES65 Terracotta Crank but offers a closer texture and smoother surface. It will take surface detail well, can be used as a coarse throwing body and is excellent for slabbing, handbuilding and tiles. Superb crank body. Coarsely grogged. Tremendous plasticity. Excellent for creating...
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.
For more information on this clay, please follow this link: Technical Data
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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.
For more information on this clay, please follow this link: Technical Data
Texture - 5
Fired Colour - Light-Dark Red
% Total Shrinkage at 1100°C - 12.30
% 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
% Total...
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 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...
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 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
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...
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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Professional Black Extra Smooth Clay PF680
Firing Range: 1080°C-1260°C
Black Smooth contains a fine grog which gives a close texture to the body and a fine surface to finished pieces. This smooth finish should appeal to hand builders or sculptors who produce tile and relief panels or ceramic murals. PF680 has been formulated to fire between 1080 - 1260ºC.
Scarva Professional Black Clay bodies, PF660, PF670 & PF680 are...
Professional Textured Black Clay PF670
Firing Range: 1080°C-1260°C
Black Textured is good for sculptures, hand building. This clay has been specially formulated to fire between 1080 - 1260ºC with very low shrinkage. Its attractive colour and texture give PF670 a very distinctive character. (Results may vary)
The higher you fire Black Clays, the darker they become.
Scarva Professional Black Clay bodies, PF660, PF670 &...
Scarva Earthstone Architectural Clay E-S70
Firing Range: 1120°C-1280°C
ES70 Architectural Clay will be of interest to anyone producing architectural or large scale ceramics, for example, hand made tiles, relief panels, ceramic murals or restoration work. The addition of medium molochite offers extremely low shrinkage, approximately 6% from plastic to 1280°C. ES70 Architectural Clay fires white to off-white. It also has excellent...
Scarva Earthstone Crank Clay E-S50
Firing Range: 1120°C-1280°C
Hand builders and sculptors will be delighted with this superb new crank body. It is an open textured, coarsely grogged clay, which still retains tremendous plasticity. It has all the qualities you expect from crank e.g. warp resistance, low shrinkage and excellent green and fired strength. It fires 1120°C - 1280°C and gives toasted buff in oxidation and...
Scarva Earthstone Extra Smooth Clay E-S10
Firing Range: 1120°C-1280°C
A highly versatile fine white body with a broad range of applications, ES 10 matures between 1160°C - 1280°C. This unusually wide range means that it can be high biscuit fired to 1160°C for low temperature earthenware glazes, or biscuit fired at 1000°C for mid temperature earthenware or stoneware glazes. It throws and casts extremely well and takes...
Scarva Earthstone Flecked Stoneware Clay E-S90
Firing Range: 1120°C-1280°C
Many potters want to achieve the attractive, speckled effect that reduction firings give to clay, but this is not usually possible in an electric kiln. Some flecked clays have been introduced in the past, however, we believe this is the most successful one yet. ES90 Flecked Stoneware, when fired in an electric kiln, gives the attractive, speckled effect of a reduction...
Scarva Earthstone Handbuilding Clay E-S40
Firing Range: 1120°C-1280°C
ES40 Handbuilding White has an appearance and firing range similar to ES5 Earthstone Original White. The addition of coarse molochite makes ES40 Earthstone Handbuilding an incredibly strong clay. It is heavily enough grogged to make the most extreme sculptural forms and is highly resistant to warping and cracking. ES40 is an ideal clay body for making hand made...
Scarva Earthstone Original Clay E-S5
Firing Range: 1120°C-1280°C
Earthstone ES5 Original White was the very first Earthstone Clay. ES5 fires white, matures between 1200°-1290°C and is highly resistant to warping and cracking. The addition of a fine molochite means that ES5 Original White throws large pieces easily and responds well to both press moulding and slab building. ES5 Original White is highly regarded by professional...
Scarva Earthstone Original Clay E-S5 20%
Firing Range: 1120°C-1280°C
Earthstone Original White 20% Grogged is made to the same recipe as ES5 Earthstone Original with the addition of 20% fine molochite. This makes it highly resistant to warping and cracking and also to thermal shock. This body is ideal for handbuilding, slab building and throwing larger pieces. It has excellent glaze fit when used with a suitable Nano glaze.
Highly...
Scarva Earthstone Reduction Clay E-S80
Firing Range: 1120°C-1280°C
ES80 Reduction Stoneware is a highly plastic clay. It is suitable for both reduction and oxidizing firings and can also be salt-glazed. ES80 has excellent resistance to warping and cracking. The high proportion of ball clay in this body makes it a real pleasure to work with. ES80 is ideal for the production of domestic tableware.
Highly plastic body. Suitable...
Scarva Earthstone Smooth Crank Clay E-S60
Firing Range: 1120°C-1280°C
A medium grogged alternative to our Standard Crank, ES60 offers a finer surface and closer texture. This clay is ideal for hand builders and sculptors who require a warm, plastic clay with excellent green strength and a smoother finish than standard cranks offer. ES60 is suitable for oxidation, reduction and raku firings. Under oxidation ES60 gives a toasted buff...
Scarva Earthstone Smooth Texture Clay E-S20
Firing Range: 1120°C-1280°C
ES20 Earthstone Smooth Textured White is a particularly versatile clay which matures between 1180-1300°C. ES20 fires white making it ideal for colour decoration and a great base for coloured glazes. ES20’s low shrinkage means that it is highly resistant to warping, cracking and thermal shock. Earthstone Smooth Textured body is particularly suited to...
Scarva Earthstone Speckled Stoneware E-S109
Firing Range: 1120°C-1280°C
A new body using our dry-batching method of production. ES109 is superbly plastic and has an attractive speckle. Made from a mixture of ball clays with medium-textured silica sand added for tooth, it will give a reduction effect when fired in an oxidising atmosphere. This body has been developed for the professional production potter and with good thermal shock...
Stoneware Special Fleck Clay
Firing Range: 1120°C-1280°C
A carefully blended natural stoneware which speckles attractively under normal conditions. Heavier speckling under reduction.
For more information on this clay, please follow this link: Technical Data
Texture - 6
Fired Colour - Buff Grey
% Total Shrinkage at 1100°C - N/A
% Total Shrinkage at 1200°C - 12.40
Stoneware Toasted Smooth Clay
Firing Range: 1120°C-1230°C
A carefully blended Stoneware Fire Clay and Etruria Clay with a fine grogg additive. Pleasant reduction under normal oxidising conditions.
For more information on this clay, please follow this link: Technical Data
Texture - 5
Fired Colour - Warm Buff
% Total Shrinkage at 1100°C - N/A
% Total Shrinkage at 1200°C - 13.40
Stoneware White Fleck Clay
Firing Range: 1120°C-1280°C
A newly developed clay which has a pronounced speckle. It contains a high quality China and Ball Clay. Suitable for throwing and modelling.
For more information on this clay, please follow this link: Technical Data
Texture - 4
Fired Colour - Off White-Speckled
% Total Shrinkage at 1100°C - N/A
% Total Shrinkage at 1200°C - 14.50
Valentines Buff Throwing Stoneware Clay V9A
Firing Range: 1120°C-1280°C
An excellent general purpose modelling clay, which contains Shropshire & South Staffordshire Fire Clays with a fine graded dust free grogg. Suitable for throwing and hand modelling.
For more information on this clay, please follow this link: Technical Data
Texture - 5
Fired Colour - Buff Grey
% Total Shrinkage at 1100°C - N/A
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White Stoneware Clay B17C
Firing Range: 1120°C - 1280°C
This body is a blend of selected low iron clays providing an ideal background for a decorative approach to stoneware ceramics. Silica sand makes it excellent for throwing too. Good for, throwing, modelling and casting.
For more information on this clay, please follow this link: Technical Data
Texture - 3
Fired Colour - Pale Buff
% Total Shrinkage...
White Stoneware PF560
Firing Range: 1120°C-1280°C
A strong fine-grained plastic clay formulated from the purest of white ball clays. This superior body has very smooth throwing characteristics. It has been developed for the professional production potter and with good thermal shock properties is excellent for domestic ware. It stands up extremely well and fires to an off white colour. It fires well in both oxidising...
Audrey Blackman Porcelain (New)
Firing Range: 1220°C-1280°C
This very smooth porcelain was developed for both modelling and throwing. Due to its high plasticity this body is not suitable for casting and is only available in pugged form. Fires white and translucent.
We are aware that some of our customers may notice that there has been a recent change to the raw clay colour of both Audrey Blackman and ES600 paper clay....
Earthstone Ming Porcelain E-S120
Firing Range: 1220°C-1280°C
ES120 Ming Porcelain is made to a traditional recipe. Earthstone Ming was developed with a high percentage of New Zealand China Clay, one of the whitest China Clays available. ES120 Ming Porcelain fires beautifully white and shows exceptional translucency. It is excellent for both throwing and modelling and is also ideal for very fine, detailed work. This is a...
Fine Bone China Clay
Firing Range: 1220°C-1240°C
A new bone china widely used in the Industry. Ideal for hand modelling. Superior whiteness and translucency.
NOTE This body is produced for the pottery industry and is supplied at a harder consistency than most other bodies we supply. If you find it is too hard for your purposes, please see this YouTube link for a handy tip regarding softening clay.
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Grogged Porcelain Body T.S Flax Paper Clay E-S600G
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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P2 Standard Porcelain
Firing Range: 1220°C-1240°C
An economy body giving a high degree of translucency at a slightly lower temperature. In casting slip form as the Porcelain Casting Slip. Suitable for throwing. Very smooth texture. White and translucent.
For more information on this clay, please follow this link: Technical Data
Texture -1
Fired Colour - Translucent White
% Total Shrinkage at 1100°C...
Porcelain Body T.S Flax Paper Clay E-S600
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.
It...
Porcelain Grogged Ref. V75
Firing Range: 1220°C-1280°C
Translucent, very plastic and firing extremely white. This porcelain has some fine molochite added to facilitate drying without cracking. The molochite helps to control both the drying and shrinkage making this porcelain much more resistant to warping. It can be used for throwing, hand-building or sculptural work.
For more information on this clay, please follow...
Professional Grogged White Porcelain Stoneware PF700G
Firing Range: 1180°C-1300°C
For some time now we have been asked by our customers to develop a superior, white, porcelain-like clay which is more reliable and easier to work with than a porcelain body. Porcelain bodies are harder to work with due to their lack of plasticity and are more likely to crack, warp or shrink than stoneware bodies. PF700G uses the same base as PF700 but has the...
Professional White Porcelain Stoneware PF700
Firing Range: 1180°C-1300°C
For some time now we have been asked by our customers to develop a superior, white, porcelain-like clay which is more reliable and easier to work with than a porcelain body. Porcelain bodies are harder to work with due to their lack of plasticity and are more likely to crack, warp or shrink than stoneware bodies. PF700 is not as translucent as porcelain, unless...