Clay Descriptions
Clay, Low Fire Cone 04
NMCLAY’s indicated in bold
WHITE EARTHENWARE WLO:
A smooth white clay. Our most popular clay with schools and teachers. Excellent
for all types of modeling projects. Compatible with all commercial glazes.
WHITE EARTHENWARE WITH SAND:
Same as above but added sand provides
strength for larger forms. Compatible with all commercial glazes
WES White Earthenware for
Sculpture, a lowfire sculpture body that
fits all commercial glazes.
EM-210 MODELING CLAY: An all purpose
modeling clay. It is an excellent clay for beginning techniques such as coil and
slab building. The white color makes it the ideal clay for low fire glazes.
Pugged very soft. EM212 is with sand..
SHEEPDOG FIBERCLAY:
Low fire fiber clay our version of that "papered clay" our clay never rots!
STORYTELLER (APSW):
A light tan to pink colored earthenware . An
excellent plastic throwing body. Compatible with all commercial glazes.
RED EARTHENWARE RL6:
A smooth red clay. Perfect for hand building. Fires from an orange at Cone 016
to a red at cone 06 to a brown at 02. Beautiful when burnished. Gives
interesting results when primitive pit or Raku fired.
APS RED:
Similar to RL6 in color, but with the addition of 90 mesh sand, this clay body
is more rugged and better suited for wheel work. Perfect for functional ware.
JONIES CLAY:
Same as APS Red with 5% grog for working larger.
Manzano: the first real New Mexico Clays. It is mined from the
Manzano Mountain area, it is then ground and airfloated. The Manzano clay body also
contains 10% fine sand from Placitas, the sand has been screened and washed.
There is some talc, from south of El Paso Texas, to help with glaze fit. And 1% Mica for pretty.. NEW!
MICA WHITE AND MICA RED
Two new clays similar to Indian pottery from around New
Mexico, Mica is mined near Taos. Can be glazed if bisqued to 04. Burnish and
fire to cone 08.
RAKU 2000*:
A rough white clay body designed to take the rigorous handling of Raku firing.
This body throws well and is perfect for large sculpture or slab work. For best
results bisque to 08
CLEANOUT CLAY:
White or Red , we don’t know what is in it exactly, but they are fine for most
kid’s projects. If you try some and like it better buy the whole ton.
NMCLAY’s indicated in bold
NEW! Frost: From laguna clay
White! Translucent! Expensive!
NEW! Columbine porcelain: A
new porcelain with a white ball clay and 90mesh sand for tooth.
MAGIC CLAY Cone 6
fiber clay, great for outdoor sculpture, low absorption, same creamy color as
cashmere.
PECOS PORCELAIN:
An Ivory colored porcelain with good plasticity suitable for throwing SMALL
useful and serviceable tableware. It has fair translucency at cone 6
and is great for wind chimes or jewelry. Add Mason stains for colored
porcelain, or use our colored porcelain slips as engobes.
CASHMERE:
A smooth creme-white colored throwable porcelain, a cone 6 version of WW and
B-Mix. Same body as Cashmere slip.
WHITE STONEWARE WH8:
midrange white stoneware with 10% sand. An excellent plastic throwing body.
WHITE STONEWARE
WH8-ROUGH for tile and sculpture. A Tile clay that your
glazes will not craze on. NEW!!
WS-5: A gray white
body with 70 mesh sand. Fires a textured gray/white in reduction and a
buff/white mottled surface in oxidation. Care should be taken when used for
functional ware, not vitrified in most cone 5* firings. Glazes may craze. Can be
fired to cone 10.
OCHRE:
A plastic throwing body, also good for small sculpture and hand-building.
Based on goldart stoneware clay, adapted from a Richard Zakin formula.
WESTSTONE II:
Excellent general purpose clay, Slightly coarse texture, yellow-brown in
oxidation, warm brown in reduction.
SANTA FE:
Medium coarse, excellent throwing body a golden tan adobe color.
SUPER SCULPT 2000!:
New buff sculpting clay, not too rough but toothy, contains pyrophillite grog
for excellent strength and has a wide firing temp from 5-10, even stands up to
wood firing at cone 11.
AMADOR-5X: Cone 6
version of original cone 10 AMADOR with extra iron. 5X is an outstanding, all
purpose, orange brown, moist clay. Durable and affordable, good for professional
or student. Reduces a warm orange/brown, light chocolate in oxidation.
ANASAZI 5:
Cone 5 version of original cone 10 ANASAZI it is an outstanding, all purpose,
medium texture, moist clay. Durable and affordable, good for professional or
student. Reduces a warm orange/brown, light tan to yellow in oxidation.
ANASAZI 5X
same as above however the addition of a larger amount of red clay gives it a
warm brown color.
SANDIA RED
: Semi smooth red body with sand. Fires paver tile red in oxidation at cone 5,
more chocolate in reduction
MARILYN’S BOD.
A red brown stoneware excellent for throwing and functional ware.
TERRA-COTTA TC:
Similar to red Earthenware in color at 04* but lighter, chocolate brown
at cone 5, with good quality grog and fire clay, this clay body is more rugged
and better suited to large sculptural pieces. Cone 04-5.
PS-TC:
A sculpture and throwing body, very plastic that fires red at cone 5 to brown at
cone 10. Can be used for sculpture at cone 04. Glazes will craze from 06 to cone
6.
S-B RED: Medium
texture bright red body with sand and grog. Fires paver tile red in oxidation at
cone 5, more chocolate in reduction
B-3 BROWN: A pliable
clay with smooth grog and color from Manganese and Iron. Fires black
when reduced, and a pretty good black in oxidation.
* Glazes will craze at normal firing temp. Not food safe.
NMCLAY’s indicated in bold
Porcelains
Southern Ice
from Australia: The most translucent porcelain available in 20 lb. Bags .
Imported.
Coleman’s
porcelain from Ardvark, The whitest most translucent
formula possible, NO ball clay, contains new secret plasticizer.
SRUBEK: All
Grolleg kaolin NO ball clay.2-5 formula. Slightly more forgiving than ENGLISH.
Domestic: Very
nice porcelain. This body is excellent to work with on the wheel and takes
glazes beautifully. A bright white under a wide temperature range. Not very
translucent, but much whiter and a better price.
CK-MIX
: A cream white clay that is easy to throw and form. Excellent glaze results.
Fires off white in reduction lighter in oxidation. Smooth porcelain texture. Our
version of B-mix
B-MIX : A cream
white clay that is easy to throw and form. Excellent glaze results. Fires off
white in reduction lighter in oxidation. Smooth porcelain texture.
B-MIX W / SAND
with 10% 90 mesh sand for texture and speckle.
CKMIX WITH PURE SILICA SAND:
This is a nice cone ten white stoneware, perfect
for dinnerware. Throws great, feels smooth after its fired. Fires a pleasing
white to gray. Will show off bright glaze colors.
HIGH HILLS:
Our version of the popular Missouri fireclay goldart ball clay and grog type
stoneware. A very forgiving and throwable clay for production potteries. Tan to
gray brown in reduction, medium texture.
SOLDATE 60: Soldate 60 is a gray clay with a high
sand content and is pugged firm which makes it an ideal choice for large thrown
pieces and sculptural forms. Fires to a yellow brown under medium reduction, it
has a coarse texture.
SOL Our newest clay, made from California
ingrediants Lite colored very plastic, easy to throw, forgiving
ANASAZI:
An all purpose orange brown to yellow firing clay. Anasazi has a beautiful color
whether fired in an electric kiln or gas, did great in the Anagama kiln, with no
sign of bloating, and beautiful flashing form the flame.
DON’T OVER REDUCE!!!
AMADOR: Is an
inexpensive, all purpose, orange brown, moist clay. Durable and affordable, good
for professional or student. Reduces a warm orange/brown, lighter in oxidation.
LB BLEND: Long
Beach Blend is an excellent, very fluid throwing clay, which is also extremely
popular for throwing open forms, small to large. It is brownish pink in it’s raw
form, light brown reduced and buff in oxidation. The formula includes iron and
60 mesh sand
ANN'S SODA and FLASHING BODY:
This smooth clay is plastic and forgiving. Flashes from white to red.
SUPER SCULPT
2000!: Buff sculpting clay, not too rough but
toothy, contains pyrophillite grog for excellent strength and has a wide firing
temp from 5-10, even stands up to wood firing at cone 11.
We will custom blend your own clay body at
no extra charge.
One ton Minimum. Allow 12 weeks time
