#6 Tile Clay Kaolin

#6 Tile Clay is a very plastic kaolin with good green strength. In pottery, the word Kaolin is synonymous with China Clay, a general name for an almost pure version of Kaolinite (a primary clay). Kaolins are usually very white and can be used to increase...

Cedar Heights Fireclay 50 mesh FULL BAG

Cedar Heights Fireclay is used to formulate stoneware clay bodies. Fireclay is a general name for sedimentary clays usually associated with coal measures they are very ancient deposits. Particle size averages 0.1-5.0 microns. Reasonable plasticity and...

EPK Kaolin

10.27.23 - Please note: we had heard reports of recent loads of EPK showing black specks in the firing.  We tested the batch we received last month and found no black specks or any other contaminants.     E.P.K. stands for Edgar Plastic...

Foundry Hill Creme

Foundry Hill Creme is a blended stoneware clay (although some consider it a ball clay). This differentiation comes from the slightly lower alumina content (near 20%), compared to the higher alumina content (near 28%) in more common ball clays (like OM-4)...

G200-EU Feldspar (potash)

G-200 Feldspar is a high quality potassium / sodium / calcium aluminum silicate ground to 200 mesh for ceramic applications. Carefully beneficiated and controlled for quality, G-200 offers high potash content and low iron oxide per unit of alumina.

Goldart (FULL BAG only)

Cedar Heights Goldart is a selectively mined, plastic stoneware clay which is airfloated to 200 mesh particle size. It offers excellent working properties and has a wide firing range. It is balanced enough to be used alone. It fires to a light or golden...

Grolleg (English) Kaolin

A blended English china clay, combining moderate plasticity, low titania content and relatively high flux content, low shrinkage and white fired color. It is excellent for making translucent throwing or casting porcelains. The pottery community uses many...

Hawthorn Fireclay - 35 mesh FULL BAG

Hawthorn fireclay is a popular Missouri fireclay that fires to a light buff color. Fireclay is a general name for sedimentary clays usually associated with coal measures they are very ancient deposits. Particle size averages 0.1-5.0 microns. Reasonable...

Hawthorn Fireclay - 50 mesh FULL BAG

A 50 mesh version of hawthorn fireclay, a popular Missouri fireclay that fires to a light buff color. Fireclay is a general name for sedimentary clays usually associated with coal measures they are very ancient deposits. Particle size averages 0.1-5.0...

Helmer Kaolin FULL BAG

A kaolin deposit near Helmer, Idaho (US) that has been developed and promoted by Michael Wendt since the mid seventies. Helmer clay is used primarily for its 'flashing' properties in wood firing. Mr. Wendt prepares it using a wet process that removes...

KT 1-4 Ball Clay

A coarse-grained, fast casting Ball Clay used in all types of casting applications, but primarily used in artware. It is a blend containing mostly SGP#1 and some OM#4. It is blended to specification (thus the blend is adjusted as the constituents vary to...

New Zealand Kaolin FULL BAG

Newman Red FULL BAG

OM-4 Ball Clay

Old Mine #4, Mayfield, KY. A fine-grained ball clay with excellent plasticity and strength. Old Mine #4 is an "industry standard" based on its popularity in both casting and plastic formed bodies. It is also widely used as a suspension aid in glazes...

OptiKast

OptiKast is a coarse-grained kaolin used primarily in ceramic casting applications. It has a very fast cast and exceptional deflocculation characteristics. Thus OptiKast is preferred in pressure casting systems.Velvacast kaolin is no...

Ranger Red FULL BAG

An earthenware clay similar to Redart. Ranger Red is greyish in the raw, unfired state, but fires to a red color (like Redart), which makes cleanup easier. 50# bag; brown bag, Ranger Red printed on front

Redart

Redart is a red firing earthenware of moderate plasticity and low shrinkage. It fires light orange to dark red depending on firing temperature from cone 06 to 3. It achieves its best color at cone 02 and gives deep red color and stoneware properties at...

Roseville FULL BAG (50#)

Roseville is a selectively mined stoneware clay this is exceptionally clean [and has less sulfur than goldart] and when ordered in 200 mesh offers the potter a stoneware fireclay which works well by itself or in compound bodies. The fired color is warm...

SGP #1 Ball Clay

SGP #1 is a coarse-grained, fast casting Ball Clay used in all types of casting applications, but primarily used in artware. Ball Clays are a secondary, transported (sedimentary) clay which are very plastic and fire to a pale color... They have a high...

XX Sagger (FULL 50# BAG only)

A fine grained secondary clay which fires to a light cream with 13% shrinkage at cone 10. This ball clay is considered to be very effective in salt firing and it is claimed that it works well in flashing (i.e. wood firing). - Digital Fire ceramic...