Firing Clays - Low Temperature Firing Clays

Great for larger wheel and sculptural forms, this earthenware clay has an organic, raw quality. Medium grog and 35-mesh sand give it a coarse texture for strength while reducing shrinkage. Color ranges from a reddish-orange clay body to a brick red.

Smooth white-firing earthenware clay is for handbuilding and wheelthrowing, for larger wheel and sculptural forms. Use with most commercial low-fire glazes. Choice plastic clays with coarse sand give this body strength and texture while reducing cracking.

Amaco's non-toxic Casting Slip is ready to pour into plaster molds. Casts set up fast, release easily and dry quickly. It is non-crazing, has low shrinkage, and fires bisque. Fire at Cone 06. Comes in 1 gallon (3.8 L) plastic jug.

An extremely versatile, de-aired moist clay with many uses for the ceramist. Even delicate hand formed ceramic flowers may be shaped paper-thin without cracking. Versa Clay can be reworked and shaped much longer than other clays and can be press molded.

An all-purpose, low-fire, de-aired moist clay that is gray-white when raw state and more intensely white when fired. Has unusual resistance to crazing. Suitable for hand building, modeling, and wheel throwing.

Finely ground white clays are combined with medium mesh buff grog, increasing porosity and reducing cracking, shrinking, and warping. This de-aired, moist clay is recommended for raku, but can also be used to hand build and throw larger pieces.

Amaco No. 29 is formulated from several clays for plasticity and texture. This light brown earthenware clay contains tiny specs that give it the look of gas-fired and reduced stoneware.

For all hand methods of modeling, slab, coil, sculpture, and wheel throwing. Moist clay has a rich red color before and after firing. Wide firing range, fires well without slumping. Wide firing range of cone 06-02 (1830° to 2048° F).

Amaco Indian Red Casting Slip has a rich red color before and after firing. It is formulated to fire at Cone 05, but can be fired up to Cone 02. The color deepens the higher you fire it, producing a great terra cotta look in whatever you're casting.

Terra Cotta is a mixture of finely ground red and buff clays, plus a medium mesh grog. Grog makes fired pottery more porous and reduces cracking, shrinkage, and warpage. Recommended for wheel-thrown pots and hand-built techniques.

A very creamy, plastic low-fire white body clay for throwing and hand building, Blick's White Moist Talc Firing Clay is perfect for hobby and school use. Its firing range is from cone 06 to 2. The clay comes in a 25 lb (11.3 kg) poly-wrapped package.

Grog is pre-fired clay that is ground up and screened to a specific particle size. It promotes even drying, reduces shrinkage, and adds texture to finished pieces. Grog also adds structural strength to both hand-built and wheel thrown pottery.