Firing Clay

Use Blackjack Low Fire Clay for craft projects. This non-toxic, white modeling clay is excellent for children's arts and crafts projects, for introductory ceramics projects, and for artists at all skill levels, from beginners to professionals. Pieces must be fired to become permanent.

Pieces cast with No. 1 Porcelain Slip fire to the translucency of fine porcelain. The working qualities of this white slip make it quite flexible and easy to cast. It releases easily from molds and patches well when necessary. Preferable in doll making.

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. Cone 04-06 but 05 recommended for bisque firing. Comes in 1 gallon plastic jug.

Amaco No. 20 Versa Clay is an extremely versatile, de-aired moist clay with a variety of uses for the ceramicist and potter. It can be reworked and shaped much longer than other clays. Even paper-thin, hand-formed ceramic flowers can be shaped without cracking. This clay can also be press-molded.

Amaco No. 25 White Art Clay is an all-purpose, low-fire, de-aired moist clay that is gray-white in the raw state and more intensely white when fired. Suitable for hand-building, modeling, and wheel throwing, its extreme plasticity makes even very large pieces easier to throw.

Amaco No. 27 White Sculpture Raku Clay is made from finely ground white clays that are combined with medium mesh buff grog to increase porosity and reduce cracking, shrinking, and warping.

Formulated from several clays for plasticity and texture, this light brown clay contains tiny specks that give it the look of gas-fired and reduced stoneware. It also contains a fine grit that makes it stronger and easier to throw larger pieces.

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. Firing range of cone 05-02 (1911 degrees F-2052 degrees F).

Recommended both for wheel-throwing and hand-building, Amaco No. 77 Terra Cotta Clay is made from a mixture of finely ground red and buff clays, plus a medium mesh grog. Added to make the fired pottery more porous, grog also reduces cracking, shrinking, and warping.

This is an excellent talc-free clay with a wide firing range of cone 06 to 02 (1855 to 2052°F). This clay is perfect for wheel-throwing or hand-building techniques, and retains its red color after firing.

Blick's low-fire, de-aired, talc-free moist clay is gray-white in its raw state and white when fired. Suitable for hand-building, modeling, and throwing, it's unusually craze-resistant, with a plasticity that makes even large pieces easier to throw.

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.

Sculpture House Hugo Stoneware Clay is a blend of the finest air-floated ball clays that throws well on the wheel, and accepts all craft glazes. An economical choice for schools and beginning potters. Talc-free. Made in the USA.

Sculpture House Terra Cotta Pottery Clay is an earthenware clay that contains bentonite for elasticity and fires to a brick red color. Choose from two varieties, with or without grog. Bisque fire to Cone 4 (1922°F). Fire to Cone 4. Made in the USA.

This is a reddish-orange clay body when fired to earthenware temperatures. This formula is blended with a moderate amount of 65 mesh sand and extra fine grog, which makes it an excellent choice for both hand-building and wheel-throwing.

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.

Standard Ceramic 105 White Talc Clay is a very smooth, white clay body that is excellent for both hand-building and wheel-throwing. It works well with most commercial low-fire glazes.

This is a Raku body with 20% coarse sand and medium grog. Blended without color for a grayish black effect in Raku reduction, White Raku I works equally well as a coarse sculpture body. Bisque fire to cone 04–03.

Great for larger wheel and sculptural forms, Standard Ceramic 547 Red Sculpture Clay is a red earthenware clay that has a very organic, raw quality.

Ideal for larger wheel work, sculptural work, or production work, Standard Ceramic 553 Buff Stoneware Clay is an excellent all-purpose clay that contains fire clay and fine grog. It has a very plastic body and fires to a cream color at Cone 5.

A combination of several different clays, Blackjack Clay is mined directly from the earth in East Texas. Activa Blackjack Clay won't sag, making it ideal for projects requiring vertical side strength. It bonds easily to itself and adapts to coil-building and free-form sculpture. Cone 6–10.

This off-white plastic clay is formulated to be versatile and strong. Ideally suited for throwing and all types of hand-building, Amaco 11-M A-Mix White Stoneware Clay has great green strength and fires equally strong.

Pieces cast with No. 1 Porcelain Slip fire to the translucency of fine porcelain. The working qualities of this white slip make it quite flexible and easy to cast. It releases easily from molds and patches well when necessary. Preferable in doll making.

This de-aired moist stoneware clay is formulated from choice clays for plasticity and whiteness, plus fire-clay to give it more body. Amaco No. 38 White Stoneware Clay contains no grog, yet has the strength for throwing large pieces.

Available in two formulas. Moist clay is de-aired to ensure a homogenous mixture needing little or no wedging. Dry clay is finely ground and air-floated before packaging, ready for mixing with water to form a smooth clay. Use with all hand methods.

Ideal for larger work, Amaco No. 48 Stoneware Clay is blended from several clays chosen for their plastic qualities, plus coarse fireclay and grog.

Excellent for throwing, hand-modeling, and casting, Amaco No. 480 is a warm buff color peppered with dark specks when fired to Cone 5–6.

Amaco No. 58 Warm Brown Stoneware Clay is supremely versatile, making it a great all-around classroom clay. Made from several clays chosen for their plasticity and color qualities, No. 58 has the warm brown color of reduction when fired in oxidation at Cone 7, and a terra cotta color at Cone 05.

Blick's moist stoneware clay is a ready-to-use, de-aired, homogenous mixture. Smooth, plastic consistency makes it excellent for throwing as well as modeling, coiling, and slab building. This stoneware clay is ideal for making sculpture, planters, patio vases, and other utility and decorative ware.

Consisting of domestic kaolin clays and no ball clays, Great Lakes Domestic Porcelain Clay fires white, tight, and translucent when fired at higher temperatures. Thinner clay pieces will be even more translucent when fired at high temperatures. Bisque fire to Cone 010–08. Fire to Cone 6–10.

Great Lakes Clay Killer-B Mix Clay is a reduction firing clay that contains a very plastic and smooth combination of kaolin and ball clay. It has a great throwing body, fires white, and makes glazes very bright. Bisque fire to Cone 08–04. Fire to Cone 8–10.

Sculpture House Hugo Stoneware Clay is a blend of the finest air-floated ball clays that throws well on the wheel, and accepts all craft glazes. An economical choice for schools and beginning potters. Talc-free. Made in the USA.

Aneto White Porcelain Clay is a translucent white porcelain clay that stands out for its high plasticity, making it exceptional for wheel-throwing and modeling. It has a very stable formula that provides a reliable firing range of 2269-2320F (Cone 6-8). 11 lb package.

PRAI is a white stoneware clay body with a 40% grog that is so fine it's unable to be felt. Formulated for artistic ceramics, PRAI is ideal for wheel-throwing and modeling smooth pieces with fine details. Its ivory color after firing makes it great for glazes and coloring oxides. 27.6 lb package.

PRNI is a black stoneware clay body with a 40% very fine grog that is ideal for wheel-throwing and modeling smooth pieces with fine details. Its intense black firing color in oxidizing atmospheres allows for metallic effects with shades of blue. Food-safe. Cone 5–6 (2205–2269F). 27.6 lb package.

Formulated for reduction firing, Standard Ceramic No. 205 High Fire Clay is suitable for throwing and hand-building. It contains fine grog to aid in uniform drying. It fires to a muted brick red color at cone 4 and stone gray at cone 10.