Moist Clay Bodies

We carry a wide range of clay bodies at our Supply Store including Standard, Aardvark, and Highwater clays. We strive to do a great job keeping us in stock, but please understand that supplier shortages can hinder our ability to have the clay on-hand. Also, we occasionally have a single potter buy our entire stock of their favorite clay. So if you want to make sure, just give us a call.

Earthenware

	Shrinkage	Absorption
105 Standard ^06-^04 Plastic low fire smooth body made with Texas talc. This clay fires to a very white color and works well with commercial low-fire glazes. Can be used for throwing and handbuilding. We recommend this body for classroom use.	^04 : 6%	^04 : 14.5%
105G Standard ^06-^04 Same as 105 with the addition of fine grog. Gives a toothy clay that many potters prefer. This is also a good clay for tile work and larger projects. Slight speckled appearance due to the addition of grog when a transparent glaze is used.	^04 : 5%	^04 : 14.5%
103 Red Clay Standard ^06-^2 Low fire plastic terra cotta body designed for the classroom. Traditional terra cotta color at cones 06 oxidation. Deeper brick red at cone 2.	^06 : 9% ^2 : 14%	^06 : 12% ^2 : 6%
#104 Red Clay with Grog Standard ^06-^4 Versatile clay containing fine grog. Good for hand building, slab work and throwing.	^06 : 6% ^4 : 11%	^06 : 13.2% ^4 : 3%

Mid-Range Stoneware

	Shrinkage	Absorption
Little Loafers Highwater ^5 - ^6 Little Loafers has the same fine properties of Loafer's Glory, but has been specifically designed for the lower cone 5-6 firing. It is very well vitrified at cone 6.	^6 : 10%	^6 : <1%
Red Rock Highwater ^5 - ^6 Just like Red Stone but the addition of granular manganese adds dark specks to the clay. Throws very well.	^6 : 11%	^6 : 1.87%
#112 (Speckled) Standard ^4 - ^6 Very plastic clay body with granular manganese which creates a speckled surface.	^6 : 12.5%	^6 : 2.5%
#266 Standard ^4 - ^6 Very plastic, rich dark brown clay. No grog.	^6 : 13%	^6 : 1.4%
#308 (Brooklyn Red) Standard ^4 - ^8 Red stoneware body with sand and grog.	^6 : 12.5%	^6 : 2%
Bee Mix 5 (Special Order Only) Aardvark ^6 Easy to throw, off-white body. No grog.	^6: 12%	^6 : 2.5%
Cassius Basaltic (Special Order) Aardvark ^5 Very black, ebony like finish. No grog. Do not over-fire.	^5 : 14.5%	^5 : 0.5%
553 Warm Buff Stoneware Standard ^4 - ^6 Good for production work. Contains fire clay and fine grog.	^6 : 12%	^6 : 2.7%

High-Fire Stoneware

#153
Standard
^4-^10
Excellent clay for beginners and production potters.

#181
Standard
^6-^10
Very smooth white stoneware body. No grog or fire clay.

#182
Standard
^6-^10
Near white plastic stoneware body. 5% fine grog.

#306
Standard
^4-^10
Smooth brown stoneware body. No grog.

Bee Mix 10
Laguna
^4-^10
Off white, easy to throw body. No grog.

Phoenix
Highwater Clays
^4-^10
All around great stoneware body for throwing and hand building,
this is one clay that seems to throw itself.
It has a good amount of tooth without being rough on beginners hands.
Fine mullite grog has excellent thermal shock properties making Phoenix
a superior choice for ovenware.
It also works nicely for a smooth raku body.
In reduction, Phoenix fires a toasty light gray.
In oxidation, Phoenix fires to a warm buff tone.
It's also fantastic without glaze in a salt or soda firing.

Soldate60
Laguna
^10
Heavily grogged body good for throwing large pots.

Porcelain

#213 Porcelain Clay
Standard
^6
Very plastic, easier to throw non-grolleg porcelain.

#365 Grolleg Porcelain
Standard
^6
Same as #257 below, but formulated for a lower temperature.

#257 Grolleg Porcelain
Standard
^8-^10
Grolleg porcelain which is translucent when thrown thin.

Coleman Porcelain
Aardvark
^10
Tom Coleman’s recipe! The whitest porcelain in reduction.
Note that this is a special order clay, call us.

Helios
Highwater
^7-^11
A very bright grolleg porcelain which is translucent when thin.

Specialty

Standard #910 Self Hardening (grey) Hardens without firing. Not watertight. Finish with acrylic paint.
Campbell's Raku Clay ^06-^6 Contains grog and sand for thermal strength shock.

Special Order Policy

If we don't stock it, we might be able to get it for you. There may be a charge for some special orders.

For More Information

Contact the store at by phone at 703.750.9437 or email oneibull@msn.com