NORTHCOTE POTTERY CLAY BODIES

Northcote Pottery - PS10 WHITE PORCELAIN
A fine, strong, 100#, filter-pressed porcelain body. Fires to just creamy white in oxidation, and a light gray tinged white in reduction. Excellent for experienced throwing and hand building of varied forms. Would suit those looking for a fine body for detailed sculpting or modeling. An ideal clay for fine, delicate pinched work or thin slab forms. Will show excellent colored glaze effects at 1280ºC.
Bisque Temp 1000ºC-1100ºC
Glaze Temp 1280ºC
Wet-Dry Shrinkage 5.5%
Dry -1000ºC " 0.5%
Dry -1100ºC " 1.5%
Dry -1200ºC " 4.5%
Dry -1300ºC " 5.5%

Northcote Pottery - PS2000 TERRACOTTA
A strong, gutsy, 16# hand building body, excellent for burnishing and has good green strength. Smooth enough for throwing, it fires a salmon pink to deep, rich orange depending on the firing temperature. An excellent clay for school use, modeling sculptural busts or making garden ornaments etc. Fired with a suitable earthenware glaze to 1100ºC, this clay is ideal for all general hand building purposes.Often used in throwing large commercial garden pots.
Bisque Temp 1000ºC - 1100ºC
Glaze Temp 1100ºC
Terracotta clays can be used without glaze at 1000ºC - 1200ºC.
Wet-Dry Shrinkage 6.5%
Dry -1000ºC " 1.5%
Dry -1100ºC " 4.5%
Dry -1200ºC " 5.5%

Northcote Pottery - PS3010 WHITE STONEWARE
An off-white, 16#, plastic stoneware body with excellent throwing characteristics for beginning throwers and makers of larger forms.This body has excellent green strength and is easily re-cycled after throwing. Used extensively by production potters for domestic ware, this off-white body is best suited to colored glaze decoration. Fires to white with a gray tint at 1280ºC. A good general hand building stoneware for modeling and sculpting. Will show excellent colored glaze effects at 1280ºC.
Bisque Temp 1000ºC - 1100ºC
Glaze Temp 1280ºC
Wet-Dry Shrinkage 5%
Dry -1000ºC " 1%
Dry -1100ºC " 3.5%
Dry -1200ºC " 6%
Dry -1300ºC " 10%

Northcote Pottery - PS4080 FINE WHITE EARTHENWARE
A quality, 120#, white, filter-pressed clay body suitable for controlled hand building and fine throwing. Fires to a cool white at 1100ºC. An excellent, sturdy, low- temperature tableware body at 1150ºC. With a good glaze fit at 1100ºC or higher, this body will fire to 1200ºC if pushed. Will fit most Australian earthenware glazes. Responds well to a high bisque at 1100ºC. An ideal surface for underglaze decoration or other color additions. Suits fine hand building and modeling. Will show excellent colored glaze effects at 1100ºC.
Bisque Temp 1000-1100ºC
Glaze Temp 1100-1150ºC
Wet-Dry Shrinkage 5%
Dry -1000ºC " 0.5%
Dry -1100ºC " 0.5%
Dry -1200ºC " 0.6%

Northcote Pottery - PS5000 WHITE EARTHENWARE STONEWARE
A very smooth, plastic, filter-pressed, 120# body. Fires to an off white at 1100ºC, getting creamier at 1200ºC. Excellent for mid-range tableware and all throwing purposes. An excellent body for hand building, modeling and sculpting at earthenware to mid-fire temperatures. Provides a good base for colored underglaze decoration or colored glazes. An excellent body for school students and beginning hand builders looking for fine detail. Responds well to 1100ºC bisque.
Bisque Temp 1000-1100ºC
Glaze Temp 1100-1200ºC
Wet-Dry Shrinkage 6%
Dry -1000ºC " 1%
Dry -1100ºC " 2%
Dry -1200ºC " 5%

Bendigo Pottery - SSS WHITE STONEWARE
A versatile, 10#, plastic stoneware body in the style of HSB. Suitable for throwing or hand building. Fires a light creamy gray at 1280ºC in oxidation. A good clay for colored stoneware glaze application. Easy to recycle. Will show excellent colored glaze effects at 1280ºC.
Bisque Temp 1000ºC - 1100ºC
Glaze Temp 1280ºC
Wet-Dry Shrinkage 5%
Dry -1000ºC " 1%
Dry -1100ºC " 4%
Dry -1200ºC " 6%
Dry -1300ºC " 6%

Bendigo Pottery - WEB WHITE HANDBUILDING EARTHENWARE
A light, creamy white, 10# hand building body with good green strength. Quite plastic, yet good for large hand built pieces too. An excellent general purpose clay which could be used for beginning throwers as well as hand building. An excellent clay for school students. Will also fire up to higher temperatures if pushed. Does not like to be fired when wet-damp. Great for sculptural or modeling purposes because of its larger particle size.
Bisque Temp 1000ºC
Glaze Temp 1100 - 1280ºC
Wet-Dry Shrinkage 6%
Dry -1000ºC " 1%
Dry -1100ºC " 3%
Dry -1200ºC " 5%
Dry - 1300ºC " 5%

Bendigo Pottery - RHB WHITE RAKU
An open, white, sandy body ideally suited to raku firing and thermal shock situations. Equally good for hand building rugged sculptural forms. Fires to a stone-like appearance, not unlike granite at 1280ºC.
Bisque Temp 1000ºC
Glaze Temp 1100ºC-1280ºC
Wet-Dry Shrinkage 3%
Dry -1000ºC " 1%
Dry -1100ºC " 1.5%
Dry -1200ºC " 4%
Dry - 1300ºC " 5%

FEENEYS CLAY BODIES

Feeneys - BUFF RAKU
Full stoneware temperature body becoming very dark and highly speckled due to high content of dark burning trachyte dust as part of the grog content. Remainder of grog is crushed firebrick. All grog content is minus 16 mesh. Like the Red Raku, the Buff Raku is plastic for throwing if a grogged clay can be handled. Suitable for addition to stoneware clays for grog content, texture, speckiness and colour, suits larger pieces, handbuilding, sculpture and Raku firing. Fires buff at earthenware temperatures to dark brown at 1300oC.
Particle Size 16#
Bisque Fire 1000ºC minimum
Glaze Fire 1100-1300ºC (beware trachite particles fluxing onto kiln shelves at high temperatures - batt wash shelves well)
Wet-1200ºC 12%
Wet-1300ºC 12.5%

Feeneys - RED RAKU
A similar colour to pale terracotta at 1100oC but containing about 40% grog. Still can be thrown if the high grog content can be handled. An excellent strong, forgiving, handbuilding body bisque fire up to 1130ºC. Use earthenware glaze but never stoneware glazes. Suited for sculptural and large pieces, and for adding to other clays to increase grog content or darken colour. Will fire to 1300ºC readily, and accepts staining with oxides well. Do not apply glaze to Red Raku at stoneware temperatures as it tends to 'shell off.' Particle Size16#
Bisque Fire 1000ºC minimum
Glaze Fire 1100-1300ºC
Wet-1100ºC 9%
Wet-1200ºC 10%
Wet-1300ºC 10%

KEANE CLAY BODIES

Keane - WHITE RAKU
A medium-textured clay grogged with fine sand. Suitable for handling and throwing. Will fire at either earthenware or stoneware temperatures. Bisque fire at 1000oC and glaze fire between 1080ºC – 1300ºC
Shrinkage at 1000ºC 6.9%
1100ºC 8.0%
1200ºC 12.8%
1300ºC 12.2%

Keane - PAPERCLAY – WHITE RAKU
Paperclay is traditional pottery clay with added paper particles which increase the strength of the body when building large or thin forms. Joining is made easier with paperclay – you can add wet clay to dry pots without problems. Your pieces will be lighter in fired weight (up to 20%). An excellent rugged handbuilding body.
Shrinkage at 1000ºC 6.9%
1100ºC 8.0%
1200ºC 12.8%
1300ºC 12.2%

CLAYWORKS CLAY BODIES

Clayworks - CBR BUFF RAKU
A robust, coarse, plastic clay.
Firing range 995 – 1300ºC

Clayworks - CTC TERRACOTTA
A rich red terracotta, filter-pressed to ensure consistency and fine particle size. Ideal for throwing, and with an excellent glaze fit at 1140ºC.
Particle Size 80#
Dry to Fired Shrinkage at 1100ºC 6.5%

Clayworks - JB1 PORCELAINEOUS STONEWARE
A fine, white-firing porcelain. JB1 possesses excellent plasticity and green strength for such fine porcelain, making it suitable for large objects as the most delicate pieces. JB1 can be fired as low as 1200oC but develops best translucency at cone 8/10. JB1 has excellent glaze fit characteristics. Particle Size 120#
Dry to Fired Shrinkage at 1100ºC 6.2%
1200ºC 9.0%
1300ºC 1.5%

Clayworks - JB3 STONEWARE
A fine white stoneware. A body especially formulated for the porcelain potter. JB3 has excellent working properties. JB3 is a very plastic clay and fires to a beautiful white stoneware body with good glaze fit. Particle Size 120#
Dry to Fired Shrinkage at 1100ºC 7.0%
1200ºC 0.7%
1300ºC 3.5%

Clayworks - TMK STONEWARE
A very fine, particle-sized white firing clay, highly plastic. An excellent throwing clay, good for functional ware. Particle Size 120#
Dry to Fired Shrinkage at 1100ºC 7.5%
1200ºC 2.5%

Clayworks - LGH STONEWARE
Excellent for throwing a wide range of functional ware. Fires grey to buff colour at 1300ºC, light sandy buff at 1200oC – 1240ºC. Particle Size 60#
Dry to Fired Shrinkage at 1100ºC 6.3%
1200ºC 2.0%
1300ºC 3.5%

Clayworks - SOUTHERN ICE PORCELAIN
A truly magnificent, translucent, stark white clay. One of the best porcelains available and surprisingly easy to work.
Particle Size #120
Wet to fired shrinkage 1280ºC 7%