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50 lb box of clay,
containing two 25 lb bags
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All clay comes in 50 pound boxes which contain two 25 pound
bags.
MIX AND MATCH VOLUME PRICING: NEW
DISCOUNT STRUCTURE as of 2008!
- Buy any 6 boxes, get 10%
off the 50# price.
- Buy any 12 boxes, get 25% off the 50# price.
- Buy 24 boxes of the
same type and get 40%
off the 50# price. (Use separate buy button)
(Note, we buy and stock them in pallets of 24
boxes so this makes things a lot easier for picking your orders.)
If you purchase greater than 200 pounds of clay (and have them shipped), UPS hundredweight
discounts kick in and shipping goes down, usually 20-40%.
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Choosing a Clay
A Cone rating means that you can fire that clay at any temperature UP
TO that cone. The closer you get to the maximum rated cone, the
stronger and denser your clay will be. You cannot fire a clay HIGHER
than its maximum rated Cone, or it will melt.
For example: Cone 10 clay can be used at low fire (Cone 04-06 or at
Cone 6). But to reach its maximum strength it should be fired to
Cone 10. That will cause the clay to shrink and become dense, and
that is ideal, especially for dinnerware. (You can see the low absorption
numbers below on the porcelain and stoneware clay; for dinnerware you want less
than 3%.) For sculpture you often want LESS shrinkage, and
absorption doesn't matter. So then firing Cone 10 clay at a lower
temperature is ideal. Clays designed for sculpture have more
"open" bodies so they don't get as dense as other clays.
An advantage of using Cone 10 clay is that you don't have to worry about
over firing your clay if you forget what Cone it is. For this
reason, many studios and schools only allow Cone 10 clay. Cone 10
clay is also typically used for Raku, even though Raku is a low temp
process. Clays such as WSO have good temperature shock absorption
which is needed for Raku.
Mid-fire stoneware and porcelain, which are the Cone 5-6 clays listed
here, can also be used at low fire or up to Cone 6. (Just not above
Cone 6.) Everything mentioned about absorption above applies here
too. For dinnerware it is best to use a Cone 5-6 clay if you fire to
Cone 5-6.
Low-fire clay can only be fired up to Cone 04, or sometimes a little
higher.) Unlike mid and high fire, it never shrinks much or gets
really strong and dense even when fired to its maximum temperature.
The main advantage to using a low-fire clay when low firing is that your
glazes may craze less than if you used a Cone 6 or Cone 10 clay.
Remember, you have to fire your glaze to the Cone that is specified for
that glaze, regardless what clay you use. Just make sure you use a
clay rated at least as high as the glaze.
Once you choose a particular cone of
clay to use, you have decide on the specific clay body. We list what application each
clay body is best for. Usually you use smooth clay when throwing on the
wheel, particularly for smaller pieces like dinnerware. But for
larger pieces, sculpture, and hand building, you use clay with more grit
(grog or sand.) Also check out the Paper Clay
description below. |
CONE 10 HIGH-FIRE CLAYS
(can be used up to Cone 10)
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Description |
Cone |
Shrink |
Abs |
50# Price
(10% off any 6, 25% off any 12) |
24
boxes (1200#)
of a single type of clay (40% off the 50# price) Customer Pickup in
Sparks or we'll contact you with a truck shipping quote |
Laguna Clay
WC370
Amador |
An outstanding, all purpose, orange/brown moist body.
Has fine sand and is a difficult body to crack during firing.
Durable and affordable. Good for professional or student.
Reduces a warm orange/brown, lighter in oxidation. EXCELLENT FOR
TABLEWARE, THROWING AND HANDBUILDING MEDIUM AND SMALL |
10 |
12% |
1.3% |
$19.90 |
$286.56 |
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Laguna Clay
WC376
LB Blend |
One of Laguna's most popular clays, Long
Beach Blend is an excellent, very fluid throwing clay, which is also
extremely popular for throwing open forms, small to large. It is
brownish-pink in its raw form, light brown reduced and buff in
oxidation. The formula includes iron and 60 mesh sand. EXCELLENT
FOR FLOOR TILE, THROWING AND HANDBUILDING SMALL TO LARGE |
10 |
12% |
1% |
$19.90 |
$286.56 |
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Laguna Clay
WC843
Soldate 60 Sand |
This clay is gray in the raw form with a
high sand content which makes it an ideal choice for large thrown pieces
and sculptural forms. Fires to a yellow-brown color under medium
reduction. Contains 60 mesh sand which makes for a medium coarse
texture. EXCELLENT FOR FLOOR TILE, THROWING AND HANDBUILDING
SMALL TO LARGE |
10 |
13.5% |
1.75% |
$20 |
$288 |
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Laguna Clay
WC379
B-Mix |
A premier, cream white throwing clay
that is easy to throw and form. Excellent glaze results.
Fires gray/white when reduced and lighter in oxidation. Smooth
porcelain texture. EXCELLENT FOR TABLEWARE, WALL TILE, WIND CHIMES,
JEWELRY, CRYSTAL FIRING, PIT FIRING, THROWING AND HANDBUILDING SMALL TO
MEDIUM |
10 |
13% |
1.2% |
$24.40 |
$351.36 |
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Laguna Clay
WC384
Dave's Porcelain |
An outstanding throwing body.
Ideal for thin walls and larger pieces, and excellent for slab use and
when a vitreous clay is desirable. Light gray in reduction, off
white in oxidation. EXCELLENT FOR TABLEWARE, WALL TILE, WIND CHIMES,
JEWELRY, CRYSTAL FIRING, PIT FIRING, THROWING AND HANDBUILDING SMALL TO
LARGE |
10 |
13% |
0.5% |
$24 |
$345.60 |
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Laguna Clay
WC389
WSO (great for Raku) |
An interesting light gray body with fine
sand. A Cone 10 (and higher) clay which fires off-white in
oxidation and gray/white in reduction. Also good for Raku.
Care should be taken at high fire use in functional ware. Slightly
open body even at Cone 10. EXCELLENT FOR OVENWARE, WALL TILE,
RAKU, THROWING AND HANDBUILDING SMALL TO LARGE |
10 |
10% |
2.6% |
$22.90 |
$329.76 |
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Laguna Clay
WC893
B-Mix with Grog |
The addition of very fine grog
to regular B-Mix provides texture and a much more forgiving body. Pieces
stay attached better, there is less cracking and warping, and clay is
easier to throw. Excellent for handbuilding and throwing.
Fires cream-white with very little speckling. EXCELLENT FOR
TABLEWARE, TILE, CRYSTAL FIRING, PIT FIRING, THROWING AND HANDBUILDING
SMALL TO MEDIUM |
10 |
10.3% |
1% |
$25 |
$360 |
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Laguna Clay
WC953
Max's White Sculpture / Raku Paper Clay |
Paper Clay is really cool! Read more at bottom
of page! Fires gray-stony-white in reduction at cone 10, off white at
cone 8 oxidation, and bright white at cone 05 (raku). It is a rough
textured, low shrinkage body designed for large-scale hand-built
sculpture and tile work where thick cross sections (up to 1 inch) are
anticipated. Contains 25% of 30/80 mesh grog. |
06
to 10 |
14% |
5% |
$29 |
$417.60 |
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Laguna Clay
WC886 B-Mix with Grog Paper Clay
New!
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Paper Clay is really cool! Read more at bottom
of page! The plastic nature and glaze friendly creamy color of B-Mix
with Grog, and all the added qualities of paper clay. It is a
great choice for sculptural vessels and has the positive throwing
qualities you expect from B-Mix with Grog. The B-Mix Paper Clay makes
large scale thrown and handbuilt work a breeze virtually free of
cracking and warping. Can be fired in a wide range of temperatures
from Cone 04 to Cone 10. |
06
to 10 |
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$30 |
$437.76 |
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CONE 5 MID-FIRE CLAYS
(can be used up to Cone 6)
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| Clay |
Description |
Cone |
Shrink |
Abs |
50# Price
(10% off any 6, 25% off any 12) |
24
boxes (1200#)
of a single type of clay (40% off the 50# price) Customer Pickup in
Sparks or we'll contact you with a truck shipping quote |
Laguna Clay
WC391
B3 Brown
new, by popular demand! |
A pliable clay with smooth grog and color from manganese and
iron. Fires almost black when reduced and dark brown/black in
oxidation. EXCELLENT
FOR TILE, THROWING AND HANDBUILDING SMALL TO MEDIUM |
5 |
10% |
3% |
$26.70 |
$384.48 |
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Laguna Clay
WC392
Buff Sculpture |
Excellent coarse sculpture body with 60
mesh sand and 30 to 60 mesh grog. Nice range of firing colors from
buff to dark tan. Low shrinkage. EXCELLENT FOR TILE, SCULPTURE,
THROWING AND HANDBUILDING MEDIUM TO LARGE |
5 |
5% |
10% |
$25.70 |
$370.08 |
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Laguna Clay
WC393
LB6
new, by popular demand! |
A Long Beach type body with 60 mesh sand and
color provided by manganese dioxide. Fires gray/brown when reduced
and light gray when oxidized. EXCELLENT FOR FLOOR TILE, THROWING
AND HANDBUILDING SMALL TO MEDIUM |
5 |
10% |
3% |
$20.30 |
$292.32 |
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Laguna Clay
WC398
WS4 |
A gray/white body with fine sand and
flux added for lower absorption. Fires a textured gray/white when
reduced and a buff/white mottled surface in oxidation. Good to
Cone 8. Not totally vitrified at Cone 5, so care should be taken
with functional dinnerware. EXCELLENT FOR TABLEWARE (FIRED AT CONE
7-8), OVENWARE, TILE, RAKU, THROWING AND HANDBUILDING SMALL TO LARGE |
5 |
11% |
5% |
$22.80 |
$328.32 |
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Laguna Clay
WC401
B-Mix 5 |
Smooth, porcelain texture is a pleasure
to throw and form, and it fires to a cream color in oxidation.
EXCELLENT FOR TABLEWARE, OVENWARE, TILE, WIND CHIMES, CRYSTAL FIRING,
THROWING AND HANDBUILDING SMALL TO MEDIUM |
5 |
12% |
2.3% |
$25.10 |
$361.44 |
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Laguna Clay
WC436
B-Mix 5 with Grog |
The addition of very fine grog
to regular B-Mix 5 provides texture and a much more forgiving body.
Pieces stay attached better, there is less cracking and warping, and
clay is easier to throw. Excellent for handbuilding and
throwing. Fires cream-white with very little speckling. EXCELLENT
FOR TABLEWARE, OVENWARE, TILE, THROWING MEDIUM AND HANDBUILDING SMALL TO
MEDIUM |
5 |
11% |
2.75% |
$25.70 |
$370.08 |
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Description |
Cone |
Shrink |
Abs |
50# Price
(10% off any 6, 25% off any 12) |
24
boxes (1200#)
of a single type of clay (40% off the 50# price) |
Laguna Clay
EM207
Red |
Comparable in texture and working
properties to EM210 but fires to a reddish earthenware color. This
clay is often used for terra cotta. |
06 |
6% |
9% |
$21.90 |
$315.36 |
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Laguna Clay
EM210
White |
This is an all-purpose, smooth modeling
clay. It is an excellent clay for beginning techniques such as coil and
slab building. The white color makes it an ideal clay for use with
low fire glazes. |
06 |
5.5% |
17% |
$21.90 |
$315.36 |
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Laguna Clay
EM214
Buff with Sand |
A buff-colored modeling clay with sand
which makes it one of the best of the low fire clays for working on the
potter's wheel. It is also stronger for larger sculptural pieces.
We recommend this for beginners because the sand will make it easier to
throw and when handbuilding, pieces will still together better. It
is slightly coarse so might be a little rough on small children's hands. |
06 |
5% |
17% |
$20.80 |
$299.52 |
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Cone: The maximum cone the clay can be fired to
(before it will begin to sag and melt).
Refer to the cone chart for
more info.
Shrink: Clay body dimensional shrinkage when fired to maximum
cone. For example, a 10" piece of leather hard clay will shrink
12%, so the resulting fired piece will be 8.8" in length.
Abs: An indicator in % of the propensity of the clay to absorb
water (after being fired to maximum cone). Generally speaking, the
lower the better. A lower % indicates a "tighter",
stronger, less porous clay.
For sculpture you want a clay that is strong, often
has grog and sand, and has low shrinkage. For dinnerware you want a
clay that is dense when fired. Absorption should be 3-4% or less.
Paper Clay has paper fibers mixed in with the clay, and is easier to
work with than regular clay. It feels and works the same as regular
clay, but it is stronger, things attach easier, the finished pieces are
lighter, and the paper burns out in the firing so it looks just like
regular clay. The main selling point for many people is how easily
you can attach new wet clay to already dried clay. Since people
usually use paper clay in sculptures, we are selling a popular
sculpture/raku blend.
Take Your Clay to Limits FAR
BEYOND that which you previously thought possible!
Ceramic Paper Clays blend premium high or low fire clays
(such as stoneware, porcelain or earthen wares, terra cottas, etc.) with
lesser fraction of choice pulp. The fired and glazed ceramic is
indistinguishable to the naked eye from a non-paper traditional clay. Pulp
burns out in firing similar to wax.
 | How Strong is Strong?:
Handle bone dry ware with ease. Move large dry unfired works
anywhere... drive them in the back seat of a car. Some work may not
need firing! |
| Survive and Thrive:
98% of repairs to bone dry make it... even broken legs, etc.
| Rapid of Force Drying OK:
Dry harden pots in direct sun, near heaters, or warm (below 200F)
kilns. Thermal shock of raku and freezing OK for most.
| Build custom hollow armatures in minutes:
Fold 2D soft cutout shapes into 3D. Later your quickie hollow Paper
Clay armatures will be dry and hard enough to support new layers of
soft Paper Clay. Moisten the surface with water, and go. Open air or
sun harden between wet dry episodes until the work appears finished.
| Coil up and up:
Sometimes it makes sense not to score. Bone dry, air hard Paper Clay
coil shapes stay put. To quick seal between coils... just sponge,
brush, or dip a coat of slip (watered down mash of Paper Clay) right
over the dry. Voila! Gaps are filled, neat and even. Ready for color
and/or a kiln.
| Reduce or end warp:
Tile makers and muralists appreciate this feature for slab assembly
projects. Paper fibers hidden deep inside the clay draw moisture
evenly from within to assist a much more "even" open air
drying and shrinking process.
| Dry to Dry Assembly Extra:
Stir or mash your favorite blend of Paper Clay in water until it turns
to a paste adhesive we call slip. Liberally apply the slip to the two
pieces of dried Paper Clay and press them together. In minutes you
have a strong join. To cut a dried slab of Paper Clay, score a needle
line on the surface then snap it apart like glass. Box constructions
with bone dry parts assemble securely in minutes. When box side slabs
dry out flat before assembly they stay flat after.
| Single Fire Glaze Option:
Why pay more for bisque? Dry paper fiber hidden in bone dry paper clay
absorbs almost as much water as a bisque. Meantime the extra green
strength allows handling dipping, burnishing, rubbing applying terra
sigillata and etc. to bone dry ware. Stoneware reduction, woodfire,
electric, gas, pit, all methods suitable.
| Note: A few people are sensitive to mold and paper
clay does mold more easily that regular clay. |
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It should be noted that the paper content of these clays make it
necessary to reduce the amount of water added to the clay during
throwing. Excessive use of water will negate some of the forming
advantages that the paper produces.
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