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A smooth cream clay that holds up well on the wheel making it easy to throw and form. It has a smooth porcelain texture, but behaves like an easy to use stoneware. Behaves best at cone 5 as bloating can occur in some shapes when pushed to cone 6. Not recommended for hand building—use B Mix with Grog instead.
Please note that some forms made with this clay can be pushed to cone 6, but the claybody does start to bloat and slump at that cone.
Images: Oxidation (First Image), Reduction (Second Image)
Characteristics
Cone: 5-6
Wet colour: Light grey
Fired colour, oxidation: Cream
Fired colour, reduction: NA
Texture: Smooth
Consistency: Slightly firm
Average shrinkage: 12.0%
Average water absorption: 2.75%
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(4.00)Erin Published Thursday, 12 August 2021 I do like this clay, however coming here all the way from the USA I find it a little on the hard side to throw. I have successfully softened it with water and time, but I end up using it for hand building instead. Lovely clay to work, definitely doesn’t like to go hotter than cone 5
