Feeneys Dark Stoneware Pottery Clay

Feeneys dark stoneware is a rich dark and tactile clay body. Based on a general, plastic fireclay body and stained with iron and manganese giving amazing firing results.

This clay body is perfect for all making techniques, throwing, hand building, raku and wood firings.

The clay body fires to a lovely buff earthenware, moving to a cinnamon warm brown colour when fired higher at stoneware. The clay body is a deeper brown with iron flecks under reduction.

Bisque: 1000°C-1060°C Orton Cone 06-04

Firing range: 1060°C-1300°C Orton Cone 05-10

Texture: Medium

Shrinkage wet to dry: 4.5%

Shrinkage wet to bisque: 6.7%

Shrinkage wet to fired: 9.2% 1280°C

Absorption: Bisque = 14.8%

Vitreous temperature: >1300°C Orton Cone 10