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Description |
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Ashley
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Popular body suitable for throwing and hand modelling. Contains a blend of Shropshire and South Staffs fireclays with a fine graded dust free grog. Both oxidising and reduction firing. Colour buff to grey. Fires at 1180° - 1280°. |
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Ashley / G
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As above with 10% 40 / 90 grog giving good resistance to cracking and warping. Colour grey buff to speckled grey. |
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Hales
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Recommended for reduction. Suitable for oven to tableware with excellent thermal shock properties. Contains a medium fine grog. Colour buff to toasted brown. Fires at 1120° - 1280°. |
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Hales / G
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As above with 10% 40 / 90 or 60’s dust free grog. |
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Bromley
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Low firing clay containing a fine 120’s grog. Colour buff to pale grey. Suitable for throwing or casting. Fires at 1180° - 1250°. |
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Fleck
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This body produces an attractive speckle under oxidising firing, with heavier speckle with reduction firing. Colour grey buff to toasted brown. Fires at 1150° - 1280°. |
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Toasted
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A pleasant reduction effect is obtained with normal oxidising firing. Suitable for throwing hand building or casting. Fires at 1140° - 1250°. |
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Aston
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A smooth texture clay firing light buff to grey brown, with a speckle appearing through the glaze under oxidising conditions. Fires at 1120° - 1280°. |
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Croxton
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Dual purpose clay, firing yellow at earthenware and dark grey with a slight speckle at stoneware temperatures. Fires at 1120° - 1160° / 1200° - 1270°. |
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White Fleck
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New body suitable for throwing and modelling. Fires off-white with pronounced speckle. Contains ball and china clay. Fires at 1180° - 1280°. |
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Norton
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Suitable for reduction and oxidising firing. Colour light buff to light grey. Fires at 1230° - 1280°. |
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Norton / G
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As above with grog added. |
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White
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A blend of low bearing clays gives a pale buff to light grey colour. Suitable for oxidising and reduction firing. Fires at 1240° - 1280°. |
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Offley White
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A blend of ball clay, china clay and fine white sand giving a white / ivory colour. Suitable for throwing and machine making. Fires at 1220 - 1270°. |
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Drayton
White
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A smooth texture clay with a white grog added. Fires off white and is suitable for throwing large pieces as well as fine detail work. The careful selection of clays and grog results in a lower than normal drying shrinkage. Fires at 1220° - 1280°. |
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Knighton
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Smooth white stoneware containing low iron clays. High content of ball clay with a fine sand added. |
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Knighton / G
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As above with 10% 40 / 90 grog added. |
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Buff
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Very plastic general purpose clay, excellent for throwing and modelling. Contains highly refractory fire clays with grog additives. Fires light grey buff. |
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Fairoak
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Excellent body for throwing and hand building. A speckle appears when fired to stoneware temperatures under oxidisation. Can be supplied with 10 / 12’s grog added. |
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Maer Multiclay
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The blend of five clays results in a very plastic and stable clay suitable for throwing modelling and machine production. Slightly higher in silica, this clay has found favour with potters who salt glaze. Fires at 1220° - 1280°. |
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Almington
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Medium texture clay giving a speckle under oxidisation. Maximum recommended temperature 1280°C. Medium grog added. |
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Hales Special
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Same as the Hales body but contains extra additives to increase resistance of thermal shock. Suitable for oven to tableware. Fires buff to grey. Fires at 1120° - 1280°. |
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Chebsey White
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A blend of selected low iron clays providing an ideal background for a decorative approach to stoneware ceramics. Silica sand makes it excellent for throwing. Fires to a pale buff. Fires at 1220° - 1280°. |
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Hopton White
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A good all round general purpose clay. Suitable for hand modelling, throwing and casting. Fires to a buff colour. Fires at 1120° - 1280°. |
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Ivory
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A superb plastic throwing clay, excellent for throwing and machine making. Good thermal shock properties. A blend of ball clay, china clay and fine quartz. Fires to an off white ivory colour. |
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Ivory / G
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As above with 10% grog added. |
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L.B. Reduction
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Highly recommended medium textured body. Suitable for throwing large or small pieces. Fires 1150° - 1280°. |
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