Christy Hawthorn Bond 20M
A Missouri fireclay, Christy Minerals is a family owned company, who are very responsive to potters needs. Christy Hawthorn Bond 20M is fairly coarse. Excellent for adding tooth to a clay body cheaper than adding fired grog.

Christy Hawthorn Bond 35M
This is the mesh size most frequently used in clay bodies. Fairly plastic; screen curve tends to be on the fine side.

Christy Hawthorn Bond 50M
A very fine mesh product. Will make your clay body very plastic and "slick." May lead to excessive drying cracking. Acts somewhat like a high temperature ball clay.


K-T OM #4
Kentucky-Tennessee Clay Company produces Old Mine #4 Kentucky Ball Clay. It is the standard clay for both clay bodies and as a glaze additive. If the recipe calls for "Kentucky Clay or Kentucky Ball Clay", use this clay. Although the original deposit has long since been exhausted, OM#4 is a consistent product blended to precise specifications. Very plastic, fairly white burning.

K-T Tenn #5
Tenn #5 is a whiter burning, less plastic ball clay than OM#4. Used extensively in porcelain clay bodies. These porcelain bodies may require a small bentonite addition to increase plasticity.

K-T Tenn #10
Tenn #10 is a very white burning ball clay with excellent plasticity. Always a candidate for white burning clay bodies.

Spinks C&C - not stocking
A fine grained, engineered blend, well known for it's excellent plasticity and fired properties. This extremely consistent blend is suitable for a wide variety of forming processes, where a high degree of plasticity is required, such as dry pressing, jiggering, RAM pressing and casting.

Spinks Champion - not stocking
A fine grained, engineered blend designed to promote excellent strength and fired whiteness. Ideally suited for all plastic forming processes and casting.

Old Hickory Volunteer
A Tennessee Ball Clay from Old Hickory Clay Company. Used primarily in pottery clay bodies.

Spinks New Foundry Hill Creme - not stocking
An intermediate grained engineered blend, offering excellent moisture retention and plasticity properties. Ideally suited for a wide variety of stoneware applications and wet forming processes.

K-T Kentucky Stone
Considered a direct replacement for Jordan (which was a stoneware clay) when the mine closed. A good quality ball clay with enough additional refractoriness to give it a stoneware quality. Great for as a ball clay additive for cone 6 to 10 stoneware clay bodies.

K-T XX Sagger
Another ball clay used occasionally. Larger particle size, less plastic. Don't let the word "Sagger" confuse you.


C.H. Ceramic Fireclay 50M -not stocking
A product of Cedar Heights Clay Company, Division of RESCO, Inc. This stoneware clay is pulverized, not air-floated, Goldart. See discussion below.

C.H. Goldart (Airfloated)
An excellent quality, consistent stoneware clay, used extensively in Cone 6 to Cone 10 clay bodies. Airfloated to improve plasticity.

C.H. Salt Lick - 30M
A stoneware clay with elevated levels of soda and potash. Can be used by itself as a cone 1 stoneware body. Also available in 50 Mesh.

Roseville - not stocking
A Southern Ohio stoneware clay deposit.


EPK Kaolin
Edgar Plastic Kaolin is exactly what it states, a plastic kaolin from Edgar, FL. Most kaolin clays are not plastic, but this deposit delivers a kaolin which is used extensively as a clay body and glaze additive. One of those special clays that imparts beneficial properties when a small amount is added.

6 - Tile Kaolin
A white firing, plastic kaolin from Georgia. A primary constituent in porcelain and white stoneware bodies. A source of alumina for glazes, which can affect glaze transparency and fluidity.

Grolleg - English
A fine grained, plastic kaolin from southeastern England. Very white burning. The main constituent in fine, white porcelain bodies.

Pioneer
Another white firing, plastic kaolin from Georgia. Slightly higher alumina content and refractoriness. Same uses as 6-Tile kaolin.

Kaolin - Calcined (Glomax LL)
This kaolin has been calcined to remove all chemical water, then crushed to minus 325 mesh. Add to a high alumina glaze to overcome crawling.


C.H. Redart
A Cedar Heights Clay for many years, this unique, high iron, very red stoneware clay from just south of the Ohio River is a necessary ingredient for most terra cotta bodies and as an additive, in varying percentages, to any red or brown burning bodies. Not very plastic. Particle size may vary, but with proper clay body formulation, will make an excellent terra cotta body, capable of a variety of colors, depending on firing temperature and atmosphere.

Barnard Clay - discontinued
A unique naturally occurring brown clay; high in iron and manganese. Used in clay bodies to impart special colors. Can also be used in glazes as a source of iron. We sell it to automotive photographers who are looking for a unique road dust color.