West Coast Clay

Made with black sand from the wild West Coast. A blend we make right here in our studio, one that holds memories of our family adventures discovering our coastline.

A smooth vitreous (Cone 6) clay that fires to an black and slightly sparkly colour. excellent plasticity, workability and greenware strength. A versatile clay that is suitable for throwing all sorts of functional forms including tableware.

Best application: Good all purpose clay, suited to potters with experience

Chamotte proportion: 20 %. chamotte size range: 0 - 0.2 mm ( black chamotte )

Firing Colour: black

Recommended Firing Temperature Range: 1000-1240ºC

Technical Data (typical values)

UNFIRED

Moisture: 20.0% plastic

Loss of Ignition: 5.0%

Wet to Dry Shrinkage: 6.8% plastic properties

FIRED

Specimen Firing Temperature [ºC] 1200

Dry to Fired Shrinkage [%] 7.0

Water Absorption [%] 2.5

Water absorption

4% at 1150º

3% at 1180º

<1% at 1220º

<1% at 1280º