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We carry KPS clays. All KPS Clays Conform To ASTM D-4236 Standards and are certified Non-Toxic.

There are no materials in any significant amount to pose a threat to your general health.

   

 

TAN SPECK STONEWARE  4-8. Beautiful, light tan body with just the right amount of speckling. An excellent body for all types of work. Very friendly clay. Accepts most glazes, easy to work with. A very attractive, warm body which will produce a dark speckle under most glazes. Contains granular manganese. 04 Bisque. Oxidation or mild reduction.
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CHOCOLATE STONEWARE.  4-8.   Nice dark brown body with consistent color. A very pretty dark reddish-brown body that glazes very well. This body is very well suited to functional work. Has beautifully clear, classic stoneware ring. Makes great wind chimes. Good for throwing or handbuilding. Light reverse speck from fine grog. 04 bisque. Fine grog. Oxidation, light reduction.


 BLACK RAVEN STONEWARE. 6   . A true stoneware, not a basalt-type clay. Beautiful flat black color that warms with a clear glaze. Because this is a high iron colorant clay, it will not take every glaze, but is striking with minimal glazing. The glazes this clay takes will be truly spectacular, the ones that don't work, you will truly hate. Please run test tiles, it is well worth any extra effort. Very attractive dark brown at cone 04 which deepens to black at cone 6. We recommend a cone 04 bisque with slow beginning and middle stage fire. Glaze firing should be slow in beginning stages. Contains manganese. Fine grog. Oxidation


MICK M MODELING. 6-10 Excellent sculpture clay. Very plastic like in consistency holds itself well. SMOOTH.  

                                                                                                                                            
CRYSTAL PORCELAIN.  6-10. A beautiful, crisp white domestic porcelain with porcelain grog. Warp resistant.  Bisque cone 04.         

                                                                                                
 KPS RAKU CLAY. 06-10.   Designed for extreme Raku thermal shock. Bisques very white, blackens nicely in post-reduction Raku firing. It's a fairly smooth textured, but tuff, plastic body. Makes working in raku easy. This is the closest thing to a universal clay body. It will work well for practically any application-low-fire to high-fire and anything in between, plus you can count on good glaze adhesion and fit all the way up the temperature chart. If you only want one clay, this is the one to use. Glazes very well. Has kyanite (a blue silicatemineral) to ease the thermal shock encountered in the normal raku process.


KPS STONEY SPECK. 06-8.    A very textured clay, both physically and visually. This clay just will not stop, you can work it and re-work it. It has no memory, it stays where you put it last and warping is not in its vocabulary. A very slow drying, easy to use clay that is beautiful to the eye and kind to the artist. Very well suited to sculptural and grand scale work. Contains manganese


KPS RED SCULPTURE.  06-8.   Toothy, yet plastic body that is well suited to small or large sculptural work. This is a sturdy, toothy throwing body. Bisque cone 04. Oxidation, light reduction.   


KPS SCHOOLHOUSE WHITE.  06-3..Traditional white earthenware body made with high quality, kid-safe ingredients to keep life good. Glazes very well. Plastic body with a small amount of beach sand. Bisque cone 04. 

KPS SCHOOLHOUSE WhiteStone  6-10.  A very smooth, plastic clay that will do what you want without complaining. A great throwing clay for small, medium and large work. Suitable for electric, gas, beautiful in wood, soda and salt atmospheres. In electric it is a light cream color, in a reduction atmosphere it goes slightly grey. 
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