Our customers frequently tell us...
"Axner Clay is the best I have ever used!"
Here are the reasons why...
Axner Clay Formulations
Axner Premium Clays are formulated to work well for both the potter and the end user. The potter will find that our wide range of bodies handle well and form easily. They are made from high quality ingredients that come from mines that provide consistency. Our formulations have been well tested for many years by thousands and thousands of potters. The end user will find the wares made with Axner Premium Clay to be durable and resistant to rigors such as having a casserole go from the refrigerator to the oven. Visually, Axner Premium Clays come in a stunning range of colors and textures. Our clays have been tested in many ways, such as with a dilatometer, to assure that they will not be subject to the many faults that plague poorly formulated clay bodies. And we continually retest our clays, over and over again to assure that you will always have the very best quality.
WE TEST EVERY BATCH!
A sample of every batch of clay that comes out of our mixer goes to our testing lab, from which test bars are made. The bars are stamped and fired. We measure the shrinkage of the test bars. We boil the tests bars and weigh them prior and after in order to measure the water absorption. And we visually inspect the test bars. And then we send the results off to our clay consultant for further review. In this way, we assure that every batch of clay is of the same consistent quality as it always has been. Any batch that does not yield good test results gets trashed!
Our Commitment to You
Our goal is to offer you the best performing, highest quality, and most consistent clay that you will be able to find anywhere. The procedures and people that we have put in place makes this goal highly achievable and we are ready to prove it to you.
 (EM-700 - WC-909)
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 (WC-900 - WC-909)
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 (WC-910 - WC-918)
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 (EM-750 - WC-953)
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 Real Colored Clays
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 Mixing Custom Formulations
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 Liquid Slips for Casting
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Fires very white at Cone 05 and is also a smooth all-purpose body for throwing and hand-building. We developed this body because it has a different contraction-expansion ratio than EM-702 thus allowing it to fit many more commercial clear glazes.
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Fires very white at Cone 05 and is the same as the EM-700 clay, but with the addition of 5% fine grog. Like EM-700, it also is an all-purpose body for throwing and hand-building.
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Fires very white at cone 05 and is a smooth all-purpose body for throwing and handbuilding. It provides good workability and drying. This is our original low white body and it is very popular.
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Fires very white at cone 05 and is a slightly coarse all-purpose body due to the addition of 5% fine grog for added tooth for throwing and handbuilding. It provides good workability and drying.
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Fires pink-brown at cone 06, medium red-brown at cone 04. This smooth, slightly sticky body is for handbuilding or throwing, and accepts commercial low-fire glazes. Used extensively when plasticity must be retained over a long working period.
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This is Axner's version of the well-liked, red majolica clay body. This particular red earthenware has more tooth than EM-704 or EM-706. This helps the clay stand up better when thrown and contributes to lower dry shrinkage.
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This deep red earthenware is an excellent backdrop for the colorful majolica decoration. It almost vitrifies at earthenware temperatures which lends itself to functional forms as it is more resistant to leaking and breakage.
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This popular, and well published, low fire red clay body was developed by Stanley Anderson, a well known Majolica artist.
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The ultimate in red majolica, EM-708 uses fine grog making it great for throwing and handbuilding. This clay stands up well when thrown, alters forgivingly, fires well, and cleans up easily. Perfect for majolica and all glazes up to cone 03.
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Great for large works and tiles. This clay is unusually strong in the green state and in the fired state. It has a warm beige colored tone when fired. It has a relatively low shrinkage. It is grainy to the touch, but smooths nicely.
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This body is very white and throws well. Contains Kyanite.
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For a raku body, this clay throws EXTREMELY well. It fires to a buff color at cone 6 oxidation and lighter at cone 05 (raku). It is a dense, very plastic body designed primarily for raku work. It contains 20% of a medium coarse grog.
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Fires gray-stony white in reduction at cone 10, off white at cone 8 oxidation, and bright white at cone 05 (raku). It is a rough textured, low shrinkage body designed for large-scale hand-built sculpture and tile work.
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Fires very white at cone 05 and is a smooth all-purpose body with the addition of paper fiber which makes it best suited for handbuilding. It provides good workability and drying. This is our original low white body with the addition of paper fiber.
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Smooth, plastic, talc-free white firing clay, suitable for throwing and sculpture. Ideal for beginners and schools.
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This is the whitest of our mid-range stonewares. It handles well for both throwing and hand-building. It has been reported to be a good body in soda glaze firings.
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This is Axner's Cone 5 version of our cone 10 Maccabee Mix. This is Axner's response to Laguna's B-Mix, which is one of the most popular clay bodies in the United States. It is white and smooth. It is similar to porcelain but it throws like a dream.
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Fires slightly gray-white at cone 5 reduction. It is a smooth, robust, plastic body for throwing and handbuilding, and is easy to trim and dry. This porcelain throws so well you will be surprised (it is very similar to throwing a good stoneware).
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This is a similar clay to Trevor’s Smooth Stoneware (a former cone 9 - 10 stoneware Axner clay) but it has been fluxed for use at cone 5. A good compromise between porcelain and stoneware.
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Fires warm off-white at cone 6 oxidation and is an all-purpose body for throwing and handbuilding. It has a non-sticky texture with some tooth from the addition of 5% of 35 mesh grog.
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Granular Manganese is added to this body to give it a speckled look. Speckles sometimes burn through glaze thus giving a reduction-like appearance even when fired in an electric kiln.
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This body fires light brown at cone 5 oxidation and is an all-purpose body for throwing and handbuilding. it is very responsive, plastic and has a slightly greasy feel. Contains 5% of 35 mesh grog.
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Granular Manganese is added to this body to give it a speckled look. Speckles sometimes burn through glaze thus giving a reduction-like appearance even when fired in an electric kiln.
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Tom Sawyer loves the way EM-711 throws but he wanted a rich stoneware color for his cone 5 electric kiln. It was suggested to wedge together 50% WC-906 and 50% EM-711. He did and claims that it is the best performing clay that he has ever tried.
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This clay body is remarkably resistant to cracks and warps. It is highly grogged and beautiful in color (it almost looks like a reduced stoneware when fired at cone 5 in an electric kiln). Does well at cone 5 and can possibly go higher.
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