Δ MID: Cone 5 - 6 Clays


Note: Axner, Laguna and Miller Clays are formulated and categorized to perform as ^06, ^5 and ^10. Most clay can be successfully fired at varying temperatures (1 to 2 cones) above and below their indicated firing ranges. Variables do exist and testing must be done to ensure clay meets an individual's needs or circumstances.


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$0.85

A good wheel and handbuilding clay body, dark in fired color at Cone 6. Iron colorants in body enhance most glaze color developments.
$1.06

A pliable clay with medium grog. Excellent for throwing and hand-building alike. *Fires almost black in oxidation, it is not recommended to fire this clay in reduction. We recommend firing no hotter than ^5. Test glazes!
$0.95

Excellent coarse sculpture body with 60 mesh sand and 30 to 60 mesh grog. Nice range of firing colors from buff to dark tan. Low shrinkage.
$0.87

B-Mix 5's smooth, porcelain texture is a pleasure to throw and form, and it fires to a cream color in oxidation.
$0.86

Low in sand and grog content, speckled buff is smooth textured. An excellent throwing body. The color palette is perhaps best described as 'desert' or 'Southwest'.
$0.91

A speckled mid temperature, smooth, porcelaineous stoneware that is very plastic and workable. This clay prefers slow drying and ample compression on rims and bottoms to avoid cracks. *We recommend firing no hotter than ^5.
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A red stoneware clay body with medium grog and minimal porosity at Cone 6. A superior functional clay, ideal for hand-building and throwing small to medium pieces. Fires to a warm brick red color in oxidation.
$0.92

A very fine grog makes for a more forgiving body with a slight texture and minimal speckling.
$1.54

An exceptionally white and translucent throwing porcelain for Cone 5-6.
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Our popular ^5 B-Mix body with the addition of medium grog and Red clay to achieve a warm Orange Brown color. Very forgiving during drying and good for larger forms. Test glazes!
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Smooth Red is an easy-to-use red stoneware clay body with no grog. It is great for throwing and hand building and has low absorption making it great for functional ware. Fires to a nice red color in oxidation.
$0.86

Dark buff firing clay. Versatile, medium textured throwing body.
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Light sand color with fine specks. A stoneware favorite and excellent throwing body. This body has more fine speckling than our other speckled bodies. *We recommend firing no hotter than ^5. Test glazes!
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Excellent off-white stoneware clay for wheel work. It features a coarse mesh fireclay, with natural speckling that varies from piece to piece—adding depth and character to its fired finish. Used by many for functional pottery. Neutral
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Speckling in this clay bleeds through the glaze, giving the appearance of iron burning through – similar to reduction effects. Very popular throwing clay for production potters. *We recommend firing to ^5. Test glazes!
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Smooth white stoneware, good for throwing and production of functional whiteware.
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Same as the WC609 Miller #65 but with sand added, making it desirable for tile, slabs and handbuilding.
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A very plastic throwing clay, dark in color, featuring heavy specking. Creates excellent glaze effects with dark gray color and specks.
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A good wheel and handbuilding clay body, dark in fired color at Cone 6. Iron colorants in body enhance most glaze color developments.
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Similar to #40 but fires to red/brown in oxidation, very plastic for throwing.
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Formulated with fine grog and red art to obtain rich dark color. Good for outdoor pots as well as functional pottery and sculpture when fired to Cone 6.
$1.28

Translucent porcelain. An excellent grolleg body for throwing thin pieces.
$1.36

Grolleg Cone 6 porcelain. similar to Miller #15 with more ball clay, making it less white, more plastic and forgiving. Additional silica reduces crazing in some glazes. good for slab forming.
$1.08

Smoothest of our black ^5 clays, great for throwing. Fine grog makes for a very clean surface finish with minimal picking when carving. We recommend firing no hotter than ^5. Test glazes!
$1.10

Coarse body great for tile and larger sculptural works. Heavily grogged, pieces up to 5” thick have been fired with no bloating issues at ^5. *We recommend firing no hotter than ^5. Test glazes!
$0.99

Fires gray-stony white in reduction at cone 10, off white at cone 8 oxidation, and bright white at cone 05 (raku). A rough textured, low shrinkage body designed for large-scale handbuilding and tiles.
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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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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.