Plainsman Sculpture Cone 6-11 Ceramic Clay Body, 20 kg

Plainsman Sculpture Cone 6-11 Ceramic Clay Body, 20 kg

Highly grogged highly plastic sculpture body.
This body is built on a 50% base of kaolin and ball clay along with 20% of a fine red earthenware with the remainder a high quality grog.
This body is a major departure from traditional Plainsman style native grog bodies. It employs a fine particled, smooth and plastic base clay. This produces a body that is less susceptible to water splitting (while traditional Plainsman sculpture bodies have other advantages, they do split when exposed to water during the sculpting process). Sculpture clay is also more heavily grogged and the grog particles are all coarse (there are no fines like our other sculpting bodies).

From a firing point of view, this body is also a significant departure from typical scupture bodies: it fires much more vitreous, thus overhung shapes may warp (although you do have the option of firing to a lower temperature for more fired stability). In addition it employs a low fire red clay to impart fired color (rather than refractory red) to achieve both its tan to brown burning color and maturity.

Although glazing will not be common, you will find that the more dense matrix of fine clay will produce less glaze defects. At higher temperatures the body fires a darker tan to brown, so light colored glazes will be darkened to some extent.

Proudly Manufacturered in Canada by Plainsman Clays.

Storage: Protect ceramic clay bodies from direct sunlight, avoiding excessive temperature changes and protect from frost.

Use: It is recommended to test clay body prior to large scale use in order to verify suitability in both the ceramic process (shaping, drying, firing and decoration) and the final application that is expected to be obtained.