Northcote Pottery Terracotta Clay 10kg

Northcote Pottery Terracotta clay is a strong, gutsy, 16# handbuilding body, excellent for burnishing with good green strength. Smooth enough for throwing, it fires a salmon pink to deep, rich orange depending on the firing temperature.

Excellent clay for school use, modeling sculptural busts or making garden ornaments etc. Fired with a suitable earthenware glaze to 1100ºC, this clay is ideal for all general handbuilding purposes. Often used in throwing large commercial garden pots.

Bisque Temp 1000ºC – 1100ºC / Glaze Temp 1100ºC

Terracotta clays can be used without glaze at 1000ºC – 1200ºC.

• Wet-Dry Shrinkage          6.5%
• Dry -1000ºC   “                1.5%
• Dry -1100ºC   “                4.5%
• Dry -1200ºC   “                5.5%

Traditional clays for pottery that have to kiln fired after shaping. Note: Due to the weight of each block of clay, a special delivery rate will apply depending on the quantity ordered. Please enquire at time of order.