Raw Materials

An economical, high purity, off-white talc. A major component in low fire, Cone 06-Cone 2 lighter colored clay bodies.

It is a source of Lithia for glazes. A strong flux, beginning to aid in the melting of glazes at 1472°F. Used extensively as a secondary flux in le...

Used with other frits and raw materials at Cone 06 to Cone 01. Melting Range 1600°.

Substitute for Spodumene. A source of lithia, which is a flux, that helps to develop copper blue tone glazes. Can replace feldspar and also reduces...

AKA Flint. The most common source of silica in clay bodies and glazes. Increases the thermal expansion in clays and decreases thermal expansion in ...

This is classified as a Dark Rutile. This is the same mineral as the ceramic grade rutile but this has not been calcined.

Hydrated alumina is a fine granular white powder that is typically added to glazes as a source of alumina.  Hydrated aluminas are fine granular whi...

Important opacifier. Often used in glaze to affect acid resistance, color and texture.

Similar to calcium. Also used as barium carbonate substitute.

Very fluid, clear Cone 06 frit. Melting Range 1500°.

A very plastic magnesium clay containing colloidal matter which in small amounts lends plasticity to a clay body. Also used as a suspending agent i...

Grog is a hard-fired clay crushed to various mesh sizes. It may be added to clays for tactile and visual texture. It can aid in opening the body fo...

81% Fe2O3 , this imported, natural iron oxide is bright red in its raw form.

Ferric oxide. Produces various shades of brown or green when used as a glaze colorant or decorative oxide. In high fire matt glazes, iron oxide and...

An important source of calcium phosphate made from calcined cattle bones. Real bone ash is chemically inert and free of organic matters. Calcium ac...

This is an active flux which serves an important function as a deflocculant in preparing liquid slip. It increases strength and workability and red...

A high calcium/sodium, low alumina frit for Cone 06. Often used in crystal glazes. High expansion. Melting Range 1600°. 

A versatile colorant used in glazes to most commonly produce various green tints.

This Cornish Stone substitute is a calcium feldspar mineral used as a major constituent of glazes, and occasionally as a flux in bodies. Cornwall S...

This is the main source of barium oxide in glazes where it functions as a flux and assists in producing matte finishes. It is also used to neutrali...

2lb Minimum order Alberta Slip is an excellent substitute for the very popular Albany Slip, which has not been mined for over a decade. Like classi...

Through years of formulation and reformulation, Karl Miller developed Albany Slip Substitute which is intended to reproduce the physical and perfor...