Raw Materials

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

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...

Alumina Oxide is an intermediate oxide, and is used to stabilize fluxes and glass formers that compose glazes. It is calcined and ground to 325 mesh.

Alumina Oxide is an intermediate oxide, and is used to stabilize fluxes and glass formers that compose glazes. It is calcined and ground to 325 mes...

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...

This is a blend of minerals that closely simulates Barnard (Blackbird) Clay, a widely used clay that contains iron and manganese.

A very fine-grained plastic clay of volcanic origin containing colloidal matter. Used in small amounts as an additive to clays to aid in plasticity...

This is the oldest glaze colorant known. It is a strong flux and will produce fluid glazes. Can produce copper reds in reduction firings. TOXIC IN ...

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...

A water soluble, low temperature flux which lowers the fusion point of glazes and promotes a smooth melt. A source of sodium and boric oxide in gla...

H3BO3 or B2O3.3H2O  Boric acid is a water-soluble boron mineral. Boric Acid is used as a B2O3 source in the formulation of frits and glazes. Ty...

CaCO3 This is the most common source of calcium in glazes. It is a high temperature flux that gives durability and hardness to glazes. Whiting 325 ...

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

A fine, particled, lavender powder used as a colorant in glazes and slips. It is the most stable and reliable colorant. Produces various shades of ...

Co3O4, CoO A reliable, stable, black powdered oxide. In small amounts it produces consistently strong blue tones. Used as a glaze colorant and bru...

A green powder used as a glaze colorant. Depending on conditions and formulation it may produce green, blue-green or copper red. TOXIC IN RAW FORM ...

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...

The Standard 112 Speckled Brown Clay is a plastic clay for wheel throwing and handbuilding. Manganese gives off speckling surface. This clay delive...

A soft warm beige in oxidation, rich gray brown in reduction. Responds well to all techniques. Excellent for production potters and classroom use. ...

A secondary water washed kaolin mined in Florida. It is fairly plastic and very white firing compared with most other American kaolins. It has exce...

A stoneware clay blended from several deposits to maintain consistent chemistry.  Foundry Hill Cream is similar to a ball clay in that it is highl...

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