Raw Materials

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...

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...

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

Black nickel produces browns, blues, grays and yellows in glazes. It can also tone down more intense colorants such as cobalt and copper. Maximum ...

An organic cellulose gum which functions as a thickener, binder, and suspending agent in glazes. Can also be used as a binding agent for glass powd...

A type of feldspar which can be used in glazes. It is not desirable in clay bodies.

Source of magnesium in glazes. Imparts strength and color with little shrinkage. In larger proportions, it produces a dry opaque quality to glazes.

Common glaze colorant. Green nickel produces a variety of browns, blues, grays and yellows depending on the presence of other materials in the glaze.

Safety Data Melting Point 650°C It can be used in combination with rutile and titanium as a yellow body stain, and frequently is used in glass as ...

Opaque glaze in the Laguna Cone 5 Dry Glaze Series. An opaque, white gloss glaze which contains tin to give it a bright clean white color. Medium a...

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...

Most often used as a specking agent in clays.

Can be used to increase plasticity in porcelain bodies instead of Potash Feldspar; a complex material similar to and sharing properties with Potash...

A natural hydrated earthy ferric oxide. Contains hydrated iron oxide. Can be calcined at 550-600°C.

Cedar Heights Gold Art is a selectively mined, plastic stoneware clay which is airfloated to 200 mesh particle size. It offers excellent working pr...

Produces grey brown colors in engobes and in underglazes that include zinc. If tin is present it may produce pink and reddish browns. Can also be a...

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...

A refractory material used to reduce shrinkage in clay bodies. Because of its interlocking crystal structure it also gives strength to clay bodies. 

A naturally mined iron titanium oxide mineral. It is generally black as sand, odorless, tasteless, opaque under a microscope, non-flammable and ins...

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...