White Earthenware Clay
The white earthenware range at Potclays offers versatile and reliable clay bodies, perfect for a wide variety of pottery practices. Whether you're using the clay for throwing, handbuilding, or slab building, this clay offers a clean white finish and excellent plasticity. The clean aesthetic provides a beautiful base for coloured glaze or decorative detail, and grogged and sanded options are available for the addition of tactile texture. Find a clay that meets your needs today, whether you are a beginner or an experienced ceramicist.
Discover our White Earthenware Range
Learn more about the earthenware options available to buy in this range.
Smooth Clay for Throwing and Decorating
The Studio White Earthenware clay is a refined clay that offers a smooth body that is ideal for working at the potter's wheel, turning, and detailed surface decoration. It has excellent workability and a low firing range compared to other options available, making it a popular choice in studios and educational settings.
The bright white colour of the clay enhances how it responds to glaze, and provides the perfect canvas for creative design work.
Strong Sanded and Grogged Clay
For creators looking for a white earthenware clay designed to offer more texture and strength, our Sanded and Handbuilding options are created for this purpose. Suitable for slab work and larger forms, the clay is less likely to warp and has a greater drying consistency.
Despite their tough demeanour, they are still able to maintain the clean white clay appearance, making them the perfect choice for functional yet decorative pieces.
Manufacturing Methods of Prepared Clay Bodies
Items marked with P have been finished by a panmilling technique. This method of production offers excellent control over grog and water contents, but also increases the likelihood of larger or extraneous particles arising in the ingredients during processing. Panmilled clay generally produces better moisture control in grogged products.
Clays marked with S are sliphoused. These are prepared in large batches, in slip form, which is finely sieved before or just following the addition of grog. The purified casting slip is then pumped into presses for dewatering before the pugging process. Sliphousing ensures the clay offers greater uniformity and virtually guarantees freedom from contamination. Grog is more difficult to control in these bodies due to settling from suspension and moisture content. Sliphousing is the best technique for smooth textured clay.
Clay marked with PB has been produced by a plastic blending process which yields bodies offering the purity and cost effectiveness of a sliphoused product, together with the tight control of grog additions that is offered by the panmilling process.
Why Choose Potclays?
At Potclays, we're proud to offer a range of products that have been curated thanks to 90 years of pottery experience and expertise. Find quality options like stoneware clay and Laguna Clay, as well as useful tools and accessories suitable for throwing, trimming, and more. Buy earthenware clay today.
Need help with picking the right clay for your project? Whatever the query, from bespoke requirements far beyond the standard to understanding firing temperatures, we're happy to help. Get in touch today.
