Mid Fire Clay

OJR (Old Joe’s Red) is a Free Form clay body that fires to a warm terracotta color in oxidation. Excellent for both throwing and handbuilding, it’s a reliable choice for functional ware or sculptural work.

Black Mountain is a Free Form clay body with a sandy dark brown color in oxidation. It’s well suited for both throwing and handbuilding, making it a versatile option for ceramic artists.

Bubblegum is a Free Form clay body that fires to a playful pink tone at low fire — true to its name. As our most affordable clay body, it’s an excellent choice for beginners and is widely recommended for schools thanks to its low price point. Suitable for both handbuilding and throwing.

Bruce’s White is a Free Form clay body that fires to a smooth, creamy white. Highly versatile and well-suited for all forms of creating, it’s a reliable choice for both handbuilding and throwing. Its balance of quality and affordability makes it especially popular in schools and classrooms.

This pliable clay with smooth grog is ideal for sculpture, handbuilding, and throwing, making it a truly versatile choice. Its rich manganese and iron content gives it a deep, almost black color when fired in oxidation. Not recommended for firings hotter than Cone 5.

Laguna’s semi-smooth red clay body, known as "Santa Barbara Red," contains both sand and grog and fires to a classic paver tile red. Ideal for both handbuilding and throwing.

A gray-white clay body with fine sand that fires to a buff-white mottled surface. While ideal for sculpture, it’s also suitable for handbuilding and throwing.

Moroccan Sand is a Laguna Cone 5 clay body that fires to a light beige in oxidation. Fully vitreous, it is ideal for throwing functional ware and vase making.

With a smooth, porcelain-like texture, this white stoneware is a pleasure to throw and form. It fires to a creamy white color and is recommended for throwing as a more affordable alternative to true porcelain. Not ideal for handbuilding or sculpture.

This clay combines equal parts white stoneware and porcelain. The result is a versatile, fully vitrified, and highly throwable white body that fires to a soft off-white hue — ideal for both throwing and handbuilding.

Low in sand and grog, Speckled Buff features a smooth texture and is an excellent, versatile clay body ideal for both throwing and handbuilding. Its warm color palette evokes desert and Southwest tones, firing to a tan-brown shade.

This clay body shares the same working properties as regular B Mix. Smooth and highly plastic, it’s best suited for throwing, and prefers slow drying and thorough compression on rims and bottoms to prevent cracking. Not recommended for firings higher than Cone 5.

A red stoneware clay body with medium grog that is fully vitrified at Cone 5, making it ideal for functional ware and vases. Perfect for handbuilding and throwing small to medium pieces. Fires to a warm brick red.

Featuring very fine grog, this body offers a slight texture and minimal speckling, making it easier to work with than traditional B Mix. Ideal for throwing or handbuilding.

The whitest and most translucent of all the mid-fire porcelain clay bodies. Perfect for throwing delicate, refined pieces.

Smooth Red is an easy-to-use red stoneware clay body with no grog. Much like B Mix but in a rich red tone, it is ideal for throwing. Non-porous when fired to maturity. Fires to a vibrant red in oxidation.

This porcelain clay body, often referred to as "Miller," has medium translucency and is highly plastic — perfect for throwing and handbuilding.

Similar to Speckled Buff, this smooth, low-sand-and-grog clay is a versatile choice for throwing and handbuilding. Known as Plain Buff, it fires to a warm sandy color, perfect for a variety of creative projects.

Hagi is the most affordable Cone 5 porcelain clay, featuring a smooth texture ideal for throwing small pieces and handbuilding. It fires white, with low translucency.

Designed to achieve a rich brown color in electric kiln firings, this clay offers good strength for both wheel throwing and handbuilding. It contains 60 mesh sand, giving it a slightly coarse texture. Not recommended for firings higher than Cone 5.

A versatile, general-purpose clay suitable for all forming methods. Contains 60 mesh sand for a medium texture, and specks that may bleed into glazes. Fires to a gray/buff color.

This Cone 5 white stoneware body is ideal for medium-sized pieces and dinnerware. Enhanced with fine sand for added strength, it offers excellent plasticity and fires to an off-white color.