2018 Edition Catalog prices are subject to change. Descriptions of our most popular clays: Low Temperature Clays Grey clays: High Temperature Clays

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1 Descriptions of our most popular clays: Low Temperature Clays Grey clays: L211 L212.A good all purpose low temperature body. Light buff colored. Good for throwing as well as handbuilding. Dries well. Used extensively in schools..a very smooth talc body which fires to a creamy light buff. Good drying characteristics. Red clays: L210.A silty smooth red terracotta clay body. Good all purpose body for use in schools. Can be thrown on the wheel as well as used for handbuilding. L215.A rich red terracotta clay with slight texture. Good for throwing and handbuilding. Darker in color, and a little sandier in texture than our L210. Raku clays: Raku.A lightly coarse body designed for use in the Raku process. A blance of materials makes this clay highly resistant to thermal shock while still having excellent throwing and handbuilding characteristics. While grey in the raw state, it actually fires white. H441G.A fairly coarse grey/white body. Good for handbuilding. It is dark grey in the raw state, but fires white. Great for Raku and scupltural work. Medium Temperature Clays White clays: M370.A great throwing body, amazingly smooth in texture. Can be used for handbuilding as well. Great for functional ware. Fires to a bright white color. High Temperature Clays White clays: H570.A great throwing body, amazingly smooth in texture. Can be used for handbuilding as well. Great for functional ware. Fires to a bright white color. Grey clays: H550.Our best selling high temperature stoneware body. Good throwing characteristics make it a great body for functional work. H435.Similar to H550, but with a bit more texture. More speck in reduction firing. H431.Similar to H550 and H435, but with a sandier texture making it a more robust body, and more speck in reduction firings. Less mature than the other two bodies. H441G.A fairly coarse grey/white body. Good for handbuilding. It is dark grey in the raw state, but fires white. Great for Raku and scupltural work. Red clays: H443.Our best selling red brown stoneware body. Throws well but also good for handbuilding. H440.Dark red clay. Fairly plastic which makes it a good throwing body. Heavy iron speck in reduction firing. H440G.A good handbuilding body. Fairly coarse texture. High temperature porcelain: P600.High temperature porcelain body. Smooth & white. P700 High temperature, smooth, very translucent porcelain. Buff clays: M340.Our best selling clay. A great throwing body, smooth in texture. Can be used for handbuilding as well. Great for use in schools. Fires to a buff, off white color. M325.A robust, finely grogged clay. Good general purpose buff/ yellow clay which can be thrown or handbuilt. Red clays: M332.Good handbuilding clay, red brown in color. Has a sandy texture. Great with glazes that show the body iron. M332G.A coarser version of M332. Extra grog added to the body makes it an excellent handbuilding clay. Stands up well for larger projects and has a very nice fired color, red brown. M350.A plastic very smooth clay with brown tan color. Very good for throwing. M390.A wonderfully smooth, and richly dark red clay. Great for throwing. Mid temperature porcelain: P300.Our most popular mid temp. porcelain. Smooth & white. Please inquire if you are interested in the origin, processing of the clay, or technical information including shrinkage and absorption. We have technical sheets available on all Plainsman clays. Plainsman clays Part of our large warehouse stock Clays & Slips, Page 1

2 Made in Canada. The raw materials that go into most Plainsman Clays are found on the Canadian prairies, making Plainsman Clays the only clay bodies available that are made from naturally occuring Canadian raw materials. Plainsman clays are labelled with an L, M, H or P prefix. This prefix refers to the temperature at which they are normally fired so that you can tell at a glance what firing temperature a clay is meant for. L refers to Low temperature: Cone M refers to Medium temperature: Cone 6, and H is for High temperature: Cone The P refers to Porcelain, and these are available in both medium and high temperature. Which clay should I buy? Picking a clay is a very personal choice. We carry many varieties of clay to allow you as much choice as possible, including Plainsman clays, Fairey Hy-Bond clays, and clays from four U.S. manufacturers: Laguna, Imco, Seattle, and Clay Art. This wide choice can make it confusing at first to know where to start. There are three major factors to consider when choosing a clay: temperature, color, and texture. 1. Pick a clay in the temperature range you are working in: low, medium, or high. 2. Choose the color you prefer. Colors range from white and grey, to red and dark brown. 3. Decide on the texture you want. Textures range from smooth to very coarse. For throwing on the wheel you will want a fairly smooth clay. If you're handbuilding, most clays can be used, but a coarser clay will survive the drying and firing process better. Some suggested Plainsman clays... Low temperature clays Throwing; Creamy Buff: L211, Red: L210 Handbuilding; Creamy Buff: L211, Red: L215 Medium temperature clays Throwing; White: M370, Buff: M340, Red: M350 Handbuilding; Buff: M325 or MSCULP, Red: M332 or Sculpture High temperature clays Throwing; White: H570, Grey: H550, Red: H443 Handbuilding; Grey: H441G, Red: H440G or Sculpture If you're not sure which clay to pick with all the different choices, give us a call and we can give you some assistance in choosing a clay. We have color sheets available showing the fired characteristics of Plainsman Clays. For more complete descriptions of our most popular clays, see the preceding page. Dry Native Clays: The following materials are the base components of many of the Plainsman clay bodies. These and other materials are blended together to create the various Plainsman clay bodies. These raw materials are available for purchase in 20 kg bags. We do not keep them in stock, but they are available on special order. Fire red Redstone Palestone Midstone Plasticfire Kaosand Buff fireclay Fire red... A high temperature, high iron fireclay with moderate plasticity and a slightly sandy texture. Redstone... A mid-temperature, naturally high iron, smooth, medium plastic stoneware material. Deep red at cone 6. Palestone....A general purpose, pale firing high temperature stoneware with good plasticity. Provides a good base on which to build high temperature stoneware bodies. Midstone....A general purpose, mid temperature stoneware clay of good plasticity. Buff colored. Good base for midtemperature clay bodies. Plasticfire....A smooth and very plastic ball clay. A high temperature material that can be added to a body to increase plasticity. Kaosand... A fine, light colored, kaolinized sand suitable over a wide variety of temperatures to add texture and improve drying. Has low plasticity by itself. Further technical information is available. Plainsman clays Clays & Slips, Page 2

3 The prices indicated below are per 20 kg (44 lb) box of pugged clay. The price is based on the total number of boxes in your order. Different clays, and clay from different manufacturers may be combined for the quantity price. Low Temperature Clays: cone 04-2 Modelling n/a...n/a...n/a... Varied consistency, scrap clay, low temperature only. H490-pitfire Mainly used for pit-firing. Red-brown, slight tooth. high temp clay. L Orangey-red, smooth. L Creamy off white, slight tooth. L Creamy off white, very smooth. Cone 04-2 L Rich terracotta red, moderate tooth. Medium Temperature Clays: Cone 2-7 M Off white/buff, fine grog. M Medium brown, sandy. M332G Brown-orange, heavily grogged. M Our most popular clay. Off white/buff, smooth. Very strong. M340GS Grogged & speckled M340. ** Cone 5 maximum for this clay. M Tan brown, smooth. M Creamy, bright white, smooth stoneware. Similar to BMix 5. M Rich, dark red-brown, smooth. High Temperature Clays: Cone 8-10 H Off white, smooth with a 15% addition of very fine sand. H Red-brown, moderate tooth. H440G Dark red-brown, heavily grogged. H441G Off white, heavily grogged. H Warm brown, slight tooth. H Off white, smooth. H Off white, smooth. H Creamy, bright white, smooth stoneware. Similar to BMix 10. Porcelains Polar Ice Our whitest, most translucent, most forgiving porcelain ever. Cone 6. P Our most popular porcelain. Cone 6. P Porcelainous white stoneware. Cone P Porcelain. Cone Specialty and/or Technical Clays These clay bodies are engineered with specific applications in mind. Please call ahead for availability. RAKU Excellent thermal shock resistance, strong body. MSCULP Sculpture body, buff / tan colour, coarse. Cone 6 WOODFIRE Helmar body promotes beautiful flashing w/o slips. Cone 10 SCULPTURE Vitrified, iron red. Throw or sculpt. Amazing plasticity. Cone 6-10 P Translucent, Grolleg based porcelain. Gorgeous at Cone 10 Dry Plainsman Clays: add $1.50 per bag to prices above. Bags of dry Plainsman clay are available on SPECIAL ORDER only Plainsman clays: stocked Clays & Slips, Page 3

4 Plainsman Clays: NON-STOCKED SPECIAL ORDER Clays: The following products are various Plainsman clay bodies which are available on special order. No minimum quantity is required to order a special order clay body, however, please inquire for lead times on the following clays. Buffstone (L202) Off white-smooth. Cone Terrastone (L205) Red, smooth Cone 04-2 L Low temperature white body. Cone 04-2 CUSTOM ORDER Clays: Plainsman no longer regularly makes these clays, and they no longer keep stock of them. They can made on custom order, but minimum quantities will apply. Inquire for pricing and lead times if you are interested. Maiolica....custom clay, inquire for pricing... Low temp red. Cone 04-2 M340G....custom clay, inquire for pricing... Off white, grogged. Cone 2-7 M custom clay, inquire for pricing... Brown, fine grogged. Cone 2-7 M375spk....custom clay, inquire for pricing... Brown, fine grog, speckled**note: Max. temp. cone 5 H custom clay, inquire for pricing... Off white, some tooth. H custom clay, inquire for pricing... Off white, smooth. Oxidation only. Cone 9-10 H custom clay, inquire for pricing... Dark brown. Now without grog. Cone 9-10 P custom clay, inquire for pricing... Porcelainous white stoneware. Cone 6. H custom clay, inquire for pricing... Light grey, light tooth. Mainly for use in oxidation. Cone 8-10 H550/ custom clay, inquire for pricing... Custom blend. Cone 8-10 NATIVE, DRY Clays: These dry materials are available in 20kg bags on special order and are used for making your own clay bodies. Please inquire for lead times and pricing. Fire red...inquire for pricing Redstone...inquire for pricing Palestone...inquire for pricing Midstone...inquire for pricing Plasticfire...inquire for pricing Kaosand...inquire for pricing Plainsman clays: not-stocked Clays & Slips, Page 4

5 Fairey Clays: same clay, different box Fairey & Co. closed their plant in January 1998, and moved to a new location. At that time they decided not to continue producing clays in the new location. The Fairey clays are now being produced at the Plainsman Clay plant in Medicine Hat. These clays are exactly the same as the clays produced for many years at the Fairey location in Surrey. Same materials, same recipe, same product. The only difference is that they are made in a different location, so they will now come in a different cardboard box. Fairey Clays The prices indicated below are per 20 kg (44 lb) box of pugged clay. The price is based on the total number of boxes in your order. Different clays, and clay from different manufacturers may be combined for the quantity price. Low Temperature Clays: cone 06-2 F White, fine textured F100G White, grogged Medium Temperature Oxidation clays: Cone 4-6 F Tan-brown, medium fine F White, medium fine High Temperature clays: Cone 9-11 F78G Brown, coarse Dry Fairey Clays: Bags of Fairey dry clay (20kg) are NOT stocked, and NOT readily available, but may be available on SPECIAL ORDER. Please inquire if you have any questions about the lead time or process. There are 2 ways to have dry Fairey clays made: 1. They can run any amount of dry clay when they are actually producing the same pugged clays. The Fairey clays are only made 2-3 times per year, so there may be a delay of 2-3 months while you wait for the production run of pugged clays. There is an extra mixing cost to do the dry clays this way: $2.00 per bag So, dry clays made this way are the same price as a box of pugged clay, PLUS $2.00 per bag for the mixing cost. 2. If you require dry clays sooner, it is possible to make dry clays at any time. However, 2 conditions apply: - 20 bag minimum: there is a minimum order required of 20 bags. - $135 custom order charge. there is a minimum order charge of $ regardless of the quantity produced. This applies whether 20 or 50 bags are made. So, dry clays made this way are the same price as a box of pugged clay, PLUS the minimum order charge of $ Fairey clays: stocked Clays & Slips, Page 5

6 Imco Clays The prices indicated below are per 50 lb. box of pugged clay. The price is based on the total number of boxes in your order. Different clays, and clay from different manufacturers may be combined for the quantity price. Medium Temperature clays: Cone 5-6 Navajo Wheel Dark red, smooth Navajo Wheel Dark red, grogged. Stoneware IC Brown, smooth.high Temperature clays: Cone 9-10 Sculpture Mix Straw tan color, coarse. Also good for Raku 8-11 Red Orange-brown, smooth Imco Clays - Special order only. Other clays are available from IMCO, but are not stocked at Greenbarn. Please inquire about lead times and the most current pricing. Imco clays: stocked Clays & Slips, Page 6

7 Laguna Clays The prices indicated below are per 50 lb. box of pugged clay. The price is based on the total number of boxes in your order. Different clays, and clay from different manufacturers may be combined for the quantity price. Low temperature Clays: Cone 06 WED clay Modelling clay for TV work. Not normally fired...em-217 EM White, very smooth talc body...em-210 Raku Coarse strong body... WC-548 Industrial Raku Good thermal shock resistance... WC-549 Medium Temperature clays: Cone 5-6 B-Mix Cone 5/6 version of B Mix. White, smooth... WC-401 B-Mix 5 with grog B-mix 5 with grog... WC-436 Calico Tan, medium texture... WC-871 Frost 'Super' translucent porcelain... WC-437 High Temperature clays: cone 9-10 Death Valley Red Buff-brown, med coarse... WC-835 Rod's Bod Grey, medium sand... WC-823 B-Mix White, smooth... WC-379 B-Mix 10 with sand White, with texture... WC-380 Big Pot Brown buff, coarse body... WC-371 WSO Light grey, with some sand for texture... WC-389 Big White White clay for large work, sandy... WC-381 CUSTOM Clays: custom stiffness of your favourite Laguna clay bodies can be made to order for you. 40 box minimum quantity applies and allow approx 4-6 weeks for production and delivery. For example: B-Mix 5 - pressing...n/a... n/a...ask for quote... Pressing - stiffer mix of Bmix: cone 5 B-Mix 10 - pressing...n/a... n/a...ask for quote... Pressing - stiffer mix of Bmix: cone 10 DRY Clays: dry versions of your favourite Laguna clays are available on special order. No minimum quantity is required to order, but pricing may vary depending upon whether or not Laguna stocks the body in its dry form, or if they will have to make it specially for you. B-Mix 5 - DRY DRY clay B-Mix 10 - DRY DRY clay SPECIAL ORDER Clays: There are also various Laguna clay bodies which are available on special order. No minimum quantitys are required to order special order clay bodies, however, please inquire for lead times and pricing before ordering. Laguna clays: stocked Clays & Slips, Page 7

8 Seattle Pottery Supply Clays The prices indicated below are per 50 lb. box of pugged clay. The price is based on the total number of boxes in your order. Different clays, and clay from different manufacturers may be combined for the quantity price. Low temperature clays: Cone 06 Raku White, coarse... SP-525 LF06 White White, smooth.... SP-500 Medium Temperature clays: Cone 5-6 Sea Mix, Cone White, smooth. B-mix clone... SP-640 Dove Porcelain White.... SP-660 Midnight Black. ** Note: Cone 5 Max. temp... SP-695 High Temperature clays: Cone 9-10 Kenzan Porcelain White... SP-850 Paper Clays: These clays have paper pulp incorporated into the clay body. Paper: LF Paper clay: low temperature: Cone SP-953 Paper: Vashon White Paper clay: mid temperature: Cone SP-955 SPECIAL ORDER Clays: There are also various Seattle clay bodies which are available on special order. No minimum quantitys are required to order special order clay bodies, however, please inquire for lead times and pricing before ordering. Seattle clays: stocked Clays & Slips, Page 8

9 Tacoma Clay Art Clays : color indicated below is after firing. Darcy's Redart-with Mica Darcy's Redart. Cone 06, red earthenware body. Notes: For identification, Darcy's Clay with Mica is marked "MD" on the box. SPECIAL ORDER Clays: There are also various Clay Art Centre clay bodies which are available on special order. No minimum quantitys are required to order special order clay bodies, however, please inquire for lead times and pricing before ordering. CUSTOM ORDER Clays: Due to low demand, Darcy's Redart - No Mica is no longer available as a regularly stocked body. This body can still be made for you if you wish, but a minimum purchase of 48 boxes is required. Since custom runs of clay may be slightly over or under 48 boxes, customers will be billed for any overrun or under run. AARDVARK Clays - Made by Aardvark clay in Los Angeles : color indicated below is after firing. Coleman Porcelain Tom Coleman porcelain: cone 10. White Notes: Manufacturer has expressed that they do not have a dry version of this clay available for purchase. Tacoma & Aardvark Clays: stocked Clays & Slips, Page 9

10 Low - Mid Temperature Casting Slips Laguna Whitestar Casting Slip (Cone 04) A low temperature white casting slip. 1 gallon (128 fl. oz)... $ gallon (640 fl. oz)...$ Laguna Mohave Red Casting Slip (Cone 04) A good low temperature red casting slip. 1 gallon (128 fl. oz)... $ Laguna White Stoneware Liquid Slip (Cone 6) A medium temperature white casting slip. 5 gallon (640 fl. oz)...$79.65 Vallauris Non-Firing Clay Vallauris (red-brown) and Plastisial (grey) clays are air hardening which are paintable with tempera or acrylic paints when dry. Good for children's activities and econimical becuase they don't require a kiln for firing. Specify Vallauris or Plastisial when ordering 5 kg...$ kg...$74.50 One to One Mix White firing clay. 2 x 50 lb bags; one bag of Pioneer Talc and one bag of KT 1-4 prepared clay. Soda ash and sodium silicate must be added. Requires some knowledge of slip preparation. Please refer to the dry materials section of our catalog for current pricing. Laguna Porcelain Casting Slip Cone 6 porcelain for casting purposes. We carry the pure white slip in stock, called Oriental Pearl. - Please see sculpture section of the catalog for pricing and details on these oil based clays for modelling ROMA Plastilina Roma Plastilina is the world's finest modelling material that is permanently pliable. It is the choice of professional sculptors the world over. Packaged in a 2 lb. block in either grey-green or white. Oriental Pearl 1 gallon (128 fl.oz.)... $22.89 Dry bag (50 lb)... $42.89 Grey-green is available in 4 levels of stiffness: #1-Soft, #2-Medium, #3-Medium Firm, #4- Extra Hard. White is available in 2 levels of stiffness: #2-Medium and #4 Extra Hard. Specify color and hardness when ordering. PRIMA Plastilina A "non-sulphur" plastalina. Does not contain sulphur, and will not adversely affect mold rubbers. Available in: #2-Medium, grey green only. Clay and Slips: stocked Clays & Slips, Page 10