We get all of our clays from Valentine Clays. We stock a variety at our shop in Pilling and would be happy to bring some with us if we are delivering / servicing for you. Our aim is to provide you with everything you need, so you can do what you do best and create.
If you require something in particular please get in touch and we can ensure we have it for you.
Stoneware Clays
Stoneware V9A – £9.41 inc VAT for 12.5Kg
Method: Throwing, modelling, casting
Firing range: 1120°C – 1280°C
An excellent general purpose modelling clay with contains Shropshire and South Staffordshire Fire clays with a fine graded, dust free grogg.
Stoneware V9G – £10.22 inc VAT for 12.5Kg
Method: Throwing, modelling
Firing range: 1120°C – 1280°C
The addition of grogg gives good resistance to cracking and warping. V9G behaves well under oxidising and reduction conditions.
Stoneware HT Special – £8.12 inc VAT for 12.5Kg
Method: Throwing, modelling
Firing range: 1120°C – 1280°C
This stoneware body is especially recommended for reduction, it contains extra additives to increase resistance to thermal shock. Suitable for oven to tableware.
Stoneware Delta – £8.15 inc VAT for 12.5 Kg
Method: Throwing, modelling, casting
Firing range: 1120°C – 1280°C
A pronounced speckle will appear through glaze under oxidising conditions.
Stoneware Special Fleck – £8.24 inc VAT for 12.5 Kg
Method: Throwing, modelling
Firing range: 1120°C – 1280°C
A carefully blended natural stoneware which speckled attractively under normal conditions. Heavier speckling under reduction.
Stoneware B17C – £11.44 inc VAT for 12.5 Kg
Method: Throwing, modelling, casting
Firing range: 1120°C – 1280°C
The body is a blend of selected low iron clays providing an ideal background for a decorative approach to stoneware ceramics. Silica sand makes it excellent for throwing too.
Stoneware B17CG – £12.26 inc VAT for 12.5Kg
Method: Throwing, modelling, hand building
Firing range: 1120°C – 1280°C
The body is a blend of selected low iron clays providing an ideal background for a decorative approach to stoneware ceramics. Silica sand makes it excellent for throwing too. With added mesh graded dust free grogg.
Stoneware Millennium White – £16.62 inc VAT for 12.5Kg
Method: Throwing, modelling, casting
Firing range: 1080°C – 1260°C
Ultimate white stoneware, firing whiter with a high degree of plasticity that will tolerate earthenware / stoneware conditions.
Stoneware Arctic White – £17.50 inc VAT for 12.5Kg
Method: Throwing, modelling, casting
Firing range: 1120°C – 1280°C
This clay body is the alternative to Stoneware B17C, offering a whiter colour but remaining suitable for throwing and modelling.
Stoneware Crank – £14.60 inc VAT for 12.5Kg
Method: Modelling, Hand building, slab building
Firing range: 1120°C – 1280°C
This body has a good degree of plasticity, containing a coarse silica grogg. Suitable for medium sized sculptural and slab work.
Stoneware Toasted – £7.34 inc VAT for 12.5Kg
Method: Throwing, modelling
Firing range: 1120°C – 1280°C
A carefully blended stoneware fire clay and etruria clay with a fine grogg additive. Pleasant reduction under normal oxidising conditions.
Raku – £12.53 inc VAT for 12.5Kg
Method: Throwing, modelling
Firing range: 900°C – 1280°C
A very fine fire brick grogged clay, suitable for throwing and modelling
KGM Body – £12.95 inc VAT for 12.5Kg
Method: Throwing, modelling, hand building, casting
Firing range: 1080°C – 1260°C
KGM Body has a wide firing range so is suitable at earthenware temperatures (1080°C – 1120°C) and at stoneware temperatures (1220°C – 1250°C) The body throws and turns well, can be used with hand building and also makes a good slip casting body.
St Patricks White – £17.17 inc VAT for 12.5Kg
Method: Throwing, hand building
Firing range: 1120°C – 1280°C
This clay is good for small and large pots and is a beautiful colour under oxidised and reduction firing. Also good for throwing and hand building where a smooth finish is required.
Earthstone Clays
ES5 (Original) – £18.66 inc VAT for 12.5Kg
Method: Throwing, modelling, slab building
Firing range: 1120°C – 1280°C
ES5 fires very white and is highly resistant to warping and cracking. The addition of a small proportion of carefully blended and graded molochite means that ES5 throws large pieces easily and responds well to press moulding and slab building. Highly regarded by professional potters.
ES10 (Extra Smooth) – £18.46 inc VAT for 12.5Kg
Method: Throwing, casting
Firing range: 1120°C – 1280°C
A highly versatile fine white body with a broad range of applications, it throws and casts extremely well and takes sprigged or stamped decoration
ES20 (Smooth textured) – £26.20 inc VAT for 12.5Kg
Method: Throwing, modelling, Hand building, slab building, coil building
Firing range: 1120°C – 1280°C
ES20 is a versatile clay that fires off white. The low shrinkage rate means it’s resistant to warping, cracking and thermal shock.
ES40 (Handbuilding) – £24.70 inc VAT for 12.5Kg
Method: Hand building, sculpting
Firing range: 1120°C – 1280°C
An incredibly strong clay, heavily grogged to make the most extreme sculptural forms and is highly resistant to warping and cracking. Suitable for handmade tiles and murals.
ES180 (Sculpting/Pizza Pody) – £13.75 inc VAT for 12.5Kg
Method: Modelling, hand building
Firing range: 900°C – 1280°C
A very coarsely grogged clay with beautiful texture. Suitable for pizza ovens, raku, large sculptures, saggers and hand built items. It has very low shrinkage, making it highly resistant to warping, cracking and thermal shock. Suitable for oxidisation and reduction firing.
Paper Clays
ES300 (Grogged Body) – £15.48 inc VAT for 5Kg
Method: Modelling, hand building, pouring
Firing range: 900°C – 1280°C
A buff stoneware containing a fine to medium molochite grog, suitable for medium hand built work.
ES400 (White Earthenware) – £15.34 inc VAT for 5Kg
Method: Modelling, hand building, pouring
Firing range: 1080°C – 1180°C
A smooth buff/white Earthenware, suitable for medium hand built work.
ES600 (Porcelain) – £19.82 inc VAT for 5Kg
Method: Modelling, hand building, pouring
Firing range: 900°C – 1280°C
Very white, smooth Porcelain. Suitable for small to medium hand built work with medium transparency at 1280°C.
ES950 (Air Drying Clay) – £28.73 inc VAT for 12.5Kg
Method: Modelling, hand building
Firing range: Air Drying
Suitable for anyone who doesn’t have a kiln. ES950 has unrivalled strength and plasticity with a super fine particle size, allowing production of very detailed forms. Can be decorated with acrylic paints and finished with a clear varnish with excellent results.
Earthenware Clays
LF White Earthenware – £14.57 inc VAT for 12.5Kg
Method: Throwing, modelling, slab building
Firing range: 1080°C – 1160°C
An off white clay with a wide firing range.
Standard White Earthenware – £14.84 inc VAT for 12.5Kg
Method: Casting
Firing range: 1080°C – 1160°C
This body produces excellent casting slip and gives good green fired strength. Suitable for once firing.
CWE – £13.58 inc VAT for 12.5Kg
Method: Throwing, modelling, slab building
Firing range: 1080°C – 1160°C
A white earthenware clay containing highly plastic ball clay and china clays. It has superb throwing capabilities and is suitable for slab building.
Terracotta Clays
Standard Red Terracotta – £7.39 inc VAT for 12.5Kg
Method: Throwing, modelling, casting
Firing range: 1080°C – 1180°C
An extremely popular general purpose clay.
Standard Terracotta Grogged – £8.10 inc VAT for 12.5Kg
Method: Throwing, modelling, casting
Firing range: 1080°C – 1180°C
The addition of grogg (10%) in this body improves strength in throwing and increases resistance to cracking and warping, especially on larger pieces.
Professional Clays
PF520 Ashraf Hanna – £25.22 inc VAT for 12.5Kg
Method: Throwing, modelling, hand building
Firing range: 900°C – 1280°C
The very best white raku body on the market. With over 55% molochite, this body can withstand the most extreme thermal shock. It has very low shrinkage, a medium texture and is highly resistant to warping and cracking.
PF540 Jim Robison Crank – £15.80 inc VAT for 12.5Kg
Method: Modelling, hand building
Firing range: 1180°C – 1300°C
A heavily grogged coarse crank clay developed for Jim Robison. Designed for producing large textural sculptural pieces, with low shrinkage it is ideal for ceramic murals and figurative work.
PF660 Black Chunky – £23.42 inc VAT for 12.5Kg
Method: Modelling, hand building
Firing range: 1080°C – 1260°C
Black Chunky Sculpture Clay has a beautiful texture and is excellent for big sculptures an murals. It is a strong body with very low shrinkage, good for building rugged sculptural forms. It’s robust nature also makes it ideal for architectural ceramics.
PF670 Smooth Textured Black – £24.00 inc VAT for 12.5Kg
Method: Throwing, modelling, hand building
Firing range: 1080°C – 1260°C
Smooth textured black is good for sculptures, hand building or large thrown pieces. This clay has been specially formulated to fire between 1080°C – 1260°C with very low shrinkage.
PF680 Smooth Black – £25.20 inc VAT for 12.5Kg
Method: Throwing, modelling
Firing range: 1080°C – 1260°C
Smooth Black contains a fine grog which gives a close texture to the body and a fine surface to finished pieces. This smooth finish should appeal to hand builders or sculptors who produce tiles or ceramic murals.
Porcelain Clays
Audrey Blackman – £28.69 inc VAT for 12.5Kg
Method: Throwing, modelling
Firing range: 1220°C – 1280°C
This porcelain was developed for throwing and modelling using the finest material available.
Royale Porcelain – £25.86 inc VAT for 12.5Kg
Method: Throwing, modelling
Firing range: 1220°C – 1280°C
Royale is a blend of Audrey Blackman and Special porcelain giving high plasticity and ease of handling.
Porcelain Grogged – £27.02 inc VAT for 12.5Kg
Method: Throwing, modelling, hand building 
Firing range: 1220°C – 1280°C
Translucent, very plastic and fires extremely white. Has fine molochite added to facilitate drying without cracking.
Special Porcelain – £22.56 inc VAT for 12.5Kg
Method: Throwing, modeling, hand building, casting.
Firing range: 1220°C – 1280°C
A high quality porcelain which contains finer white clays with a Bentonite addition.
Parian Body – £27.23 inc VAT for 12.5kg
Method: Casting
Firing range: 1220°C – 1240°C
Parian is a self-glazing body, extremely translucent and ideally suited for casting to produce figurines, dolls and light forms.
Raw Materials
Potters Plaster – £24.83 inc VAT for 25Kg