Peter J Pinnell on wed 25 aug 10
I'm teaching a clay body formulation section in one of my classes this =3D
fall and decided that it would be interesting for the students to =3D
compare the clay bodies that they formulate with some of the more =3D
successful bodies from commercial manufacturers in the US and Canada. =3D
This question is for those of you who use commercial bodies, have tested =
=3D
more than one and have found one that you think is very good: would you =3D
please send me the name of your favorite clay? I'm interested in low, =3D
medium, or high-fire clays. Please don't send me lots of names- I just =3D
want that one clay body that you use every day and couldn't do without.
You don't need to make a public endorsement (unless you want to, of =3D
course). Please feel free to email me off list.
Thanks,
Pete
Peter Pinnell
Professor of Art, Department Grad Chair
120 Richards Hall
University of Nebraska
Lincoln, NE 68588-0114
(402) 472-4429
John Post on wed 25 aug 10
Tucker's Mid-White cone 6. I get it from Bailey's pottery supply in
New York. The reason I use it is that Ron Roy set up their testing
program so it stays very consistent from batch to batch. It doesn't
get hot in the microwave because absorption is something Ron takes
into account. It has enough tooth to it to throw well and just a
smidge of iron from the clays in it (I'm guessing) so it is not a
stark white and it looks great with my glazes that contain iron.
John Post
Sterling Heights, Michigan
http://www.johnpost.us
On Aug 25, 2010, at 9:22 AM, Peter J Pinnell wrote:
> This question is for those of you who use commercial bodies, have
> tested more than one and have found one that you think is very good:
> would you please send me the name of your favorite clay? I'm
> interested in low, medium, or high-fire clays. Please don't send me
> lots of names- I just want that one clay body that you use every day
> and couldn't do without.
Craig Edwards on wed 25 aug 10
Hi Pete: It sounds like a class that most of us would like to take from
you!! Probably one that most of us could really benefit from. I hope that
your students know what a great opportunity this is for them.
My favorite commercial body would be Continental Clay's "Mid Fire White". I=
t
does well in electric, gas, wood and salt kilns. Works well on the wheel an=
d
handbuilding.
I'll respect your wishes and just stay with one clay body.
--
Make Good Pots
~Craig
New London MN
http://woodfiredpottery.blogspot.com/
Kiln building workshop October 15-22
Taku, Japan
karatsupots-workshop.blogspot.com/
On Wed, Aug 25, 2010 at 8:22 AM, Peter J Pinnell wrote:
> I'm teaching a clay body formulation section in one of my classes this fa=
ll
> and decided that it would be interesting for the students to compare the
> clay bodies that they formulate with some of the more successful bodies f=
rom
> commercial manufacturers in the US and Canada. This question is for those=
of
> you who use commercial bodies, have tested more than one and have found o=
ne
> that you think is very good: would you please send me the name of your
> favorite clay? I'm interested in low, medium, or high-fire clays. Please
> don't send me lots of names- I just want that one clay body that you use
> every day and couldn't do without.
>
> You don't need to make a public endorsement (unless you want to, of
> course). Please feel free to email me off list.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Pete
>
> Peter Pinnell
> Professor of Art, Department Grad Chair
> 120 Richards Hall
> University of Nebraska
> Lincoln, NE 68588-0114
> (402) 472-4429
>
Vince Pitelka on wed 25 aug 10
Hi Pete -
At the Craft Center we mix all our own claybodies, but I usually teach
between 4 and 7 workshops per year elsewhere. For all the handbuilding
workshops I specify a white or buff body with very fine sand or grog but
otherwise leave it up to the hosting venue. Most of them prefer cone-6, an=
d
the claybody most often provided for my workshops has been Laguna cone-6
B-Mix with sand. I find it a very cooperative claybody, and I like it in
the cone-6 soda firing.
- Vince
Vince Pitelka
Appalachian Center for Craft
Tennessee Tech University
vpitelka@dtccom.net; wpitelka@tntech.edu
http://iweb.tntech.edu/wpitelka
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