Tony Hansen on thu 1 may 03
At Plainsman Clays we just got a new low fire red
from one of the quarries from the parent brick
company. Better than 95% passes a 325 mesh screen
and it is very plastic, it takes about 25% or more
of a non-plastic to create a great throwing body.
Hopefully we can mine a couple thousand tons and
have enough to last many years.
It fires a dark red yet the raw clay is a light
greenish color, it is not messy to work with.
We are trying to work it into our L210 body, that
should improve it drastically.
Look out, Kat and Tony are going to be making
flower pots.
> I used Lizella clay this winter when I was in Florida. I loved it. I
> bought it at Montoya Stone Sculpture supplies in West Palm Beach. I used
> it for coil built sculptures. They said it fires up to cone 6!!! I\'ve
> only bisque fired it so far.
> Brenda
> Suquamish, WA
> >Don\'t know who sells it anymore but I love Lizella terracotta clay, fron
> >Georgia. I used to get it through Clay Factory in Tampa, Fla. (no longer in
> >business). Learned to throw with it. Lots of grog so it can be tough on
> >the hands but holds up well when fired to 06-04. A web search might dig up
> >a supplier. Aslo there was a Clayart discussion in the past year or so
> >about low fire bodies so an archive search may turn something up.
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Tony Hansen
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