TKJ Throwing & Handbuilding Body 152-TKJ
Recommended firing range 1200-1300C / Cone 6 to 11
Indicative texture 4 (Smooth 1-Coarse 10).
A versatile clay for use on the wheel and in hand-building
Developed in collaboration with Tom Knowles Jackson with properties specifically suited to throwing on a momentum wheel.
The clay is responsive to work with on a slow moving wheel yet retains the plasticity necessary for full bellied forms and larger vessels and has excellent green strength.
Fires to a gentle warm brown in reduction and a golden buff in oxidation.
Contains 8% of BS Mesh -30’s grog/sand.
Standard full bag size 12.5Kg
“I wanted to find a clay that would give me beautiful body colour and texture in reduction as much of my work retains unglazed surfaces. As I throw all of my work on a McMeekin momentum wheel I needed to use a clay that was softer then most throwing bodies yet had the strength to stand up and take full bodied forms. I initially developed a recipe from a blend of Potclays’ commercial bodies – Staffordshire Stoneware for plasticity, Craft Crank for iron content and texture (in the grog content) and Reduction St Thomas for its throwing qualities and sand. This clay is a reworked recipe inspired by that initial blend to offer all of those qualities.” Tom Knowles Jackson
