Description
We’re all excited at Stone Leaf to offer this discounted clay. A speckled version of a store favorite, Speckled Brown Bear is a lovely dark brown clay body with excellent plasticity. It’s commonly thrown with, though it can also hold up well as a sculpting clay. Its silky smooth texture is enough to enchant any wheel-thrower, along with lovely specks that show through glazes. These specks can be defined or smaller in appearance depending on the glaze. This clay gives a nice warmth to glazes, giving that reduction look to them in oxidation. Try white, green or blue glazes with this one, they tend to look beautiful against its dark chocolate coloring! Grab a bag today!
INFORMATION FROM KENTUCKY MUDWORKS:
THIS CLAY LOOKS BEST WITH OPAQUE LIGHTER SHADE GLAZES WHERE THE SPECKS CAN BE SEEN EASILY. THE SPECKS CAN BE OUTSTANDING OR SUBTLE. IT JUST DEPENDS ON THE GLAZE YOU CHOOSE.
**We recommend bisque firing SLOW speed between ^06 and ^04 and always SLOW speed glaze firing.
A nice super smooth, plastic body that fires a dark chocolate brown at cones 5-6. Matures cone 5-6. Won't bloat at soft cone 7 if fired slow through the last 300-400F. Contains no grog. Gives nice warmth to glazes, giving that reduction look to them in oxidation.
*Our tests with our Super clear glaze gave us little to no bubbles or green tint to the clear glaze.
Contains less than 2% Manganese.
Characteristics
Cone: 5-6
Avg. Shrinkage 2±%: 15%
Avg. Water Absorption 1±%: 0.5%
