Clayman: Porcelain Clays

Code	Porcelain x 12.5kg	Sample	12.5kg	25kg	50kg	100kg	250kg	500kg	1000kg
1085	STUDIO PORCELAIN	2.00	20.16	32.84	48.12	109.52	270.40	436.80	772.80
1149	HF (CRAFT) PORCELAIN	2.00	21.96	39.54	68.52	116.00	280.20	446.40	744.80
1087	GROGGES PORCELAIN	2.00	19.86	37.68	69.24	122.24	295.40	468.40	955.20

Code	Porcelain-Specialist x 10kg	10kg	10kg	20kg	50kg	100kg	250kg	500kg	1000kg
1084	SUPERIOR PORCELAIN	2.00	16.11	31.68	77.20	126.80	278.25	597.50	1116.00
1086	IMPERIAL PORCELAIN	2.00	23.94	45.08	110.35	208.50	488.25	929.50	1784.00

1084 - SUPERIOR PORCELAIN

Firing Range: 1240-1300°C (Cone 7-10)

Pack Size: 10kg

Incredible new porcelain developed especially for the craft potter. Its high plasticity means it is excellent for throwing and handbuilding. It can also be rampressed and blunged into a casting slip. Fires to a snow white and develops good translucency at 1240-1250°C upwards. If you are a porcelain user can you afford not to try it!

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1086 - IMPERIAL PORCELAIN 4317

Firing Range: 1240-1300°C (Cone 7-10)

Pack Size: 10kg

The latest clay to be added to our range of Walker Clays especially imported from Australia. This clay has been developed to offer a beautifully fine, white translucent porcelain that is imperial by name and by nature. It is perfect for throwing, hand building and pressing. This body has been throughly tested by legions of Auzzie potters, who have offered many approving comments such as “it is a lovely clay”, “so good to use”, “strong”, “very plastic” and “good joining properties”. Therefore it is apparent only the finest materials have been used to produce a premier porcelain body that is bound to develop a global reputation. At 1280°C this outstanding white clay is vitreous, translucent and will stand up to any comparisons the discerning ceramic artist wishes to make. We think you will agree that Imperial Porcelain is the first of a new generation of porcelains.

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1085 - STUDIO PORCELAIN

Firing Range: 1220-1280°C (Cone 6-9)

Pack Size: 12.5kg

A high quality porcelain body using the finest porcelain china clays qith an addition of bentonite to aid plasticity. Suitable for modelling, hand building, throwing and casting.

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1149 - CRAFT (HF) PORCELAIN

Firing Range: 1220-1295°C (Cone 6-10)

Pack Size: 12.5kg

Strong, white and translucent. Throws well.

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1087 - GROGGED PORCELAIN

Firing Range: 1220-1300°C (Cone 6-10)

Pack Size: 12.5kg

Translucent, very plastic and firing extremely white this porcelain has added fine molochite to facilitate drying without cracking. The fine molochite helps to control the drying and shrinkage making this porcelain much more resistant to warping.

It can be used for throwing, handbuilding or sculpture work and can be fired in either oxidising or reduction atmospheres

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Peter Lane writes "Misty Mountain" is from a series of vessel forms thrown from Walkers 'Imperial Porcelain", decorated over paper resists with airbrushed, "Velvets" again and polished externally (as above). The inside is glazed with a white, satin glaze of my own mix. 1280 degrees in electric kiln. Sold from an exhibition at the St.Joseph Galerie, Leeuwarden, Holland 2004.

Walkers Clay from Australia - 01.02.2009
As many of your will be aware we have not had some of our Australian imported clays available for an extended period. The reasons are detailed below. We are now pleased to advise that 1067 PB103 is now in stock, as is 1069 White Mid-fire, 1084 Superior Porcelain and 1086 Imperial Porcelain. Unfortunately as you will note from below 1054 New World/5B and 1040 White Haze Raku are no longer available. These have been replaced by 1052 Feeneys Buff as the equivalent for the 5B and 1044 White Raku as the replacement for the White Haze. Although we have plenty of the Feeneys, we have only received a limited stock of White Raku, until our next shipment.

Walker Ceramics was an old family run business in Australia, that has now been purchased by the originator’s son. Their premises in Melbourne were also owned by the family. Due to a legal hitch they had to vacate these premises before they could find an alternative site to set up the manufacturing of all their clay bodies. To resolve the problems this caused they have agreements that Bendigo Pottery, Australia’s oldest working pottery, now make all Walker white bodies under licence. All Walker buff bodies are made by Feeneys, which is another clay company also owned under the Walker canopy. To add to the problems they faced, a clay pit that produced Hallam fireclay closed. This fireclay was the base for many bodies such as New World Mix and White Haze Raku. Alternative to this fireclay had also to be sourced and tested. This has meant that some of the bodies now have replacements. 1040 White Haze Raku is replaced by 1040 White Raku and is packed in 12.5kg bags. Also 1054 New World is replaced by 1052 Feeneys Buff, which is also packed in 12.5kg bags. We are assured that both alternatives perform equally as well as the clays they have replaced. To quote Walkers they say in respect of Feeneys Buff and White Raku “It is formulated to have very similar characteristics to the 5B just with a different production method – Hammer milled instead of filter pressed. It will however (as with the White Raku) appear darker in the bags as the Queensland clays have a higher organic content. It fires to similar appearance from 1000 – 1300. It should still be able to throw easily up to large bulbous forms and raku easily as it contains refractory grogs. These refractory grogs will contain NO CEMENTS –as they are made from new firebricks bricks.

NOTE:

We have changed the quantity break for clays in 12.5kg bags from 10 bags (125kg) to 8 bags (100kg)