clay potting mix SP648 Sea Mix 6 Mid-Range Pottery Clay

clay potting mix SP648 Sea Mix 6 Mid-Range Pottery ClayFIRING RANGE: CONE 4 6 (2167 2232F) Wet Color: Gray Firing Color: Oxidation: Off White Texture: Slightly Smooth (< 5% grog) Avg. Total Shrinkage: 11. 32% at 5; Avg. 5 Absorption: 1. 64% With Grog Avg. Total Shrinkage: 11. 08%; Avg. 5 Absorption: 1. 60% With Sand Avg. Total Shrinkage: 10. 29%; Avg. 5 Absorption: 1. 47% Designed as a replacement for (and evolution of!) our popular Sea Mix 5 clay, Sea Mix 6 is an extremely workable mid range stoneware

FIRING RANGE: CONE 4 - 6 (2167-2232ºF)

• Wet Color: Gray
• Firing Color: Oxidation: Off-White
• Texture: Slightly Smooth (< 5% grog)
• Avg. Total Shrinkage: 11.32% at ∆5; Avg. ∆5 Absorption: 1.64%
• With Grog Avg. Total Shrinkage: 11.08%; Avg. ∆5 Absorption: 1.60%
• With Sand Avg. Total Shrinkage: 10.29%; Avg. ∆5 Absorption: 1.47%

Designed as a replacement for (and evolution of!) our popular Sea Mix 5 clay, Sea Mix 6 is an extremely workable mid-range stoneware that is so easy to use it makes you feel like a pro. An excellent clay body with all of Sea Mix 5’s superpowers, it’s great for throwing and sculpting alike, and fires to a soft off-white. Makes your mid-range glazes pop. Ideal for throwing, hand building, jiggering, pressing, and dinnerware… just for starters.

A quick note on what is new about the (new) Sea Mix 6

We’ve tweaked the Sea Mix 6 formulation because of the G200 Feldspar shortage. For those of you who have already tried—and loved—it, never fear! We’ve found a chemically identical feldspar through another source, and after many rounds of testing, we like the (new) new Sea Mix 6 even more than before!

Want more detail? You can read all about the new Sea Mix 6 clay and the Custer Feldspar and G200 Feldspar shortages.