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These stains can be used to add colour to white and transparent glazes and to slips to produce coloured engobes and coloured clay bodies. They can ...

Manufactured from a very plastic white earthenware base, this clay has a Molochite sand addition which gives it a medium texture and excellent work...

(Underglaze colours in powder form for use in ceramics production. Powdered colours should be mixed with a suitable medium in the approximate propo...

Please note: there may be a delay in when you can collect this product at Kensington or White City. If we are unable to supply this on the date cho...

Manganese Dioxide MnO2 (coarse) If your are looking for added speckle in reduced darker clay, add some manganese dioxide: 2 - 10% in both bodies an...

The most reliable, oldest, and most widely used opacifier. Produces a softer white and less refractory (neutral) than zircon. 4 - 5% produces semi-...

Zinc Oxide is a raw material component in the production of frits and glazes. Normal zinc content for glazes is in the range 1-5%. Higher zinc cont...

The most powerful colouring oxide. This produces a deep blue or blue- black colour in lead and leadless glazes and a vivid blue in alkaline glazes....

A good general purpose kaolin. Kaolin is a soft white clay that is an essential ingredient in the manufacture of china and porcelain. Named after t...

Iron Oxide Red is used for its pigmentary characteristics within the ceramic industry - in glazes, underglazes and on-glaze colours either directly...

General purpose Leadless Frit with a medium thermal expansion, which is ideal as the major ingredient in earthenware glazes. Technical Information:...

In ceramics this strong oxide produces a transparent apple green colour under neutral or oxidising conditions, except in alkaline glazes when it pr...

Titanium Dioxide TiO2.  Used as a glaze opacifier. Adding up to 10% to a glaze will result in a creamy white glaze with a matt/semi-matt surface. T...

These ceramic bisque tiles are made from white earthenware low-fire clay. 5mm thick, 6" (15.3cm) Square. In ceramics Bisque or (Biscuit) refers to ...

Ferrous oxide, used in ceramics as a pigment in glazes and body stains. Please read the safety information prior to purchase and use: Safety Data S...

A good alkaline flux used as a substitute for soda and potash when a good craze resistance is required. Acts as a flux in earthenware and stoneware...

Used as a flux in bodies and as a major constituent in glazes. It melts at approximately 1200C. Excellent as a flux for stoneware glazes making gla...

Copper Carbonate produces an apple green colour in glazes when fired under neutral and oxidising conditions, apart from in alkaline glazes when a t...

Cobalt Carbonate CoCO3 This oxide produces a deep blue or blue-black colour in lead/leadless glazes and a vivid blue in alkaline glazes. The presen...

Nepheline Syenite is a stronger flux than feldspar for uses both in glazes and bodies.Analysis:9.1% K2O 7% Na2O 24.9% Al2O3 56% SiO2 Please read th...

Adding 1-3% nickel oxide to glazes produces a brownish-green colour, but in stoneware glazes with a high zinc content yellow to blue tones are poss...

DISCONTINUED - THIS PRODUCT WILL NOT BE RESTOCKEDA fritted substitute for colemanite (new formulation) in special effect glazes recipes and also as...

DISCONTINUED - THIS PRODUCT WILL NOT BE RESTOCKED Lead bisilicate is the frit generally used in low solubility glazes and standard borax frit for ...

DISCONTINUED - THIS PRODUCT WILL NOT BE RESTOCKED Natural source of calcium and magnesium. Useful as a secondary flux in porcelain and stoneware g...

Principal source of lime in glazes. Under reducing conditions it assists in celadon colour development. Assists hardness and durability, but an exc...

This Frit produces a beautiful crackle blue with the addition of copper. Firing range is 860C - 1060C. Harmful (Xn). Please read the safety informa...

An ultra fine form of Zircon used as an opacifier. Add 5 - 8% for semi opaque and 10 - 15% for fully opaque glazes. Please read the safety informat...

Used in a body flux in conjunction with feldspar to reduce thermal expansion and increase thermal shock resistance. It can also be use as a seconda...