Valentine Clays - the first choice of the professional potter

AUDREY BLACKMAN PORCELAIN (Very Smooth)

This porcelain was developed for modelling & throwing using the finest materials available. Due to high plasticity this body is not suitable for casting & is only available pugged.

Firing: 1220 - 1280°C (White and translucent)

ROYALE PORCELAIN (Very Smooth)

A new addition to our porcelain range. Royale is a blend of Audrey Blackman and Special Porcelain giving high plasticity and ease of handling.

Developed due to popular demand by potters throwing in Porcelains.

Firing: 1220 - 1280°C - (White & translucent)

SPECIAL PORCELAIN (Very Smooth)

A high quality porcelain which contains finer white clays with a Bentonite addition. Suitable for modelling, hand building and casting.

* Highly recommended

Firing: 1220 - 1280°C (White and translucent)

P2 PORCELAIN (Smooth)

An economy body giving a high degree of translucency at a slightly lower

temperature. Suitable for casting & throwing.

Firing: 1220 - 1250°C (White and translucent)

PORCELAIN GROGGED (Medium)

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.

Firing: 1220 - 1300°C (White & translucent)

INDUSTRIAL PORCELAIN (Smooth)

An extremely hard wearing Porcelain when fired upward of 1200°C. Suitable for throwing and modelling. Also used in grinding applications.

Firing: 1180°C – 1220°C - (White)

HARD PASTE PORCELAIN BODY – THROWING/ PUGGED (Very Smooth)

This porcelain has been formulated to replicate a ‘Continental’ type of hard paste porcelain. It is a high firing white body suitable for throwing.

Firing range: 1300°C - 1380°C - (White)

FINE BONE CHINA (Very Smooth)

This well known body is extensively used in the Stoke-on-Trent area by various Bone China manufacturers. Suitable for casting and machine making.

*Highly recommended

38 Bullers Ring – Firing Temp 1240°C - (White and translucent)

PARIAN BODY (Smooth)

The name Parian is derived from Paros, the Aegian Island famous for its beautiful white marble widely used for sculpture by the classical Greeks. Parian ware became very popular in the mid-nineteenth century and was manufactured by many notable Stoke-on-Trent potteries.

Parian is a self-glazing body, extremely translucent through a large temperature range. Ideally suited for casting to produce figurines, dolls and light forms etc.,

PLEASE NOTE: This body contains a very white felspar which uses a floatation method of particle distribution and some frothing may occur when making casting slip under high speed mixing. Slow agitation is recommended

Firing: 1200 - 1240°C (White and translucent)