Northcote Terracotta PS2000 Clay 10kg

Description

Northcote Terracotta PS2000  10kg

A strong, gutsy, 16# handbuilding body, excellent for burnishing with good green strength. Smooth enough for throwing, it fires a salmon pink to deep, rich orange depending on the firing temperature. Excellent clay for school use, modeling sculptural busts or making garden ornaments etc. Fired with a suitable earthenware glaze to 1100ºC, this clay is ideal for all general handbuilding purposes. Often used in throwing large commercial garden pots.

Bisque Temp 1000ºC – 1100ºC / Glaze Temp 1100ºC

Terracotta clays can be used without glaze at 1000ºC – 1200ºC.

Wet-Dry Shrinkage          6.5%

Dry -1000ºC   “                1.5%

Dry -1100ºC   “                4.5%

Dry -1200ºC   “                5.5%