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Artemis White Grogged Stoneware 1230-1300C 164-arte

£19.74 GBP

Artemis White Grogged Stoneware 1230-1300C

Artemis White Grogged Stoneware 164-ARTE

  • Recommended firing range 1230-1300C / Cone 6 to 10
  • Indicative texture 1-2 (Smooth 1-Coarse 10).
  • Artemis is a smooth white stoneware clay body with 40% fine grog (up to 80 Mesh).
  • Ideal for wheel-throwing and modelling fine detail, and is particularly suited to crystalline glazes (see Jose Maria Mariscal's website here).
  • The high grog content provides excellent performance during drying and firing.
  • Ivory in colour after firing, giving an excellent base for glazes and colouring oxides.
  • Supplied in a 12.5kg bag.
  • Manufactured by SIO2 (Spain)

SIO2 technical data:

  • Biscuit: Cone 06 (1020ºC)
  • Water content: 19%
  • Plasticity (IP Atterberg): 16
  • Carbonate content (CaCO3): 0%
  • Drying shrinkage: 5.9%
  • Firing shrinkage at Cone 10: 7.0%
  • Porosity (water absorption) at Cone 10: 0.0%
  • Dry bending strength: 3.0 N/mm2
  • Fired bending strength at Cone 10: 45.3 N/mm2
  • Thermal coefficient (a25-500ºC): 52.6x10-7ºC-1"