Dover

Description

Dover is the whitest of our stoneware clay bodies and fires as a mid to high-fire clay body, ranging from Cone 6 to 10. With a buttery-smooth consistency, this clay body is perfect for wheel throwing and is also available with Sand for working off the wheel.

This clay body is a blend of high-quality white clays and precisely-controlled ceramic materials that maintains ideal qualities compatible in throwing and hand building. Dover fires to a lush white in oxidation and reduction kiln atmospheres.

Dover can impart traditional orange peel effects in salt or soda kilns due to the sodium in the kiln atmosphere reacting with the alumina and silica in the clay body.

Image 1: Dover in Oxidation (Electric Kiln)

Image 2: Dover in Reduction (Gas Kiln)

Characteristics

Cone: 6-10

Firing Range: Mid to High-Fire

Clay Type: Stoneware

Texture: Smooth

Best for: Wheel Throwing

Coloration

Wet Color: Light Grey

Oxidation Color: White

Reduction Color: Grey to White 

Statistics

Avg. Absorption Rate at Cone 6 (+/- 1%): 2.5%

Avg. Absorption Rate at Cone 10 (Oxidation): 1.76%

Avg. Absorption Rate at Cone 10 (Reduction): 0.10%

Avg. Shrinkage Rate at Cone 6: 11.5%

Avg. Shrinkage Rate at Cone 10: 12.5%