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One of the most complex tasks when developing a white stoneware clay body is to achieve a white fired color clay with excellent handling properties. With this formula, we have achieved our goal. We have merged a range of high-quality white clays and precisely-controlled ceramic materials to form unique qualities compatible in throwing and hand building forming operations. Our Dover Sand white stoneware clay fires to a lush white in oxidation and reduction kiln atmospheres. A unique quality of our clay is its ability to 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. Dover Sand clay also produces surface distinctive flashing in wood firing kilns.
With an exceptional firing range, Dover Sand's reputation speaks for itself. Just like the traditional smooth Dover, this clay body fires between a cone 6 and 10. Vitrifying at cone 6 but looking even more beautiful the hotter it is fired, this clay just look good.
To be a bit more specific, Dover Sand is Dover with the addition of silica sand for added strength and texture. Perfect for those potters switching between wheel throwing and hand building. Adding silica sand allows you to throw bigger and build larger, without losing the plasticity that Dover brings.
Cone: 7-10
Wet Color: Grey/White
Fire Color
Oxidation: White
Reduction: Grey White
Texture: Medium Coarse
Penetrometer Target: 7.5
Avg. Shrinkage ±2%: 12%
Avg. Water Absorption ±1%: 1%
