Clay - Asmbly Approved

1. Approved Clay bodies

Our current fully approved clay bodies are:

• Buffalo Wallow - supplier Armadillo Clay
• Cinco Blanco - supplier Armadillo Clay

The fully approved clay bodies can be purchased inside our Ceramics shop at the same price you would purchase them at Armadillo Clay.

We will gradually increase the amount of clays we allow users to fire at ASMBLY, but they all must be mid-fire clay bodies,bisqued at cone 04, because this is the temperature we are currently bisquing in our kilns AND it is the temperature recommended for bisque pieces by most commercial glazes and dips.

Asmbly is a community of makers and creators, as such we want to honor the experimental nature that comes with clay and crafting. Ceramics has an endless amount of processes and abilities when it comes to glazing and firing, and we have created a system that strives to be fair and balanced to non-approved clay and glazes, while also maintaining the safety of member’s pieces and the Kilns at Asmbly.

To align with that spirit, we have a Clay Body & Glaze Approval System.

2. Our Clay Body & Glaze Approval System:

Non-Approved clay bodies must go through the following steps to be approved:

1. Bisque Fire:
   1. Please make a small piece out of your clay body, such as a small mug, bowl, sculpture, etc.
      1. The piece should be no more than 6” x 6” x 6”
      2. Please be prepared to possibly lose this piece as it could crack or break in the test
   2. Please allow it to dry, and then dry some more, before placing on the Greenware Test Shelf
      1. The longer you let it dry, the less time it will spend waiting to go in to the kiln
      2. We will not accept pieces that are still wet
2. If it does not melt, crack excessively or otherwise seem dangerous it will be approved to be used along with our other approved clay bodies.
   1. If you desire to use you own glaze you must follow the glaze approval system (see Approved Glazes and Glaze Approval System).