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“Clay is the canvas, your hands are the brush.”
At Pearl & Fern, we’re proud to carry a full range of premium Tuckers clays, trusted by potters across Canada for their quality, consistency, and versatility. Whether you’re a beginner or a seasoned ceramic artist, you’ll find the perfect clay to suit your style — from smooth porcelain to durable stoneware and unique raku bodies.
Tucker’s Smooth White was designed for the production potter who wants a smooth, light body without the problems associated with porcelain. It has a larger than normal number of different clays in it to ensure a stable, reliable formulation. This clay fires to a warm grey-white at Cone 6 oxidation.
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Characteristics:
Fired colour: Greyish-Cream
Texture: Smooth
Cone: Cone 6
Total shrinkage: 13.5% @ Cone 6
Avg water absorption: 1.5% @ Cone 6
Wet to dry shrinkage: 6.5%
All Tucker’s Clays are sold in 20kg boxes (each box contains two 10kg bags).
Tucker’s Mid White is used extensively for both throwing and handbuilding. It is a fireclay-based body with a non-sticky feel. The addition of 5% of 35 mesh grog helps to make it an excellent dryer. This clay fires to a warm grey-white at Cone 6 oxidation.
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Characteristics:
Fired colour: Grey-White
Texture: Fairly Smooth Cone: Cone 6
Total shrinkage: 14.5% @ Cone 6
Avg water absorption: 1.5% @ Cone 6
Wet to dry shrinkage: 7.5%
All Tucker’s Clays are sold in 20kg boxes (each box contains two 10kg bags).
Tucker’s CCS Speckled fires reddish-tan with dark specks which are produced by a small amount of granular manganese creating a reduction effect as the specks bleed through the glazes. It is a very responsive throwing and hand building body which trims easily. It contains 8% fine grog. This clay fires to reddish tan with dark specks at Cone 6.
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Characteristics:
Fired colour: Reddish-Tan with Dark Specks
Texture: Fairly Smooth
Cone: Cone 6
Total shrinkage: 13% @ Cone 6
Avg water absorption: 1.5% @ Cone 6
Wet to dry shrinkage: 8%
All Tucker’s Clays are sold in 20kg boxes (each box contains two 10kg bags).
Tucker’s Mid Red is a fairly smooth body with just 5% of 35 mesh grog for some tooth. Mid Red is a very responsive throwing clay which fires to a strong red colour. This clay fires to a strong red at Cone 6.
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Characteristics:
Fired colour: Strong Red
Texture: Fairly Smooth
Cone: Cone 6
Total shrinkage: 14% @ Cone 6
Avg water absorption: 2% @ Cone 6
Wet to dry shrinkage: 7%
All Tucker’s Clays are sold in 20kg boxes (each box contains two 10kg bags).
Tucker’s Smooth Red is an excellent throwing body which also stands up well for handbuilding. It is basically the same as our very popular Mid Red but without any grog. The strong red colour will give depth and character to many of your glazes. This clay fires to a strong red at Cone 6.
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Characteristics:
Fired colour: Strong Red
Texture: Smooth
Cone: Cone 6
Total shrinkage: 13.5% @ Cone 6
Avg water absorption: 0.5% @ Cone 6
Wet to dry shrinkage: 7.5%
All Tucker’s Clays are sold in 20kg boxes (each box contains two 10kg bags).
Tucker’s Dark Mid Cal 5 is a classic stoneware body designed for throwing and hand building. The high iron content helps some glazes to develop richer colours. This clay fires to a strong reddish-brown at Cone 6.
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Characteristics:
Fired colour: Strong Reddish-Brown
Texture: Smooth
Cone: Cone 6
Total shrinkage: 14% @ Cone 6
Avg water absorption: 2% @ Cone 6
Wet to dry shrinkage: 6.5%
All Tucker’s Clays are sold in 20kg boxes (each box contains two 10kg bags).
Tucker’s Mid Cal Grogless fires light brown at Cone 6 oxidation and is an all-purpose fireclay-based body. It is very plastic with a slightly greasy feel when throwing. The absence of grog gives it a smooth surface which trims with ease. This clay fires to a light brown at Cone 6.
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Characteristics:
Fired colour: Light Brown
Texture: Smooth
Cone: Cone 6
Total shrinkage: 13.5% @ Cone 6
Avg water absorption: 1.5% @ Cone 6
Wet to dry shrinkage: 7%
All Tucker’s Clays are sold in 20kg boxes (each box contains two 10kg bags).
Tucker’s Mid Cal 5 is similar to Mid Cal Grogless with the addition of 5% of 35 mesh grog for those who like a clay with more tooth. This aids in the production of larger work and with ease of drying. It fires slightly greyer than Mid Cal Grogless. This clay fires to a light brown at Cone 6.
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Characteristics:
Fired colour: Light Brown
Texture: Fairly Smooth
Cone: Cone 6
Total shrinkage: 13.5% @ Cone 6
Avg water absorption: 1.5% @ Cone 6
Wet to dry shrinkage: 7%
All Tucker’s Clays are sold in 20kg boxes (each box contains two 10kg bags).
Tucker’s Blackstone is a classic stoneware body designed for throwing and hand building. The deep colour helps some glazes to develop richer. This clay fires to a strong black/brown, and due to careful formation is a true cone 6 body.
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Characteristics:
Fired colour: Black-Brown
Texture :Fairly Smooth
Cone: Cone 6
Total shrinkage: 14% @ Cone 6
Avg water absorption:1.5% @ Cone 6
Wet to dry shrinkage:6.5%
All Tucker’s Clays are sold in 20kg boxes (each box contains two 10kg bags).
Tucker’s Bright White Porcelain is a very popular clay body and it is our whitest cone 6 porcelain. It employs a combination of plastic kaolins to produce a very workable, clean white body. This clay body is mainly used for throwing but it is perfectly suitable for hand building medium size pieces. This clay fires very white.
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Characteristics:
Fired colour: White
Texture: Smooth
Cone: Cone 6
Total shrinkage: 13.5% @ Cone 6
Avg water absorption: 0.5% @ Cone 6
Wet to dry shrinkage: 6.5%
All Tucker’s Clays are sold in 20kg boxes (each box contains two 10kg bags).
Porcelain Cone 6 Clay
Tucker’s PHB is a smooth, slightly sticky body suitable for both handbuilding and throwing. PHB has been designed to accept most commercial low-fire glazes and underglazes. This clay body is used extensively when plasticity must be retained over a long working period as in children’s or seniors’ programs. This clay fires pink-brown at Cone 06 and a little darker at Cone 04.
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Characteristics:
Fired colour: Pink-Brown
Texture: Smooth
Cone: Cone 06-02
Total shrinkage: 12.5% @ Cone 04
Avg water absorption: 8% @ Cone 04
Wet to dry shrinkage: 8%
All Tucker’s Clays are sold in 20kg boxes (each box contains two 10kg bags).
Earthenware Cone 06-02
Tucker’s White Sculpture Raku is a coarse handbuilding clay which was originally designed for large sculptures. It contains 25% of 35 mesh grog so it is suitable for pieces with large cross sections. This clay body does not contain any fireclays so it fires quite white at Cone 05 or in raku. At Cone 10 reduction it is a strong grey and in oxidation it is grey-white.
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Characteristics:
Fired colour: White @ Cone 05/ Raku, Grey-White @ Cone 10 Ox., Grey @ Cone 10 Red.
Texture: Coarse
Cone: Cone 04-10
Total shrinkage: 11% @ Cone 10
Avg water absorption: 3% @ Cone 10
Wet to dry shrinkage: 5.5%
All Tucker’s Clays are sold in 20kg boxes (each box contains two 10kg bags).
Raku Cone 04 - 6 Clay
Tucker’s Thompson Raku is designed primarily as a raku body. A very workable body, Thompson Raku contains 20% 35 mesh grog to aid in construction and to help withstand thermal shock. This clay fires buff.
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Characteristics:
Fired colour: Buff
Texture: Coarse
Cone: Cone 04 - 6
Total shrinkage: 8.5% @ Cone 04, 13% @ Cone 6
Avg water absorption: 10% @ Cone 04, 1.5% @ Cone 6
Wet to dry shrinkage: 7%
All Tucker’s Clays are sold in 20kg boxes (each box contains two 10kg bags).
Tucker’s Smooth Raku is an excellent throwing body designed to withstand the stresses of Raku. This light firing clay body is also useful for handbuilding and sculpting larger pieces. This clay fires white.
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Characteristics:
Fired colour: White
Texture: Smooth
Cone: Cone 04 - 6
Total shrinkage: 8.5% @ Cone 04, 13% @ Cone 6
Avg water absorption: 9% @ Cone 04, 0.5% @ Cone 6
Wet to dry shrinkage: 5.5%
All Tucker’s Clays are sold in 20kg boxes (each box contains two 10kg bags).
Tucker’s Mid Smooth Stone Speck is the same formula as our popular Mid Smooth Stone with a small addition of granular manganese which will melt through the glaze giving a nice speckle. It is a smooth, plastic clay with no grog or coarse fireclay in the formula. It fires to slightly greyer off-cream colour than Mid Smooth Stone at Cone 6 oxidation. Designed as a throwing clay but it is also used for handbuilding when a smooth clean surface is required. This is a good compromise between stoneware and porcelain. This clay fires to a slightly grey off-cream colour with specks at Cone 6.
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Characteristics:
Fired colour: Greyish Off-Cream with Specks
Texture: Smooth
Cone: Cone 6
Total shrinkage: 14% @ Cone 6
Avg water absorption: 1% @ Cone 6
Wet to dry shrinkage: 7.5%
All Tucker’s Clays are sold in 20kg boxes (each box contains two 10kg bags).
Stoneware Cone 6 Clay
Tucker’s Mid Smooth Stone is a very smooth, plastic clay with no grog or coarse fireclay in the formula. This is a good compromise between stoneware and porcelain.
Characteristics:
Fired colour: Off-Cream
Texture: Smooth Cone: Cone 6
Total shrinkage: 13.5% @ Cone 6
Avg water absorption: 0.5% @ Cone 6
Wet to dry shrinkage: 7%
All Tucker’s Clays are sold in 20kg boxes (each box contains two 10kg bags).