Valentine Traditional Parian Clay
Parian is derived from Paros the Aegian Island famous for its beautiful white marble widely used for sculpture by the classical Greeks. Parian ware became very popular in the mid-nineteenth century and was manufactured by many notable Stoke-on-Trent potteries.
Parian is a self-glazing body, extremely translucent and ideally suited for casting to produce figurines, dolls and light forms etc. This body contains a very white felspar which uses a floatation method of particle distribution, and some frothing may occur when making casting slip under high-speed mixing. Slow agitation is recommended.
- Self-glazing body ideal for making dolls and figurines.
- Temperature Range 1220°C - 1240°C
- Shrinkage (w-d)3 - 5%.
- Shrinkage (d-f) 8 - 10%.
- 0.29% expansion at 500°C.
- Texture (1-smooth 10-coarse) 1.
- Fired colour - White Translucent.
Valentine Traditional Parian Clay
12.5
Stoke-on-Trent
Campbell Road
Stoke-on-Trent ST4 4ET
United Kingdom
Parian is derived from Paros the Aegian Island famous for its beautiful white marble widely used for sculpture by the classical Greeks. Parian ware became very popular in the mid-nineteenth century and was manufactured by many notable Stoke-on-Trent potteries.
Parian is a self-glazing body, extremely translucent and ideally suited for casting to produce figurines, dolls and light forms etc. This body contains a very white felspar which uses a floatation method of particle distribution, and some frothing may occur when making casting slip under high-speed mixing. Slow agitation is recommended.
- Self-glazing body ideal for making dolls and figurines.
- Temperature Range 1220°C - 1240°C
- Shrinkage (w-d)3 - 5%.
- Shrinkage (d-f) 8 - 10%.
- 0.29% expansion at 500°C.
- Texture (1-smooth 10-coarse) 1.
- Fired colour - White Translucent.
| Clay Suitable For | ThrowingSculpting & ModellingHand BuildingCasting |
|---|---|
| Clay Fired Colour | White |
| Clay Texture | Smooth |
| Clay Firing Temperature Range | 1220-1240 |
| Safety data sheet | See |
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