A small heap of dry clay powder in pale cream-pink, fine and floury, mounded softly.
  • A close view of the powder mounded high, its grains a warm rust orange, coarse and lumpy where they spill away at the edge.

East Fork Red is a smooth stoneware clay body developed with Western North Carolina–based ceramic manufacturer East Fork Pottery, made specifically to fire in a high fire gas reduction kiln. This sample is dry clay. Water is added to it to make wet clay, and then it will be formed and fired.

Composition

Clay minerals, iron compounds

Handling Notes

  • Specifically made to fire in a high-fire gas reduction kiln and fires to an orange and red color in moderate reduction
  • It is primarily used for wheel-throwing, hand-building, and slab work

Applications in Craft

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Provenance

Starworks Ceramics, Star, North Carolina. Acquired 2024.

In Use

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