Deouss Mid High Fire White Stoneware Clay for Pottery;Mid Fire Cone 5-7;Ideal for Wheel Throwing,Hand Building,Sculpting;Great for All Skill Levels;Whiteware Clay- Pottery Clay Fires White;5 lbs

This stoneware clay is truly amazing in that it’s as white and smooth as porcelain. It is more smooth, and less gritty than B-Mix and Loafer’s Glory, which makes it excellent for the extremely detailed carving I do. Both of the tiny pots in my pictures were actually carved AFTER the clay was fired to 08. The only down side of the clay is that it has these little black impurities in the clay that I thought would fire out, but some did not. (As you can see in the last picture.) Next time I use the clay, I will wedge it better and pick out the black spots before firing, especially if I don’t plan to paint the pot with underglaze. Overall, I give the clay a huge thumbs up because I have never seen such a beautiful white stoneware that carves this well!!

Santa gave me a new pottery wheel and I had been using air dry clay before this clay to practice with. What a difference. This clay works well, is easy to build a cone and center and my first practice dish here, while not perfect was quick to do and easy to build height and the texture was great. It dries evenly and slowly such that I could fix most of these initial imperfections (on my part) before it fully dried. I haven’t fired anything yet, but I’m loving this clay. It was a bit dry but I dampened the board I wedged on and that helped add the tad of moisture it needed.

It came a little moldy, which wasnt to big of a deal to me, kinda gross, but it seemed to be easy to work with. It also is cracking a nice bit while drying, but since im not experienced, it could possibly be me? I dont know, this is a mixed review....I may order again to see if that one is moldy as well....if it is, then I dunno.

I'm no professional ceramist, but my throwing chops are steadily improving. My go-to clay has been Laguna BMix; which was recommended to me and I think is incredibly good for hand-building, slab work, etc. However, my assumptions were confirmed that it seems abnormally difficult to use on the wheel now that I've used this Deouss clay. Granted, I've only been able to throw 2.5 lbs once... But it was so much easier to use that it wasn't a wishful, hopeful mind-trick that I played on myself-- it was just that obvious that this is a better clay to throw. Centering, coning, pulling, and forming happened faster, easier, and I ended up with a decent angular vase that I will end up trimming, firing, and glazing. Oh, I also lost less clay in the process. And just as notable, I needed literally a fraction of the water compared to the BMix. After reading a few comments before I made my purchase, it has to be said that my 5 lbs. showed up DOUBLE-wrapped. The clay was nowhere close to being overly dry out of the box. I am most definitely buying more sooner than later.

The pits. This clay must be old. It is not pliable. It cracks as you roll it out. Glad I only got 5 lb of this mess.

It came not dry. It’s my 8-year son first try.

I bought this clay to make a few small pottery pieces. The clay arrived packaged tightly in a small box and double wrapped with 2 plastic bags. However, it is not as moist as I expected it to be. I noticed it right away when I put pressure on the block but I was hopeful so I grapped a small chunk to test it out anyway with a pinch pot. It was easy enough to shape but as soon as I started working with it, it started to get cracks within 10 seconds. I felt the texture was also almost slippery, which was weird because it dried so fast. I have worked with clay for many years, I know I could rehydrate it but I don't want to spend days waiting for that process to happen. I don't think it is a good value for the money as it is not moist and supple as expected. This is my experience, it's hard to know how it might arrive for someone else but I thought it was worth sharing.

Too dry. Used for the ceramic jewelry workshop. Ended up being cream color, which I liked, but was a bit hard to work with. The texture is fine tho. Needs more water to work with. Finished product is durable.