potclays ltd.
London
We’re passionate about keeping the craft of ceramics alive. Studio ceramics is
coming under increasing threat with its neglect in the education syllabus at
primary and secondary levels, whilst further and higher education courses are
quietly dropped or subsumed into other disciplines. Our involvement in the
promotion of ceramics within education has grown as the need to protect and
nurture the subject has intensified. We have an unspoken but deep understanding
that we should do everything in our power to promote the role of ceramics in our
schools, colleges and universities as well as in the wider community. We hope
that our efforts to provide a comprehensive programme of courses and workshops
each year will go some way to ensuring the survival of this discipline in the
years to come. Potclays Kilns Potclays is a specialist kiln manufacturer and we
make a wide variety of high quality electric and gas fired kilns for ceramics
and other heat treatment processes. These range in size from around 12 litres
(0.4cu.ft) chamber capacity mini-kilns to truck kilns of over 2 cu.metres
(70cu.ft) capacity. Many of these are specially built to customers'
requirements. We also manufacture elements to fit most makes of kiln. Paint Your
Own Pottery Supplies Potclays is one of the largest Paint-Your-Own-Pottery
(PYOP) suppliers in the UK and is expanding overseas too. We supply a huge range
of brush-on glazes, stains, colours, plaster moulds and bisque ware from several
sources including US market leaders such as L&L Kilns, Mayco & Bisque Imports.
We also supply a wide range of affordable and high-quality brushes from Mayco
and Royal & Langnickel. Our high quality 'Potclays White' casting slip is
manufactured at our factory in Stoke-on-Trent. We run PYOP teachers'
certification programs and hands-on courses for all skill levels, from beginner
to expert. Many of our courses are run with the generous support of Mayco
Colors, enabling us to charge low course fees. The Potters Clay and Coal Company
The fireclays from our PCC clay mines are exceptionally plastic and also
pale-burning. Consequently, they are used in pottery, brick, tile and vitreous
china bodies as a part replacement for more expensive ball clays. We also supply
sealant clays for lakes and waterways and other civil engeering projects. Our
puddle clay was used in the construction of parts of the M6 motorway, notably
Spaghetti Junction, and most recently by the Lichfield & Hatherton Canals
Restoration Trust.
