Deouss 10 lbs Terra Cotta Pottery Clay - Cone 06, Ideal for Wheel Throwing, Hand Building, Firing, Sculpting, Beginners & Advanced

Great product

Easy to use, great craft clay.

Arrived very moist, ready for a wheel. Very very fine/smooth consistency. I fired it in a pit with no cover sherds and a lot of damp wood, and only got a couple minor chips and cracks that were due to my impatience and inadequate wedging. Fired equally well with and without temper added. Clay grows mold, so cut it up and let it dry if you don't plan on using it for months.

I don't know what this is, but it is the oddest clay I've ever used. It's feels like plastic. It's like a non-Newtonian fluid. The harder you press, the more it keeps it's form and resists. It's "embryonic" memory is wild. It cracks when you wedge, when i cut my base too thin and tried to rewedge right off the wheel, it cracks! and is constantly thirsty. It holds it form like magic, and comes right of the wheel with no slip on your hands. It's so weird. I haven't fired yet. I only use reduction so I'll edit the review with an update.

My son loves it, said it can be a little dry but we just freeze and thaw it...Just fine. Not a professional sculpter but I we thinks its good, solid buy.

As advertised.

Horrible clay dries and cracks even when very wet never seen anything like it

Very nice clay to throw with, however it is VERY prone to cracking while drying. Make sure to dry slowly and check it frequently to fix little cracks before they get big. Out of the 8 vessels I threw 7 developed major cracks within 24 hours of drying