Potter technique: Building-up / Modelling

For thousands of years humans have shaped clay with their hands to form figures, bowls, artistic objects and tableware.

Depending on the size and the thickness of the ceramics to be formed, bodies with different sizes of chamotte are used. As a very general rule of thumb: The larger and thicker the walls of the pieces, the coarser and stronger should be the chamotte used in the body.

From the fine porcelain body for pieces of jewellery up to life-sized sculptures made of clay with coarse chamotte or for “building site art projects” – it all depends on the right choice!

Product Bild Application Firing range Firing colour Chamotte portion
0024
  • Throwing
1000 - 1150 °C white-light 0 %
0033 (Casting body) [Translate to Englisch:] 0033 (Gießmasse)
  • Casting
1000 - 1150 °C white 0 %
0033 0033
  • Throwing
1000 - 1150 °C white 0 %
0086
  • Modelling
1000 - 1140 °C white-light cream 30 %
0208
  • Throwing
1000 - 1280 °C white-light cream 0 %
0208 (Casting body)
  • Casting
1000 - 1280 °C white-light cream 0 %
0209
  • Throwing
1000 - 1300 °C white-light 0 %
0209 (Casting body)
  • Casting
1000 - 1300 °C white-light 0 %
0234
  • Modelling
  • Throwing
1000 - 1240 °C Paperclay/light cream 0 %
0240
  • Throwing
1000 - 1240 °C white-light cream 0 %
0241
  • Throwing
1000 - 1280 °C white-light cream 0 %
0245
  • Throwing
1000 - 1150 °C white-beige 0 %
0245 (Casting body)
  • Casting
1000 - 1150 °C white-beige 0 %
0254
  • Modelling
  • Throwing
1000 - 1280 °C white-light cream 25 %
0264
  • Modelling
1000 - 1280 °C white-light cream 25 %
0267
  • Modelling
  • Throwing
1000 - 1150 °C white-beige 15 %
0284
  • Modelling
1000 - 1280 °C white-light cream 25 %
0310 0310
  • Throwing
  • Pressen/Stanzen
1000 - 1150 °C red 0 %
0311
  • Throwing
1000 - 1140 °C red 0 %
0354
  • Modelling
  • Throwing
980 - 1200 °C red 25 %
0356
  • Modelling
  • Throwing
1000 - 1120 °C brown-black 25 %
0359
  • Modelling
  • Throwing
1000 - 1220 °C salmon 25 %
0364
  • Modelling
980 - 1200 °C red 25 %
0366
  • Modelling
1000 - 1120 °C brown-black 25 %
0369
  • Modelling
1000 - 1220 °C salmon 25 %
0371
  • Modelling
  • Throwing
1000 - 1240 °C grey-black 25 %
0373
  • Modelling
1000 - 1240 °C grey-black 30 %
0376
  • Modelling
1000 - 1240 °C brown-black 30 %
0384
  • Modelling
980 - 1200 °C red 25 %
0391
  • Modelling
  • Throwing
1000 - 1240 °C leather 20 %
0393
  • Throwing
  • Pressen/Stanzen
1000 - 1240 °C leather 0 %
0395
  • Modelling
1000 - 1200 °C yellow 25 %
0441
  • Modelling
1000 - 1180 °C white-light cream 45 %
0468
  • Modelling
1000 - 1260 °C white-light cream 40 %
0474
  • Modelling
1000 - 1260 °C white-light cream 40 %
0478
  • Modelling
1000 - 1260 °C white-light cream 25 %
0480
  • Modelling
1000 - 1260 °C white-light cream 40 %
0551
  • Modelling
  • Throwing
1000 - 1240 °C red 40 %
0552
  • Modelling
1000 - 1220 °C red 40 %
0554
  • Modelling
1000 - 1220 °C red 40 %
0559
  • Modelling
1000 - 1220 °C red 40 %
0579
  • Modelling
1000 - 1120 °C brown-black 40 %
0584
  • Modelling
1000 - 1240 °C salmon 40 %
0591
  • Modelling
  • Throwing
1000 - 1300 °C lilac-yellow 25 %
0592
  • Modelling
1000 - 1300 °C lilac-yellow 40 %
0596
  • Modelling
1000 - 1300 °C lilac-yellow 40 %
0930
  • Modelling
  • Throwing
1000 - 1280 °C white light cream 25 %
0931
  • Modelling
  • Throwing
1000 - 1280 °C white light cream 25 %
0933
  • Modelling
  • Throwing
1000 - 1240 °C spot mass/leather 20 %
0967-5 Ceramic Body 967-5
  • Modelling
  • Throwing
1100 - 1170 °C yellow 48 %
8251
  • Modelling
1000 - 1200 °C spot mass/leather 15 %
1100
  • Throwing
1000 - 1280 °C white-light 0 %
1100 (Casting body)
  • Casting
1000 - 1280 °C white-light 0 %
1101 (Audrey Blackman)
  • Modelling
  • Throwing
1220 - 1280 °C white-translucent 0 %
1103 (White Passion)
  • Modelling
  • Throwing
1220 - 1240 °C white-translucent 0 %
1105 (Casting body)
  • Casting
1200 - 1280 °C Porcelain body 0 %
1112
  • Modelling
1000 - 1280 °C white-light 20 %