Pottery supplies, kilns, wheels and clay from Sheffield Pottery
Skutt Pottery Wheel Sale
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Halloween Shop
Spooky savings for clay crafters and glaze wizards! Stock up on tools, glazes, pottery wheels and ceramic supplies at Halloween prices, before they vanish at the witching hour.
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Find your clay
Match one of our moist clays to your kiln, your hands and your shipping.
Easy delivered pricing. Shipping is built into the price of each 50 lb box.
- Cone 6 · Stoneware
T6B Stoneware
Light cream with iron spots in reduction. Tight absorption for tableware.Fine grog · Light $67.50$44.50 per 50 lb box Easy delivered pricing - Cone 6 · Stoneware
4D3B Stoneware
Dark chocolate. A fan favorite for medium to large wheel work.Fine grog · Dark $60.00$37.00 per 50 lb box Easy delivered pricing - Cone 02–6 · Stoneware
63B Stoneware
Off-white, plastic, dense and forgiving for any ability level.No grog · Light $60.50$37.50 per 50 lb box Easy delivered pricing - Cone 6 · Stoneware
413 Birch White
Our newest white: the brightness of porcelain with a stoneware feel.Medium grog · Light $77.75$54.75 per 50 lb box Easy delivered pricing - Cone 6 · Stoneware
Liz’s Light White
Bright white from a potter’s 30-year formula. Handles raku and pit firing.No grog · Light $65.25$42.25 per 50 lb box Easy delivered pricing - Cone 6 · Stoneware
Liz’s Light with Grog
The same bright white with grog for strength.Grog · Light $70.75$47.75 per 50 lb box Easy delivered pricing - Cone 10 · Stoneware
T3 Stoneware
Classic tan with a coarse-to-fine blend for a durable throwing body.Fine grog · Light $63.50$40.50 per 50 lb box Easy delivered pricing - Cone 10 · Stoneware
20231G Stoneware
Porcelaneous white, one of our most popular bodies. Flashes nicely.Fine grog · Light $73.00$50.00 per 50 lb box Easy delivered pricing - Cone 6 · Stoneware
4D Stoneware
Versatile classic dark stoneware that fires to a rich deep tan.Fine grog · Dark $59.50$36.50 per 50 lb box Easy delivered pricing - Cone 5 · Stoneware
4D3BM Speckled
4D3B’s dark chocolate with granular manganese speckle.Fine grog · Dark, speckled $64.00$41.00 per 50 lb box Easy delivered pricingSold outSold out - Cone 6 · Stoneware
4DS Stoneware
Iron-speckled dark red from our native Sheffield clay. Great for big pots.Fine grog · Dark, speckled $60.25$37.25 per 50 lb box Easy delivered pricingSold out - Cone 5 · Stoneware
4DSM Stoneware
The cone 5 version of 4DS: iron-speckled dark red.Fine grog · Dark, speckled $63.75$40.75 per 50 lb box Easy delivered pricing - Cone 6 · Stoneware
T360 Stoneware
High-iron T3 for a darker fired color and more texture.Fine grog · Dark $63.50$40.50 per 50 lb box Easy delivered pricing - Cone 5 · Stoneware
T360-M Speckled
High-iron stoneware with granular manganese speckle.Fine grog · Dark, speckled $66.25$43.25 per 50 lb box Easy delivered pricing - Cone 4–7 · Stoneware
Mastodon Black
Deep black in oxidation or reduction. Manganese-free. By Mammoth Clay.Fine grog · Dark $138.75$115.75 per 50 lb box Easy delivered pricing - Cone 02–6 · Stoneware
W1A Stoneware
Porcelaneous white that is more forgiving than porcelain.No grog · Light $65.25$42.25 per 50 lb box Easy delivered pricing - Cone 6 · Stoneware
W1A with Molochite
W1A with molochite grog. Highly plastic, bright white.Molochite grog · Light $70.00$47.00 per 50 lb box Easy delivered pricing - Cone 6 · Porcelain
20266 Porcelain
One of our most translucent porcelains. Smooth and plastic.No grog · Light $93.75$70.75 per 50 lb box Easy delivered pricing - Cone 6 · Porcelain
Elaine’s Crystal 6
Elaine Coleman’s grolleg porcelain. Bright white, carves well.No grog · Light $85.75$62.75 per 50 lb box Easy delivered pricing - Cone 10 · Stoneware
20231 Stoneware
Porcelaneous white with just a little tooth.No grog · Light $72.75$49.75 per 50 lb box Easy delivered pricing - Cone 6–10 · Stoneware
95400 School White
Very forgiving. A go-to for schools and community studios.No grog · Light $65.50$42.50 per 50 lb box Easy delivered pricing - Cone 10 · Stoneware
95400G School White
School White with low grog for drying and thermal shock.Low grog · Light $66.00$43.00 per 50 lb box Easy delivered pricingSold outSold out - Cone 10 · Stoneware
T3-S Stoneware
Classic tan T3 made with screened fireclay.Fine grog · Light $69.00$46.00 per 50 lb box Easy delivered pricing - Cone 10 · Stoneware
T1 Stoneware
Dark stoneware, medium brown with iron spots in reduction.Fine grog · Dark, speckled $64.00$41.00 per 50 lb box Easy delivered pricing - Cone 10 · Stoneware
T1-S Stoneware
T1 made with screened fireclay. Throw or build large or small.Fine grog · Dark, speckled $69.00$46.00 per 50 lb box Easy delivered pricing - Cone 10 · Stoneware
42 Stoneware
Dark chocolate with blue-purple accents in reduction.Fine grog · Dark $69.25$46.25 per 50 lb box Easy delivered pricing - Cone 10+ · Stoneware
108200S Wood Light
Made for wood kilns: red and orange flashing in atmosphere.Fine grog · Light $70.50$47.50 per 50 lb box Easy delivered pricing - Cone 10 · Stoneware
S-14 Sculptural
Buff, heavily grogged and low shrinkage for any size sculpture.Heavy grog · Light $63.75$40.75 per 50 lb box Easy delivered pricing - Cone 06–10 · Stoneware
Architectural Buff
Fine, medium and coarse grog for your largest work.Coarse grog · Light $64.00$41.00 per 50 lb box Easy delivered pricingSold outSold out - Cone 018–10 · Stoneware
45R Raku
Groggy sculpture clay built to survive raku.Coarse grog · Light $62.75$39.75 per 50 lb box Easy delivered pricingSold outSold out - Cone 10 · Porcelain
3350 Porcelain
Standard grolleg porcelain with extra plasticity.No grog · Light $87.25$64.25 per 50 lb box Easy delivered pricing - Cone 10 · Porcelain
92700 Porcelain
Domestic porcelain that is forgiving for newcomers.No grog · Light $86.25$63.25 per 50 lb box Easy delivered pricing - Cone 10 · Porcelain
92700 with Molochite
5% molochite grog makes it less likely to crack.Molochite grog · Light $89.25$66.25 per 50 lb box Easy delivered pricing - Cone 10 · Porcelain
Elaine’s Crystal 10
Bright white grolleg porcelain, translucent when thin.No grog · Light $87.25$64.25 per 50 lb box Easy delivered pricing - Cone 06–03 · Earthenware
Berkshire White
Talc-free white earthenware with a smooth plastic feel.No grog · Light $63.00$40.00 per 50 lb box Easy delivered pricing - Cone 06–03 · Earthenware
Berkshire White with Sand
Berkshire White with silica sand for a little tooth.Silica sand · Light $63.50$40.50 per 50 lb box Easy delivered pricing - Cone 06–02 · Earthenware
Mass Red
Bright red terra cotta from Sheffield clay. Low shrinkage.No grog · Dark $59.00$36.00 per 50 lb box Easy delivered pricing - Cone 06–02 · Earthenware
Mass Red with Grog
Terra cotta with fine sand that stays smooth. Great for planters.Fine silica sand · Dark $60.00$37.00 per 50 lb box Easy delivered pricing - Cone 06–02 · Earthenware
Sheffield Earthenware
Clean, non-staining red earthenware from our native clay.No grog · Dark $61.50$38.50 per 50 lb box Easy delivered pricingSold outSold out - Cone 06–02 · Earthenware
MGB Earthenware
Low-fire red with coarse brick grog for handbuilding.Coarse grog · Dark $62.00$39.00 per 50 lb box Easy delivered pricing - Cone 05–2 · Earthenware
94600 Black Earthenware
Deep dark chocolate to black, for the wheel or handbuilding.Fine grog · Dark $93.25$70.25 per 50 lb box Easy delivered pricing
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Sheffield Pottery
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America’s premier clay maker: premium moist clay bodies, screened and iron filtered, from low-fire earthenware to cone 10 stoneware and porcelain, plus custom clay bodies and casting slips.
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Shimpo holiday promotion
Holiday promo starts Nov 1!
Buy a Shimpo pottery wheel and get a Sheffield Pottery gift certificate.
Sheffield Pottery since 1946
It All Started With Joe and Marie
In 1943 Joe and Marie Cowen bought a farm beside the Housatonic River in Sheffield, Massachusetts, and hauled a bucket of clay from the pit on their land to see whether it could make them a living. Marie’s first cup and Joe’s first saucer became Sheffield Pottery. We still mine Sheffield Clay on that land and blend it into our moist clay bodies, and our on-staff experts will help you pick the right kiln or potter’s wheel for your studio.
In 1946 the Cowens cleared the animals out of the barn and turned it into a small showroom for pottery fired in a 6' x 6' kiln. By December 1949 Sheffield Pottery was featured in Redbook magazine, and by 1965 the Cowens had added a clay mixer, a pugmill and a large railroad-car kiln and were selling clay and ceramic supplies alongside their own pottery.
When Joe retired in 1982, their youngest son John took over and turned the company toward making and supplying high-quality ceramic materials. A new warehouse followed in 1983, a 14,000 square foot production and warehouse facility in 1993, and another 12,000 square feet of production, storage and loading docks in 2000 and 2001. A computer-controlled batching system and an Eirich high-intensity mixer prepare our stock and custom clay bodies, and our own trucks deliver throughout the Northeast.
Sheffield Pottery is one of the nation’s top distributors for all major lines of production equipment. On-staff experts are available to help you pick the right kiln or potter’s wheel for your needs. We offer great discounts on top-selling gas and electric kilns by Skutt and L&L, Cone Art, Olympic, and Paragon. Many kilns are in stock and ready to ship.
We offer the extremely diverse kiln lines by Skutt, L&L, Cone Art, and Olympic Kilns and Paragon Kilns. We carry glass kilns and annealing furnaces and ovens by those above as well as the trendsetting Evenheat Kilns. For schools and industry we offer all of the above as well as Fredrickson and Olympic front loading commercial grade kilns. A huge inventory of Amaco Glazes and Brent wheels are in stock and ready for immediate shipment. The entire line of Shimpo potters wheels and pugmills are on sale and free shipping. Laguna clay materials and equipment are also part of our product lines featuring the Pacifica GT potters wheels. North Star slab rollers and extruders are always on sale with free shipping. We also carry Peter Pugger's ever expanding line of pugmills.
We offer studio and classroom furniture and fixtures including Debcor cabinets and Keystone metal sink traps. Let us provide everything you need for a safe and ergonomic clay studio.
All glazes at Sheffield Pottery are Free shipping including Spectrum and Coyote Archie's series glazes. Our warehouse is stocked with Amaco glazes from Artist Choice to potters Choice, as well as Midsouth Opulence Enviro colors and Speedball Stroke and Coat glazes. We stock many glazes in the very economical dry form including Clayscapes cone 6 stoneware glazes.
Small hand tools and trimming tools are always free shipping with great discounts including Xeim and Kemper tools. Complete lines of Dirty Girl Tools and Dolan Tools are in stock. We offer a great selection of potters ribs by Sherrill and Trim Gin as well as the fantastic WiziWig profile ribs. A full line of Groovy Tools and Falcon Tools are also available in store or online.
For our industrial customers we stock a full line of USG plasters and Gypsum Cements. Refractory businesses will find a complete selection of Louisville hard bricks and BNZ insulating fire bricks. We are a authorized retailer of Thermal Ceramics Kaowool board and Superwool blanket . We stock a variety of mortars and castable refractories for all of your furnace and kiln building and repair needs.
Sheffield Pottery clay and supplies are featured in classrooms coast to coast. Educational discounts are available to help you maximize your school budget. Please send us your bid requests. Our price matching policy ensures that you will always get the best possible price on all of your ceramic supplies.
For your convenience we offer one of the largest and most diverse inventories of raw materials and glaze chemicals available anywhere. We carry all Mason Stains colors including the hard to find blended colors. The most popular Ferro frits are in stock.
So whether you are just starting out or you are a large industrial manufacturer, Sheffield Pottery will be with you every step of the way!
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