Death Valley - San Francisco
AĀ medium-coarse textured, reddish clay. It is similar to Rod's Bod in throwing qualities, but fires to aĀ darker brown colorĀ and has the sameĀ iron speckling. Death Valley Red is a good clay forĀ small to medium pottery.
Characteristics
Cone: 10
Wet Color: Red
FiringĀ Color: Oxidation: Orange/Brown - Reduction: Dark Brown
Texture: Medium Coarse
Penetrometer Target: 7
Avg. Shrinkage 2Ā±%: 12.5%
Avg. Water Absorption 1Ā±%: 0.8%
COE x 10-6: 4.9
Description
AĀ medium-coarse textured, reddish clay. It is similar to Rod's Bod in throwing qualities, but fires to aĀ darker brown colorĀ and has the sameĀ iron speckling. Death Valley Red is a good clay forĀ small to medium pottery.
Characteristics
Cone: 10
Wet Color: Red
FiringĀ Color: Oxidation: Orange/Brown - Reduction: Dark Brown
Texture: Medium Coarse
Penetrometer Target: 7
Avg. Shrinkage 2Ā±%: 12.5%
Avg. Water Absorption 1Ā±%: 0.8%
COE x 10-6: 4.9
