GRES DE TREIGNY MJ LISSE 10KG

Russet stoneware from Treigny MJ smooth Original - MJ

This natural clay has been extracted for generations from our quarry at Treigny in Puisaye.

SOLARGIL® specialty.

At the request of ceramists, this clay is again prepared in the old way, to restore its sandy texture, its plasticity and its incomparable color.

Very plastic, it adapts to all techniques.

A natural brown stoneware from Moutiers en Puisaye, a famous potters clay, from the Burgundy region.

Containing a higher than normal iron content, resulting in buff/pale brown in oxidation, brown/warm orange in reduction.

A good medium grained, plastic, naturally occurring clay with excellent throwing and modelling characteristics.

Technical characteristics :

Double-firing recommended

T° Bisqueware / 1000°C (1832°F)

T° Firing / 1270 - 1290 °C ( 2318-2354°F)

Shrinkage dry / 4 - 5%

Shrinkage 1280°C (2336°F) / 3.7 - 4%

Porosity 1280°C (2336°F) / 2.5 - 2.8%

Coef of expansion / 55 x 10-7