Sibelco Black Crank Clay

really gorgeous product - i will def be continuing to use this!

I love this clay. I used to use Vulcan Black, but this is far superior. It is easy to work with. Coils beautifully. When fired unglazed it has an attractive surface sheen and is virtually black. As another reviewer has commented, the grog is black which gives a good black textured surface which I prefer to the white grogged Vulcan. I hope my attached photo of chickens shows the colour, texture and sheen. Please keep stocking it Hot-Clay.

Despite being a very course clay, it is surprisingly workable and it's possible to make slabs that are really quite thin. I really like the surface texture that can be achieved on a clay slab. The big benefit of this black clay over others I've tried, is that the grog in it is also black and the fired colour is as black as black clay gets, without much of a hint of other colour tones.

Very happy with outcome, but tricky to work with. Started working with it the day arrived. Very soft, so coil pot wall construction progress was quite slow. The crank is tough on your hands too despite using tools to blend the coils. I fired to 1250*C with transparent glaze inside. The unglazed outside has a lovely subtle sheen which was unexpected. Tricky to work with, but we'll worth the effort! Pots in photo are over 30cm tall.

Final glazing of previously submitted item didn’t disappoint. Here it is with mayco glazes, cranberry and speckled cottontails for highlight (or whatever the precise name is). Two other items made were also successful projects.