Parian Body

Parian is derived from Paros the Aegian Island famous for its beautiful white marble widely used for sculpture by the classical Greeks. Parian ware became very popular in the mid-nineteenth century and was manufactured by many notable Stoke-on-Trent potteries. Parian is a self-glazing body, extremely translucent and ideally suited for casting to produce figurines, dolls and light forms etc. This body contains a very white felspar which uses a floatation method of particle distribution and some frothing may occur when making casting slip under high speed mixing. Slow agitation is recommended.

Porcelain Optimum Firing Range
Following re-evaluation of our porcelain clays using the recently acquired temperature gradient kiln, we have determined that the optimum firing range for our porcelain product range is 1220 – 1240C (cone 6 – 7).