Center for Craft

Center

| Craft is for everyone

Building a future for craft.

Support

Materials Collection

Red Clay

Common

This red clay is unprocessed raw clay, also known as wild clay, dug in Yancey County, North Carolina, by Cherokee Potter Levi West. This red clay has unique characteristics due to its unprocessed nature. It is typically fired at cone 5. When fired, this clay turns to a terracotta red.

Regional Material

Uses in Craft

Red clay is often used for hand-building, coil-building, and various techniques to create pottery and sculpture objects.

Supplier Description

Levi West is a potter and member of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians (EBCI).

Levi West

→

Cherokee, North Carolina

Get closer to the Center. Sign up for our newsletter.

Thank you! Your submission has been received!

Oops! Something went wrong while submitting the form.

Center for Craft

Center

Visit

Get Space

Support

Calendar

Visit

Community Initiatives

Grants & Fellowships

Grants & Fellowships

Research Initiatives

About

Current Projects

SoundCloud

Vimeo

LinkedIn

Instagram

Facebook

Center for Craft

Center

Event & Meeting Space

Cowork

Red Clay

Uses in Craft

Supplier Description

Gerstley Borate

PM41 American Fleece Swatch

Glaze Samples

We are building a future for craft. We serve makers, museums, academics, and the local community by investing in creative placekeeping and field building.

We

believe

that

craft

matters.

We

are

here

to

activate

resources,

catalyze

craft

communities,

and

amplify

craft's

impact

in

the

United

States.

Facebook

Instagram

LinkedIn

Vimeo

SoundCloud

Facebook

Instagram

LinkedIn

Vimeo

SoundCloud