Pottery Raw Materials – Reliable Supplies for NZ Potters

Explore Decopot’s wide selection of pottery raw materials — the essential building blocks behind ceramic glazes, clay bodies, and casting slips. From feldspar, ceramic frits, and oxides to silica, talc, bentonite, and china clay, our materials are trusted by studios, production potteries, and ceramic educators across Aotearoa.

The Abbots Raw Materials range has been refined over decades of hands-on use. These... Read More

Pottery Raw Materials – Reliable Supplies for NZ Potters

Explore Decopot’s wide selection of pottery raw materials — the essential building blocks behind ceramic glazes, clay bodies, and casting slips. From feldspar, ceramic frits, and oxides to silica, talc, bentonite, and china clay, our materials are trusted by studios, production potteries, and ceramic educators across Aotearoa.

The Abbots Raw Materials range has been refined over decades of hands-on use. These are the same ingredients we rely on to produce our Abbots Mid-Fire Glazes, giving you confidence in their consistency and real-world performance.

What You'll Find in This Collection:

– Glaze-making materials – Oxides, stains, and essential glaze additives
– Clay body ingredients – Silica, talc, bentonite, and china clay
– Fluxes & feldspars – For both glaze melting and body formulation
– Specialist ingredients – Deflocculants, binders, kiln shelf wash and other studio essentials.

Abbots Frits – Reliable Replacements for Ferro Frits

Our ceramic frits are high-performing alternatives to the now-discontinued Ferro Frits. While the chemistry may not be an exact match, each frit offers reliable behaviour in glaze formulation and melt characteristics. The full chemical analysis is provided on each frit’s product page, including oxide percentages, thermal expansion, and Si:Al ratios — giving you the data you need to substitute with confidence.

We use these frits every day in our own glaze manufacturing and production of tableware. If you're working with a Ferro-based recipe or developing your own glazes and a bulk user of glaze frits, Paul is available to help convert your existing glaze recipes to our materials—because everyone needs a hobby, right?

Order pottery raw materials online from any location in New Zealand
Palmerston North | Auckland | Hamilton | Wellington | Nelson