Bath Potters Supplies Ltd

Slips & Glazes - Underglazes, Pens & Pencils

The slips and glazes range at Bath Potters Supplies includes a number of underglazes and both underglaze and overglaze pens and pencils. Underglaze decorating pencils are ideally suited to fine detailed work including shading, the drawing of fine lines and adding identification to your pieces. Our range of underglaze pencils comes in a number of popular colours. Our overglaze pens can be used to create designs in relief on previously fired pottery. They can also be applied to unglazed pieces for a fantastic result. Our overglaze pens are available in a huge range of colours from a selection of top brands.

Slips & Glazes - Metals & Lustres

Bath Potters Supplies has an extensive range of slips and glazes including metals and lustres. Our lustres are available in a selection of different colours including amber, mother of pearl, turquoise green, grey, violet, light and dark green, carmine, cranberry, maroon, blue, purple, bright gold, bright platinum, black and copper. Designed to be applied in very thin coats onto fired glazed surfaces, lustres can deliver beautiful and rich results to all types of pottery. In order to extend the life of your lustres, we can also supply lustre thinner.

Tools - Modelling Tools

With a range that includes plastic, metal and wooden tools, our selection of modelling tools at Bath Potters Supplies covers a huge range of requirements. Our economical plastic tools have been manufactured by string injection moulding and are perfect for learners to get to grip with shaping and modelling thanks to their simple and effective design. The range includes various sizes and profiles for achieving a range of effects.  Ideal for more detailed work, we can also supply fine wire loop pottery tools in different sizes with both single and double ended versions available.

Tools - Clay Wire & Crimps

Bath Potters Supplies can supply both crimps and clay wire as part of our extensive collection of pottery tools for both the professional and amateur potter. Our crimps, designed to join lengths of wire or cord together, measure 1.5 millimetres in diameter and come in great value packs containing 26 crimps. We stock both plain wheel wire and shell wire both in lengths of 10 metres.

Tools - Cutters

With both metal and plastic cutters available, as well as plastic plunger cutters, Bath Potters Supplies can provide the right cutter to suit your exact application. Our metal cutters are available in a huge range of shapes and also include numerous sets that contain three sizes of shaped cutter. From circles to snowflakes and squares to sharks, our range has something for everyone. Our plunger cutters are designed to facilitate easy removal of your cut shape from the cutter. The range includes incredibly detailed leaf designs and plenty of other shapes besides.

Tools - Brushes

Bath Potters Supplies can provide a huge selection of different brushes including fine point shader brushers, hake brushes, splatter brushes, chinese pipe brushes, detail liners, glaze mops, chinese brushes, cut line banders with quills, flat lacquer brushes and sieve, lawn and stippling brushes as well as various brush sets for increased value for money. Hake brushes are ideally suited for painting on ceramic underglazes and glazes thanks to their wide and flat bristles that can cover larger items in a short amount of time. The flat wooden handles are also easy to hold steady. Our hake brushes come in a huge range of sizes and standards of finish.

Tools - Potters Pins

The tools section at Bath Potters Supplies features a selection of potters pins suitable for various applications. Our range includes mini pins, coarse pins, fine pins and curved pins all with wooden handles as well as a full metal potters pin all of which are suitable for cutting and removing uneven edges as well as removing thrown items from the wheel. The needle points on these various pins are designed to make a clean and smooth cut without much drag. Our mini potters pin is a squat needle tool that measures just 3.35 inches by 0.67 inches for fine and detailed work.

Tools - Potters Knives

Bath Potters Supplies can provide a great choice of potters knives from small pallet knives and fine throwing knives to pottery decorating tools and folding steel knives. Our small curved knife is a pottery decorating tool that is highly suited for cleaning moulds, making dolls, and sgraffito, as well as incising, excising, carving, modelling and trimming all types of pottery project. We also stock various different standard potters knives in a number of different sizes with both wooden handles and plastic handles. Our knives can be dipped in vegetable oil before cutting clay pieces in order to help them glide effortlessly and smoothly through your clay.

Tools - Sponges & Diddlers

Bath Potters Supplies carries an extensive range of sponges, diddlers and sponge sticks as part of our range of pottery tools. Sponges are ideal for removing excess water and can be bought from our online store in a range of different sizes in both synthetic and natural sponge. We also stock rubber scrubbers which feature a soft sponge on one side with an abrasive grit surface on the other. Rubber scrubbers are perfect for cleaning and smoothing and, at a size of just three inches square, are easy to hold and use. We can supply rubber scrubbers in two different abrasive levels to suit a variety of projects.

Tools - Wipe Out Tools

As part of our extensive selection of tools, Bath Potters Supplies can provide three different sizes of wipe out tool as well as a great value set of all three. Double ended, these wipe out tools have wood handles with rubber tips at either end. One tip features a round pointed end and the other has an angled taper with both being made from a soft and flexible rubber material. Wipe out tools can be used to remove wet glaze, create a variety of textures and patterns in wet clay and a whole host of other applications. Our wipe out tools come in small, medium and large and can be bought together in a cost effective set of three.

Equipment - Kilns, Wheels & Equipment

A comprehensive selection of kilns, wheels and other equipment can be found at Bath Potters Supplies including a huge range of wheels, kilns by Rohde, Nabertherm, Potterycraft and Northern, blungers and sifters, pugmills, sedimentation basins, slab rollers, slip preparation equipment, spray booths, spray guns and complete pizza oven kits. The Shimpo RK55 wheel is a compact piece of equipment that weighs just 23 kilograms. It features three legs to increase stability and has an incorporated work surface for your tools. The RK55 also includes a two piece splashpan and a remote foot pedal as well as a 1/8 HP motor.

Equipment - Kiln Building & Firing

At Bath Potters Supplies, we stock an extensive range of products for kiln building and firing including kiln furniture, metal and ceramic stilts, metal spurs, Orton cones, firing accessories, controllers, items for both building and repairing, pyrometers and themocouples, and tile setter cranks. Our selection of kiln furniture covers heavy and light duty props, prop extensions, castellated props, connectors, kiln shelves in various shapes and complete sets of kiln furniture. Our ceramic stilts have been specially designed to support glazed pottery away from the kiln shelving during firing with the minimum of contact. Our range includes stilts in numerous sizes to suit all types of project.

Equipment - Workroom Equipment

Bath Potters Supplies can provide a great selection of equipment for your pottery workroom including various containers and utensils, clay extruders, tile cutters, sieves, throwing batts, banding wheels and turntables as well as numerous miscellaneous items such as scoops, mixing pallettes, hessian squares, rolling guides, workboards and respirators. Our selection of tile cutters includes a number of different shapes including triangular, circular, square and hexagonal in a number of different sizes. Our throwing batts are manufactured from water resistant MDF to a thickness of 10mm and help with the throwing of larger items like plates and platters which are often tricky to remove from the wheelhead.

Bisque - Bisque Tiles

Bath Potters Supplies carries a selection of bisque tiles that are perfect for creating personalised and hand finished decorative tiles. Our ceramic bisque tiles are manufactured from a low-fire earthenware clay in white and can be used for a huge variety of craft and decor projects including the creation of decorative coasters, borders and table tops, as well as much more. These bisque tiles can be covered with underglazes or glazes for the perfect finish when fired at between 999°C to 1060°C. Our range of bisque tiles are available in 4 inch and 6 inch squares and 3.5 inch and 6 inch circular tiles.

Bisque - Bisque Ware

Ideal for creating personalised ceramic ware by hand, Bath Potters Supplies has a great range of bisque ware including bowls, mugs and plates. Bisque is white ceramic ware that is unglazed and therefore is suitable for hand painting to your very own design. The majority of underglazes and glazes are suitable for use on our bisque ware which can then be fired to a recommended temperature of 1020°C. Our range includes a standard 10oz mug, a two handled baby mug, a stylish cone flare mug, a miso bowl, an 8 inch tea side plate, a 10 inch dinner plate and a 12 inch charger plate.

Craft Accessories - Jewellery Boxes

For all your jewellery crafting needs, Bath Potters Supplies stocks a huge range of jewellery and charm boxes in various colours, sizes and finishes. Our range of Kraft boxes are elegant and simple two piece boxes made from plain, natural coloured card with a soft cotton filling, ideal for protecting your pieces. A great value choice, our Kraft range includes a slim necklace box, also ideal for bracelets and watches, and square boxes in three sizes. Our selection also includes jewellery and charm boxes in black, gloss black, silver, white, gloss white and silver swirl styles.

Craft Accessories - Milliput

Bath Potters Supplies is able to supply Milliput in a range of different colours to suit every need. Milliput is a versatile epoxy putty for use with all types of restoration and repairs on a vast range of materials including wood, plastic, masonry, ceramic, porcelain and glass. Milliput can also be used with sculpting and modelling with the ability to withstand drilling and sanding. With the consistency of putty, Milliput is extremely easy to mould and self-hardens without any shrinkage whilst also being resistant to water, chemicals and heat. Our range of Milliput includes Yellow-Grey, Terracotta, Silver-Grey, Black and White.

Craft Accessories - Keyrings

As part of our range of craft accessories, Bath Potters Supplies stocks a selection of split key rings in various shapes and sizes. With a high-shine polished finish, our shaped key ring selection includes a flower, a heart and a star, ideal for all manner of craft projects and gift making. Our plain round split key rings are available in three different sizes from 25mm up to 38mm, and are nickel plated. Available in packs of 10 for great value, these plain round key rings are the ideal base for all types of project.

Craft Accessories - Glass

Bath Potters Supplies can provide a range of glass craft accessories including transparent fusible glass squares in both clear and coloured versions, opalescent fusible coloured glass squares, Millefiori glass, and glass frit in various colours. Our glass frit comes in 200g quantities and can be sprinkled onto glass to enhance or add colour exactly where you need it for all kinds of project. When used with moulds, glass frit can be used to make decorative products and jewellery. Our glass frit range includes clear, black, blue, yellow, red, brown and green versions.

Sculpting Materials

Bath Potters Supplies stocks a selection of sculpting materials including armature wire, chopped fibreglass strands, hessian jute scrim and ciment fondue. Our armature wire rounds come in one metre rolls with a choice of three different diameters. This wire can be used to support sculptures and as an aide with the forming of various shapes and figures. Our thinner diameters are suitable for finer work while the thicker diameters provide strong support for general shaping. Our ciment fondue from Kerneos is widely used with external casts and sculpture and has a fast setting time of just two hours, with complete strength being reached in just 24 hours.