Speedball Pottery & Glazing Essentials

Speedball pottery and glazing essentials including Mid-Fire glazes, Clay Boss wheel, Boss Base and pottery bats

Speedball Pottery & Glazing Essentials

Speedball pottery glazing essentials bring together useful studio products for makers setting up, teaching, throwing and finishing ceramic work. This page acts as a helpful Speedball range hub, guiding you towards the correct glaze and pottery equipment areas without making one page do too many different jobs.

For colour and finishing, Speedball Mid-Fire Glazes are designed for Cone 5/6 firing and offer rich colour, mottled surfaces and reduction-like effects. They can be used alone for bold results or layered to create more varied glaze finishes for home potters, schools, studios and workshops firing to mid-range temperatures.

The equipment side of the range includes the Clay Boss plug-in pottery wheel, Boss Base tool and Speedball plastic bats. The Clay Boss is suited to beginners, hobby potters, classrooms and small studios, while the Boss Base helps create cleaner, more consistent bases and the plastic bats support a tidier wheel-throwing workflow.

What’s in the Speedball Range?

Use this page as a quick route into the main Speedball product areas. The glaze range is best for mid-fire colour and surface effects, while the equipment products are better suited to wheel throwing, base shaping and studio setup.

  • Speedball Mid-Fire Glazes for Cone 5/6 ceramic work, including layered and decorative glaze effects.
  • Clay Boss starter pottery wheel with plug-in operation, variable speed control and a 14 inch wheel head.
  • Boss Base tool for creating cleaner, more consistent bases when working with centred clay.
  • Speedball plastic bats with Easy Lift Rim™, useful for organised throwing in studios and classrooms.

Tip: If you are setting up a pottery wheel area, remember to plan for clay, bats, finishing colour and glazing accessories so your throwing and decorating workflow is ready to use.