AMACO

Category: Supplier Also called: AMACO Brent; American Art Clay Co., Inc.; American Art Clay Company; Amaco; Brent Last checked: 2026-09-10

What it is

AMACO (American Art Clay Company, Inc.) is an Indianapolis clay, glaze, and studio-equipment manufacturer that sells moist clay bodies, glazes and underglazes, Brent pottery wheels and equipment, kilns, tools, and classroom supplies through its official online shop and the on-site Brickyard Ceramics & Crafts Store. The About page says American Art Clay Company, Inc. has been in business for 100 years and counting, with a timeline that starts at 1919 (first American modeling clay) and notes the 1978 purchase of Brent Potter’s Wheels & Equipment; in 2004 AMACO moved to new facilities with 50% more space than its former building near the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. It is not a membership guild. Workshops and teacher events appear on contact pages, but this listing treats AMACO as a manufacturer and supply house with an official shop URL, not as a drop-in class studio.

Who it’s for

Studio potters, schools, production shops, and hobbyists who need AMACO moist clay bodies, AMACO glazes/underglazes, Brent wheels and equipment, or materials shipped to the contiguous U.S. or picked up at the Indianapolis Brickyard retail store. This is a manufacturer and supply house with an official shop URL, not a guild membership hall.

Why it’s listed

This is a first-party supplier operation with a printed headquarters / retail street address, regular company and Brickyard store hours, an official online shop (shop.amaco.com) with on-page moist-clay 20 lb and 50 lb box prices and Brent equipment list prices, and a written web shipping / order-processing policy — not a scraped directory card and not an Amazon storefront.

• Contact / hours (checked 2026-09-10): 6060 Guion Road, Indianapolis, IN 46254-1222 USA; general 800-374-1600; local 317-244-6871; web-order help toll-free 888-696-4219. Hours of Operation (Contact page): AMACO/Brent — Monday–Friday 8:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m., Eastern; Brickyard Ceramics & Crafts Store — Mon / Wed / Thu / Fri 9:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. ET; Tuesday 9:00 a.m.–7:30 p.m. ET; Saturday 9:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m. ET. Gallery hours listed Mon–Fri 8:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. ET.
• Official moist clay shop (Premium Mid-Range and Mid/High Fire category/product pages; premium chocolate bodies packaged as 20 lb boxes with individually wrapped 5 lb blocks; mid/high-fire examples sold as 50 lb boxes): White Chocolate No.16 — $42.00 (20 lbs); Dark Chocolate No.32 — $46.00 (20 lbs); Milk Chocolate No.30 — $46.00 (20 lbs); A-Mix White Stoneware No.11 — $46.00 (50 lbs); Buff Stoneware Clay 46 — $46.00 (50 lbs); White Stoneware No.38 Moist — $45.00; Terra Cotta Stoneware Clay No.77 — $56.00. Premium mid-range pages note manganese-free cone 5–7 chocolate bodies and thixotropic working behavior.
• Equipment sample (Brent product pages): Model CXC — Brent Pottery Wheel 110V — $2,900.00; Model C — Brent Pottery Wheel 110V — $2,800.00; Brent Extruder HD — $995.00. Shipping policy: equipment (wheels, kilns, slab rollers, extruders) requires additional Customer Care follow-up before finalizing; kiln orders need a completed Kiln Specification Form and are final/non-returnable.
• Shipping Policy (checked 2026-09-10): web orders process for shipment within 7–10 business days (no rush ship on web orders at time of check); ships to the 48 contiguous U.S. states only via UPS for most orders; physical address and phone required (no P.O. boxes); customer pays shipping (quoted before submit); returns accepted within 14 days of receipt with RMA (unused, original packaging); returns ship to AMACO Receiving at 6060 Guion Rd., Indianapolis, IN 46254. Payments: Visa, Mastercard, American Express, Discover; no checks/C.O.D./open accounts on web orders. Suggested retail prices posted on Amaco.com; prices subject to change without notice.

Hours, holiday/weather closures, availability, and prices above are what the official pages showed on the check date. They can change. Use the live product or hours page before treating any figure as fixed.

Official URL

Official company site: https://www.amaco.com/

Official shop: https://shop.amaco.com/

About / history: https://amaco.com/about

Contact (address & hours): https://amaco.com/contact

Shipping policy: https://amaco.com/shipping-policy

Clays (shop): https://shop.amaco.com/clays/

Premium Mid-Range Clay: https://shop.amaco.com/clays/ceramic-clay/premium-mid-range-clay/

Mid/High Fire Clays: https://shop.amaco.com/clays/ceramic-clay/mid-high-fire-clays/

White Chocolate No.16: https://shop.amaco.com/white-chocolate-no-16/

Dark Chocolate No.32: https://shop.amaco.com/dark-chocolate-no-32/

A-Mix White Stoneware No.11: https://shop.amaco.com/a-mix-white-stoneware-no-11/

Brent equipment: https://shop.amaco.com/equipment/brent/

Brent wheels: https://shop.amaco.com/equipment/brent/brent-wheels/

Location

Primary headquarters / manufacturing / Brickyard retail address: 6060 Guion Road, Indianapolis, IN 46254-1222.

This is a manufacturing / warehouse / retail pick-up address (Brickyard Ceramics & Crafts Store on the same campus). Do not treat it as a walk-in membership guild studio.

Notes

• Category is Supplier. They manufacture AMACO clay and glazes and Brent studio equipment and sell ceramics supplies through an official shop. Not a guild. Workshops/teacher events are advertised, but this directory card is for the supply-house operation.
• Hours of record (2026-09-10): AMACO/Brent Mon–Fri 8:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. ET; Brickyard store Mon/Wed–Fri 9–5, Tue 9–7:30, Sat 9–4 ET.
• Moist clay prices printed that day are 20 lb (premium chocolate) or 50 lb (selected mid/high-fire) box totals as listed above; confirm the live SKU and stock.
• First-party logo saved as amaco.png (from amaco.com themes logo SVG).
• Not affiliated with Clay Plaza.
• No Clay Plaza contact, purchase, booking, or publication action was taken.

FAQ

Q: Where can I pick up an order, and what are the hours?
A: Brickyard Ceramics & Crafts Store at 6060 Guion Road, Indianapolis, IN 46254-1222. Brickyard hours checked 2026-09-10: Mon/Wed/Thu/Fri 9:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. ET; Tuesday 9:00 a.m.–7:30 p.m. ET; Saturday 9:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m. ET. Company AMACO/Brent hours: Mon–Fri 8:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. ET. Call ahead for will-call / in-store availability.

Q: What moist clay prices were printed today?
A: Official shop pages listed White Chocolate No.16 $42.00 (20 lb), Dark Chocolate No.32 $46.00 (20 lb), Milk Chocolate No.30 $46.00 (20 lb), A-Mix White Stoneware No.11 $46.00 (50 lb), Buff Stoneware Clay 46 $46.00 (50 lb), White Stoneware No.38 Moist $45.00, and Terra Cotta Stoneware Clay No.77 $56.00. Confirm the live SKU; prices can change without notice.

Q: Do they teach pottery classes?
A: Official pages emphasize manufacturing, the Brickyard retail store, national web shipping (48 contiguous states), and online sales of clay, glaze, Brent wheels, kilns, and tools. Contact lists workshops/teacher inservice contacts, but AMACO is listed here as a Supplier (clay/glaze/equipment manufacturer and supply house), not as a teaching studio or guild.