Armadillo Clay & Supplies

Armadillo Clay & Supplies is a clay manufacturer and pottery supply store in East Austin, Texas with its own online store and cart, making its own line of clay bodies and selling glazes, materials, tools and studio equipment to potters, schools and studios across Texas.

Official shop URL: https://www.armadilloclay.com/store/c2/Clay.html (company home: https://www.armadilloclay.com/)

Last checked: 2026-10-21

Category: Supplier Also called: Armadillo Clay; Armadillo Clay and Supplies; Armadillo Clay Company; The Dillos; armadilloclay.com

Who it’s for

Potters, hobbyists, ceramics teachers, schools and industrial customers in Austin and Central Texas who want Texas-made clay, plus anyone who wants glazes, tools or equipment shipped by UPS or USPS.

Why it’s listed

This is the company’s own store, with list prices, a quantity selector and an Add to Cart button on each product and an online checkout. It prints a street address, phone, fax and store hours. It is not a marketplace or directory card.

• About Us (checked 2026-10-21): in the late 1970s potter Craig Freiburger started a small clay company in Austin’s Clarksville area; in 1979 it was renamed Armadillo Clay & Supplies and moved to the East Side, into a warehouse rebuilt with steel struts from the Armadillo World Headquarters. “Today, Armadillo Clay manufactures 24 different clay bodies.” Family-owned and operated for over 40 years.
• Clay category page: Armadillo bodies including Longhorn White and Red, Cinco Blanco and Rojo, Buffalo Wallow, Balcones, Grande, Gruene Butter, Dillo White, Cone 5 and Cone 10 Porcelain and Awesome Possum, plus Laguna B-Mix and other Laguna and Seidel clays, Chavant modeling clays and WED clay.
• Raku (product page): grog and sand body for raku, white at cone 06 to light warm brown at cone 10, $22.00 per 25 lb (up to $880 for 2,000 lb), with Add to Cart. The listing is marked pickup only, with a link for shipped orders.
• Cone 5 Porcelain (product page): “a very smooth, off-white porcelain that is excellent for throwing,” $28.00 per 25 lb, with Add to Cart; marked in-store purchase only, with a link for shipped orders.
• Bulk pricing (both product pages): mix and match across all Armadillo clays, with per-pound rates falling at 100, 500, 1,000 and 2,000 lb (Raku $0.62/lb at 100+ lb down to $0.44/lb at 2,000+ lb).
• Ordering Info page: pickup orders are prepared and you are notified when ready; most shipped orders go out within 2 business days; orders of 200 lb or less ship UPS or USPS, clay by USPS Priority Mail; kiln shelves are not shipped; Texas sales tax of 8.25% applies; Net 30 for schools and government on official purchase orders.

Prices are what the site showed on the check date and may change.

Official URL

Shop (Clay): https://www.armadilloclay.com/store/c2/Clay.html

Raku: https://www.armadilloclay.com/store/p10/Raku.html

Cone 5 Porcelain: https://www.armadilloclay.com/store/p16/Cone_5_Porcelain.html

Company home: https://www.armadilloclay.com/

About Us: https://www.armadilloclay.com/about-us.html

Ordering Info: https://www.armadilloclay.com/ordering-info.html

(First-party company site and store checked 2026-10-21. Every cited URL returned HTTP 200 to curl -sL with a Chrome User-Agent and browser Accept headers, spaced 3 seconds apart. The store has no separate cart page URL; /store/cart returned 404 and is not cited. No item was added to the cart.)

Location

Armadillo Clay & Supplies, 3307 E. 4th Street, Austin, TX 78702. Phone (512) 385-7311; fax (512) 385-1152. Hours: Monday–Friday 9 am–5 pm, Saturday 9 am–noon. Email is printed on the site; it was not used.

This is a clay manufacturer and pottery supplier. It is not a studio or a guild.

Notes

• Category is Supplier: first-party store with Add to Cart and checkout. Moist clay listings are pickup or in-store only; the site links to a separate option for shipped clay, and orders over 500 lb should be phoned in (24 hours’ notice over 1,000 lb).
• The site also lists kiln and wheel repair, custom clay and a local studios and firing services page.
• Texas already has Ceramic Store of Houston and Trinity Ceramic Supply (Dallas), which mentions Armadillo clays among the brands it resells. This is the first Austin supplier and Armadillo’s own store (checked local files, GitHub main and live clayplaza.com on 2026-10-21; not listed).
• Not affiliated with Clay Plaza.
• No Clay Plaza contact, purchase, cart action, form, quote request, account or publication action was taken.
• Image: the site’s header logo (1433268513.png) is only 206 × 97, under the 100 px minimum. The site’s og:image (500.png, 800 × 400) is a promotional banner whose ordering-notice text dominates the frame, so the listing uses the site’s default placeholder image instead.

FAQ

Q: Can I buy from Armadillo Clay online?
A: Yes. The store has Add to Cart buttons and an online checkout. Moist clay is sold for pickup or in-store purchase; most other orders ship within 2 business days by UPS or USPS.

Q: Where is Armadillo Clay?
A: 3307 E. 4th Street, Austin, TX 78702. Phone (512) 385-7311.

Q: Does Armadillo make its own clay?
A: Yes. It says it manufactures 24 clay bodies, such as Longhorn, Balcones, Buffalo Wallow and Cone 5 Porcelain.

Q: What does a box of clay cost?
A: On the check date, Raku was $22 and Cone 5 Porcelain $28 per 25 lb, with lower per-pound rates from 100 lb, mixed across Armadillo clays.

Q: When is the store open?
A: Monday to Friday 9 am–5 pm and Saturday 9 am to noon.