Minnesota Clay Co. USA — Brooklyn Park, MN supplier

Category: Supplier Also called: Minnesota Clay; Minnesota Clay Company; MN Clay; mnclay.com; Clay USA Last checked: 2026-10-01

What it is

Minnesota Clay Co. USA is a ceramic supply house and clay-body manufacturer/retailer based in Brooklyn Park, Minnesota. The official shop (mnclay.com) sells moist and dry clay bodies (stoneware, porcelain, earthenware, sculpture, raku, casting slip, colored/modeling clay), Minnesota Clay glaze lines, dealer brands (e.g. Amaco, Mayco, Speedball categories in the nav), kilns, wheels, mixers, pugmills, slab rollers, tools, and chemicals. Contact page copyright line prints 1995–2026. Homepage: open to the public with printed retail hours and a move notice to the Boone Avenue address. It is not a teaching studio and not a membership guild.

Who it’s for

Studio potters, schools, and production shops who want Minnesota Clay moist or dry bodies and related supplies ordered online or picked up will-call/retail in Brooklyn Park; buyers needing quantity price breaks on clay by the pound; and Midwest customers using local pickup. Catalog page noted PDF/catalog links “temporarily down while we update product pricing” at check — use live Add-to-Cart product pages for current per-pound figures.

Why it’s listed

This is a first-party Minnesota Clay shop domain (mnclay.com) with a printed Brooklyn Park street address, published retail hours, toll-free order line, live wet-clay quantity price tables, and shipping/return policy pages — not a scraped directory card and not an Amazon storefront.

Contact / hours (homepage + Contact Us, checked 2026-10-01): 7165 Boone Ave N #190, Brooklyn Park, MN 55428. Phone (763) 432-0875; toll-free ordering 800-CLAY-USA (800-252-9872); fax (763) 432-7675. Orders email orders@mnclay.com. Retail hours: Monday–Friday 8:00 a.m.–4:30 p.m.; Saturday 9:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m. Holiday closures for 2026 printed on Contact (e.g. Labor Day Sat Sep 5 & Mon Sep 7; Thanksgiving Nov 26–28; Christmas Dec 24–25; New Year Dec 31 / Jan 1 2027). Homepage: “We have moved!” to the Boone Avenue address.
Moist clay quantity pricing examples (Add to Cart product pages, checked today): Northern Light Cone 10 wet (CLNLW) — quantity price table From/To qty → $/lb: 50–50 $0.8750; 100–450 $0.8550; 500–950 $0.8050; 1000–2350 $0.7650; 2400–4750 $0.7150; 4800–50000 $0.6850. Product copy: fires Cone 8–10. Grolleg Porcelain Cone 10 wet (CLPGW): 50–50 $1.5650; 100–450 $1.5450; 500–950 $1.4950; 1000–2350 $1.4550; 2400–4750 $1.4050; 4800–50000 $1.3750. Stoneware index lists bodies including Rainy Lake, Number 1, MB, Gunflint, Split Rock, Iron Range, Wood Fire, MB 6, Number 2/3 midrange.
Shipping / returns (policy.aspx, checked today): local pickup at Brooklyn Park when order is ready (email notice); clay/equipment over 199 lb — place order then supplier contacts with freight options; returns within 30 calendar days if new/unused with RMA via info@mnclay.com; kiln/equipment cancellations restricted once processed; damage report within 48 hours. Sales tax collected on shipments to Minnesota, Iowa, and Wisconsin unless exempt form on file.
Catalog caveat (catalog.aspx, checked today): “Catalog links are temporarily down while we update product pricing” — rely on live product Add-to-Cart pages, not the PDF catalog, for dollars.

Per-pound tiers, hours, and holiday closures above are what the official pages showed on the check date. They can change. Confirm on the live product and Contact pages before ordering or treating any figure as fixed.

Official URL

Official shop / company site: https://www.mnclay.com/

Stoneware clay bodies index: https://www.mnclay.com/clay_bodies/stoneware.aspx

Northern Light Cone 10 wet (CLNLW pricing): https://www.mnclay.com/AddToCart.aspx?ProductCode=CLNLW

Grolleg Porcelain Cone 10 wet (CLPGW pricing): https://www.mnclay.com/AddToCart.aspx?ProductCode=CLPGW

Shipping / return policy: https://www.mnclay.com/policy.aspx

Catalog notice: https://www.mnclay.com/catalog.aspx

(Canonical first-party shop checked 2026-10-01.)

Location

Minnesota Clay Co. USA: 7165 Boone Ave N #190, Brooklyn Park, MN 55428. Phone (763) 432-0875; toll-free 800-252-9872. Retail Mon–Fri 8:00 a.m.–4:30 p.m.; Sat 9:00 a.m.–noon.

This is a clay manufacturer / ceramic supply warehouse with an official shop URL. It is not a guild and not a membership teaching studio.

Notes

Category is Supplier: moist/dry clay, glazes, equipment, tools via mnclay.com. Not a studio or guild.
First Minnesota supply-house listing on Clay Plaza. Distinct from already-listed Twin Cities studio Northern Clay Center. Keep separate from Lapidary / Mahjong / Bee / Bonsai directories.
PDF catalog pricing links were down for update at check; cite live Add-to-Cart quantity tables instead.
Per-pound and hours figures were transcribed from official pages checked on 2026-10-01 and may change.
Not affiliated with Clay Plaza.
No Clay Plaza contact, purchase, booking, or publication action was taken.
Only a small first-party favicon (minnesota-clay.png, 96 × 96 from mnclay.com/favicon.png) was obtainable without login/captcha; no large wordmark CDN asset was exposed on the checked pages.

FAQ

Q: Where is Minnesota Clay and when is the counter open?
A: Contact Us (checked 2026-10-01): 7165 Boone Ave N #190, Brooklyn Park, MN 55428. Monday–Friday 8:00 a.m.–4:30 p.m.; Saturday 9:00 a.m.–noon. Order line 800-252-9872 or 763-432-0875; orders@mnclay.com.

Q: How is moist clay priced?
A: Live Add-to-Cart quantity tables (checked today). Example: Northern Light Cone 10 wet from $0.8750/lb (50 lb tier) down to $0.6850/lb (4800+ lb tier); Grolleg Porcelain wet from $1.5650/lb to $1.3750/lb on the same break schedule. Confirm live product pages — catalog PDF links were temporarily down for a pricing update.

Q: Is Minnesota Clay a studio or guild?
A: Neither as its Clay Plaza category. It is a ceramic supplier / clay manufacturer with retail and online ordering. For Twin Cities classes use a Studio listing (e.g. Northern Clay Center); for association dues use a Guild listing.