New Mexico Clay — Albuquerque, NM supplier

Category: Supplier Also called: NM Clay; New Mexico Clay Albuquerque; nmclay.com Last checked: 2026-09-28

What it is

New Mexico Clay is a clay maker and ceramic supply store in Albuquerque, New Mexico, with a first-party online shop. Its site title reads “we make clay in the southwest,” and the Pugged Pottery Clay page says “We pug our clay here in Albuquerque!” It sells its own low-fire, mid-range (cone 5–6), and high-fire (cone 10) moist clay bodies, micaceous clay, and slips. It also resells Laguna and Aardvark clays, Mayco, AMACO, Coyote, Duncan, Spectrum, and Chrysanthos glazes, Skutt and L&L kilns, wheels, tools, raw materials, and metal clays. It is not a membership guild and not a class studio as its main identity.

Who it’s for

Studio potters, schools, and hobbyists in New Mexico and the Southwest who want locally pugged clay for store pickup. Also potters anywhere in the US who order clay, glaze, and equipment by mail, and people working in traditional micaceous or pit-fired pottery who want Manzano Mountains mica clay. The official shop is nmclay.com, not Amazon or affiliate listings.

Why it’s listed

This is a first-party clay manufacturer and supplier with a live official store, a printed Girard NE address and hours, and per-pound clay prices with published quantity breaks. It is not a scraped directory card.

Contact / location (site footer, checked 2026-09-28): 3300 Girard NE, Albuquerque, NM 87107; phone 800-781-2529 and 505-881-2350. Hours (MST): Mon–Fri 9:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.; Sat 9:00 a.m.–3:00 p.m.
House clay (Pugged Pottery Clay + Cone 5-6 MidRange category, checked today): clay is priced per pound and sold in 25 lb bags. Mid-range examples from the category page: Freckled Buff ^6 $1.02/lb; Luna Porcelain Cone 6 $2.20/lb; Cashmere Porcelaneous Stoneware Cone 6 $0.83/lb; Columbine Stoneware Cone 6 $0.79/lb; ChoCoLate Very Dark Stoneware $0.87/lb; Sandia Red $0.81/lb; Terra Cotta Cone 04–5 $0.65/lb; Toasted Honey $0.69/lb; Super Sculpture Cone 6–10 $1.08/lb.
Quantity breaks (product pages, checked today): WH8 White Stoneware Cone 6 is $0.79/lb, falling to $0.72 (50 lb), $0.69 (100), $0.63 (500), $0.57 (1,000), and $0.53 (2,000 lb). The page showed “Out of stock” at check (https://nmclay.com/wh8-white-stoneware). Marilyn’s Bod ^4-6 red-brown stoneware is $0.83/lb, down to $0.55 at 2,000 lb (https://nmclay.com/marilyns-bod-pottery-clay). Ironstone Black Cone 6 is $0.96/lb, down to $0.64 at 2,000 lb (https://nmclay.com/ironstone). The Pugged Clay page says savings are calculated on the combined weight of clay in the cart.
High fire and mica (category pages, checked today): cone 10 bodies are described as “blended with care, and are unique to New Mexico Clay” (e.g., CK Mix Smooth Throwing Porcelain $0.82/lb; Ann’s Soda Woodfired Stoneware $0.96/lb; Srubek Porcelain $1.65/lb). The micaceous clay is “mined in the Manzano Mountains,” air-floated and blended, for pit firing, raku, and burnishing: Mica Red $0.96/lb and Mica White $1.26/lb (cone 018–04).
Shipping / pickup (Customer Service FAQ + clay category copy, checked today): orders usually ship within 1–3 business days. Pallet orders go by LTL freight. “Pick Up in Store” orders need 1 business day to gather. Missing or wrong items must be reported within 7 business days, and damage within 48 hours. The clay pages advertise one box of clay by Priority Mail Large Flat Rate for $28.85, and a UPS sale of about $10 shipping per 25 lb.
Firing services (Firing Services page, checked today): customer-loaded kiln rentals with prices marked “Effective 2020”, for example a Skutt KM1227 (27.5”×26”) at $90 low fire or $108 cone 4–6, and a 39” gas kiln at $110–$130 for ^6–^10.

The address, hours, and live shop prices above are what the official pages showed on the check date. Prices, stock, and shipping specials change. Check the live product and category pages before treating any figure as fixed.

Official URL

Official shop / site: https://nmclay.com/

Pugged Pottery Clay: https://nmclay.com/pugged-pottery-clay-bodies

Cone 5-6 MidRange Clay: https://nmclay.com/pugged-pottery-clay-bodies/clay-midrange

High Fire Cone 10 Clay: https://nmclay.com/pugged-pottery-clay-bodies/clay-highfire-cone-10

Mica Clay: https://nmclay.com/pugged-pottery-clay-bodies/new-mexico-mica-clay

WH8 White Stoneware: https://nmclay.com/wh8-white-stoneware

Customer Service: https://nmclay.com/customer-service

Firing Services: https://nmclay.com/informational-pages/firing-services

Location

New Mexico Clay: 3300 Girard NE, Albuquerque, NM 87107. Phone 800-781-2529 / 505-881-2350. Printed hours are Mon–Fri 9–5 and Sat 9–3 (MST).

The main path for Clay Plaza readers is the official online store, with in-store pickup at the Albuquerque shop.

This is a clay manufacturing and retail ceramic supply address. It is not a guild membership desk or a teaching campus.

Notes

Category is Supplier: a first-party clay maker (“We pug our clay here in Albuquerque!”) and supply store selling its own clay bodies plus resold glazes, kilns, wheels, and tools. The Workshops menu and kiln rentals are side services, not a class studio.
First New Mexico supplier on Clay Plaza. Distinct from New Mexico Potters and Clay Artists (a guild, already listed) and from already-listed suppliers (Laguna, Aardvark, Amaco, Trinity Ceramic Supply, Rocky Mountain Clay, Mid-South Ceramic Supply, etc.). New Mexico Clay resells Laguna and Aardvark, but it is a separate retailer. Keep separate from the Lapidary / Mahjong / Bee / Bonsai directories.
Site inconsistencies at check: (1) the clay pages give two shipping offers, a $28.85 Priority Mail flat-rate box and a UPS sale at about $10 per 25 lb, so confirm at checkout. (2) Firing-service prices are labelled “Effective 2020” and may be out of date. (3) The /returns link opens the same shipping FAQ as Customer Service rather than a separate return policy, so no return window is published beyond the 7-day wrong-item and 48-hour damage rules. (4) The shop’s Info Pages menu still has a “State Fair 2025” entry. (5) There was no About Us page (/about-us returned 404) and no founding year is printed.
Per-lb prices, quantity breaks, shipping offers, and Girard NE hours were transcribed from official pages checked on 2026-09-28 and may change. Stock labels on the category grid were ambiguous, so this listing only reports stock status from individual product pages.
Official shop URL of record: https://nmclay.com/. First-party only; reject Amazon/affiliate mirrors.
Not affiliated with Clay Plaza.
No Clay Plaza contact, purchase, booking, or publication action was taken.
First-party logo saved beside this listing as new-mexico-clay.png (the nmclay.com header logo nmclay-logo-potswords.png, served from the site’s own Zoey media library: a row of black pot silhouettes over “New Mexico Clay”, 961 × 331).

FAQ

Q: Can I buy direct from New Mexico Clay online?
A: Yes. The official store at https://nmclay.com/ sells its own pugged clay, micaceous clay, slips, glazes, kilns, wheels, tools, and raw materials. Orders usually ship in 1–3 business days (pallets by LTL freight), or you can choose “Pick Up in Store” and allow 1 business day. The shop is at 3300 Girard NE, Albuquerque, NM 87107, open Mon–Fri 9–5 and Sat 9–3 MST. Phone 800-781-2529 or 505-881-2350.

Q: What clay prices were live at check?
A: Category and product pages (checked 2026-09-28) priced clay per pound in 25 lb bags: WH8 White Cone 6 $0.79/lb (down to $0.53 at 2,000 lb), Marilyn’s Bod ^4-6 $0.83/lb, Ironstone Black $0.96/lb, Cashmere $0.83/lb, Freckled Buff $1.02/lb, Luna Porcelain $2.20/lb, Terra Cotta $0.65/lb, and Mica Red $0.96/lb. Quantity savings use the combined clay weight in the cart. Confirm on the live pages before ordering.

Q: Is New Mexico Clay a guild or a teaching studio?
A: Neither. New Mexico Clay is an Albuquerque clay maker and supply retailer. It lists some workshops and rents kilns for customer firings, but its main role is selling clay and supplies. For association membership use a guild, and for enrolled classes use a teaching studio.