Plaster - USG #1 Pottery FULL BAG. - Brackers Good Earth Clays

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Last updated 16 Jul 2024

Plaster - USG #1 Pottery FULL BAG. - Brackers Good Earth Clays

Bracker's Good Earth Clays provides clay and other ceramic materials, equipment, tools, and toys to potters and sculptors in Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, Iowa, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Illinois and beyond. In Lawrence Kansas since 1982.
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