Synthetic Red Iron Oxide (high purity 325 mesh) - Brackers Good Earth Clays
By A Mystery Man Writer
Last updated 08 Jul 2024
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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