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Discover BEGUR Rose Porcelain, inspired by the warm hues of Costa Brava granite in Spain, offering high plasticity and stable firing performance, ideal for wheel throwing, modelling and high-quality pieces.
Tableware made with BEGUR porcelain. Courtesy of Pere Aguadé.
Pink granite (Begur massif, Costa Brava).
The landscape of the Costa Brava in Catalonia (Spain) is shaped by light, sea and rock. Along its coves and cliffs, the granite often reveals subtle pink tones created by feldspar crystals, giving the rock a warm and distinctive character. From this natural inspiration comes BEGUR, a porcelain developed to reflect the tones of these Mediterranean rocks.
BEGUR is a rose porcelain clay designed for ceramic artists who value both beauty and reliability in their materials. Its delicate pink tone appears during firing and remains soft and natural, ideal for pieces where colour adds a warm and balanced character.
Technically, BEGUR offers excellent plasticity, allowing smooth work on the wheel as well as precise hand modelling. The clay responds in a controlled and predictable way, providing a pleasant working experience for both professional ceramists and advanced students.
Its stable formulation ensures a safe firing range between 1200 and 1240 °C (oxidising atmosphere), maintaining colour consistency and excellent mechanical strength once fired. This makes BEGUR suitable not only for artistic work but also for functional ceramics and tableware, complying with ISO 6486 food-safe standards.
The porcelain is supplied as an extruded plastic clay body, presented in 5 kg cylindrical packages, packed in a cardboard box, ready to use in the studio.
With BEGUR, ceramic pieces gain a subtle warmth inspired by Mediterranean stone — a material that combines natural elegance, technical reliability and the timeless beauty of porcelain.
Technical specifications:
Firing temperature: 1200-1240 ºC / Cone 5-6
Bisque temperature: 1000 ºC / Cone 06
Water content: 23 %
Plasticity (Atterberg IP): 11
Calcimetry (CaCO3): 0 %
Drying shrinkage: 6.0 %
Firing shrinkage at 1240 ºC: 10.5 %
Porosity (water absorption) at 1240 ºC: 0.0 %
Dry bending strength: 3.0 N/mm2
Fired bending strength at 1240 ºC: 55.2 N/mm2
Thermal coefficient at 1240 ºC (25-500 ºC): 65.5x10-7 ºC-1
Find it at SIO-2® ceramic clays distributors or in our online store.
Colour of BEGUR porcelain when fired.
Supplied in a 5 kg cylindrical format in a cardboard box.
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