Soft and easy to shape specialist crafts terracotta air drying clay is a winnerit contains just a small amount of nylon fibres which give the clay its integral strength allowing the clay to be air dried the dry clay can then be decorated with acrylic or gouache paints and finished off with a gloss varnish to add to the strength and give the paint a glossy finishalternatively if you wish to kiln fire this clay it can be fired up to 1200c and even used with traditional kiln glazes as with