What is Ceramic Greenware?
The common hobby ceramic, semi-dictionary definition of Ceramic Greenware is any item that was cast in a plaster (ceramic) mold until the item is leather hard, at which time the item is removed from the mold and allowed to dry, but still remains in the “green” or uncured state, hence the name “Greenware” or “Ceramic Greenware”. Like a raw egg, ceramic greenware can be quite strong, but extremely fragile if miss handled or dropped. As potters also refer to wet or dry clay wares from the wheel or hand-built as Greenware, a simpler definition for Ceramic Greenware would be “any wet or dry clay based object before the first (bisque) firing”. Why desire Ceramic Greenware over Ceramic Bisque? There are good reasons to desire Ceramic Greenware over Ceramic Bisque: Most customers entering competition will want to clean their own greenware as the requirements for competition are quite high and businesses seldom spend hours cleaning a single piece to meet such high standards. Other customers enj
