Greenware seems like an eco-friendly term, doesn't it? With a view of the heavily forested Cascade Mountain range out our front door, it seems like the right place to have "green"ware in our studio, doesn't it?
Really, all it means is that the porcelain plate used by the elegant restaurant where you most recently dined shares a common journey from its inception with our porcelain serveware and plates......they were all poured (or pressed) at some point and began drying out.
They lost about 3% of their size when the water evaporated out of their pores. And the lump of clay that remains is "green"....it is not fired....it is barely held together by just the least of physical attraction. A mere jolt and it fractures. A sideways look at it and it crumbles.
Fragile.
But after the test of the fires, it comes through with a chemical and physical bond. Vitrified and joined nearly in the same way as glass. An amazing transformation with another 10% smaller in size, but strong and durable and lightweight.......and beautiful!
A remarkable journey from Greenware to Tableware. The humble porcelain plate may have found a new admirer after learning this.......
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