Greenware refers to

Greenware refers to

• A. Fired ceramic
• B. Unfired clay pieces
• C. Bisque-fired clay
• D. Slip-cast clay

Answer: (B)

Greenware is unfired clay pieces. This means the shapes you’ve formed have dried but haven’t been heated in a kiln yet. At this stage the clay can still be carved or joined with slip, but it’s fragile because it hasn’t been fired. Once fired, it becomes ceramic, and a first firing yields bisque ware. The other terms describe either the firing state (fired or bisque-fired) or a shaping method (slip-casting), not the unfired stage itself.

Greenware is unfired clay pieces. This means the shapes you’ve formed have dried but haven’t been heated in a kiln yet. At this stage the clay can still be carved or joined with slip, but it’s fragile because it hasn’t been fired. Once fired, it becomes ceramic, and a first firing yields bisque ware. The other terms describe either the firing state (fired or bisque-fired) or a shaping method (slip-casting), not the unfired stage itself.