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CERAMIC GREENWARE Dogwood Ceramic Supply offers one of the finest selections of high quality ceramic greenware to be found in the United States. With a selection of the latest releases from the leading mold companies ranging from animals to teapots, you will be sure to find something the suits your fancy! What is GREENWARE? The common hobby ceramic definition of GREENWARE is: those items that have been cast in a plaster 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". The ceramic greenware items on our display shelves is essentially just dried mud. Remember when you played with mud pies as a child, well just like those old mud pies, our greenware can be quite strong, but extremely fragile if miss handled. OK, so I have bought this dried mud pie called Ceramic Greenware, now what do I do? Ceramic greenware should be carefully cleaned. Cleaning greenware is not immersing the item in water, but rather carefully removing and smoothing the seam line and any surface defects generated by the casting process. After cleaning what happens to the Ceramic Greenware? The cleaned greenware may be decorated with underglaze and fired, or fired into the bisque (cured) stage, and then decorated. The decorating possibilities of ceramic greenware are virtually unlimited. Why offer Greenware over Bisque? The cleaning process for ceramic greenware can be quite involved, especially for customers that desire a very high quality product. By offering our product in the greenware state, Dogwood Ceramic Supply has insured that our customers can have the greatest possible decorating options, while maintaining their own control over the quality of the greenware cleaning. What does Dogwood Ceramic Supply offer? With a selection of the latest releases from the leading mold companies ranging from animals to teapots, you will be sure to find something the suits your fancy! To keep our selection of items fresh and appropriate for the ceramic marketplace, Dogwood Ceramic Supply routinely purchases 100's of new molds and retires an equal number of molds. On our shelves you will find our entire selection of ceramic greenware...we never keep anything back! To keep the quality of the ceramic greenware as high as possible, Dogwood Ceramic Supply does not mass produce the ware. Is it a problem, that I don't own my own kiln? Not a problem, Dogwood Ceramic Supply offers complete firing service for a small fee. Just clean your ceramic greenware item in the usual manner, perform any desired underglaze decoration if desired, and return the item to Dogwood Ceramic Supply. In a few days your greenware item will have been fired into bisque and be ready for you to complete.
So what are you waiting for? Spend a little time with Dogwood Ceramic Supply and select something nice to decorate your home, office or yard. And remember, Dogwood Ceramic Supply offers a full line of DUNCAN and Gare products to decorate your selection.
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