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During the greenware stage water has evaporated from the clay body and the clay is very stiff. It cannot be bent without cracking but can still be carved or added upon.

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"Green" wood is wood that is still live and so damp with sap. So by analogy Greenware is clay that is still damp, and can be moulded or formed.

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Unfired pottery. Usually dry unfired things but it could be leather hard and not yet dry as well.

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