The stage where the potter has completed the shaping process, such as using a pottery wheel or hand-building, and the clay is ready for its first firing, or bisque firing. It’s a fragile, raw state where the clay is still relatively wet, but not quite bone-dry. Greenware refers to pottery that has been formed from clay but has not yet been fired. It’s essentially raw clay, shaped into its desired form, and ready for its first firing (bisque firing). Greenware can be wet or bone dry, and it’s at this stage that decoration like carving or painting can be applied.