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Why stoneware, not earthenware or porcelain
Earthenware is fired low. It is lightweight and takes bright glazes beautifully, but it stays slightly porous and chips easily. Porcelain is fired high and is strong, but it is unforgiving to throw and demands a very controlled kiln.
Stoneware sits in the middle. Fired to around 1,220°C it becomes dense and non-porous, it tolerates thermal shock from the dishwasher, and it has enough body to show the marks of the hand that made it.
For plates that are going to be used every day, stoneware was the obvious choice. It is what we grew up eating off, and it is what we want to make.
