Handmade tableware place settings and serving pieces make a statement about your values. Richard Bresnahan, Potter at St. John's University perhaps said it best, " we pass our values on to our kids by the things we use in everyday life." Handmade tableware can dress up for special occasions or be for everyday use. There is some almost magical connection between good cooking and clay pots, for both cooking and serving. . Traditional dinnerware has a flared rim with the plate sized for lunch or dinner. They are hand thrown, so they vary a little bit (but Tom gets them pretty close). The dinner plate is usually 10 1/2" in diameter and the sandwich plate is just under 9". Available in a variety of glazes. "Handmade tableware is like a Trojan Horse. Making tableware is a way of smuggling 'dangerous' (art) objects into people's lives without them noticing." (Edmund de Waal from Contemporary Ceramics)