Ceramic art is art made from
ceramic materials (including
clay), which may take forms including
art ware,
tile,
figurines,
sculpture, and
tableware. Ceramic art is one of
the arts, particularly one of the
visual arts, and of those, it is one of the
plastic arts. While some ceramics are considered
fine art, some are considered to be
decorative,
industrial or
applied art objects. Ceramics may also be considered
artifacts in
archaeology. Ceramic art can be made by one person or by a group of people. In a pottery or ceramic factory, a group of people design, manufacture and decorate the art ware. Products from a pottery are sometimes referred to as "art pottery." In a one-person pottery studio, ceramists or potters produce
studio pottery.