Ceramic Dictionary

by Susan Mussi

CERAMIST

ca: CERAMISTA

es: CERAMISTA

Ceramist is someone who works at any stage in the use of clay, from forming it by turning the wheel or building it up by coiling, pinching and other similar ways to decorating it industrially or by hand using one of the many different methods and finally firing it.

In English speaking countries it is known as pottery and comes from the word pot, which in the past was the principle article to be made. The person who works it is a potter, and the profession is called pottery.