Ceramic - Pottery Dictionary

by Susan Mussi

CERAMIST - A person who works in pottery.

ca: CERAMISTA - Persona que treballa en ceràmica.

es: CERAMISTA - Persona que trabaja en cerámica.

Ceramist is someone who works with clay at any stage, from working with clay to decorating and firing it. It applies to handmade pottery and industrially produced work and each stage has many different methods.

In English speaking countries the person who works in handmade products is known as a potter and the name of the profession is pottery. The two names come from the word pot,