Ceramics+Studio

= Ceramics Studio = ​Ceramics are used for cooking vessels, serving and storage vessels, pipes, musical instruments etc. And has been used for over 7500 years! Pottery is fired ceramics with clay as a component. The earliest known ceramics have been found in the Amazon Basin. The first people to make ceramics have been fishers and shellfish gatherers, but it was first originated by Santarem, Brazil close to 8,000 years ago. The word ceramic comes from the Greek meaning “pottery”, which in turn comes from keramos meaning “pottery clay."

​There are a couple different times of ceramics pottery such as, studio pottery, tile, figurines, and tableware just to name a few. Studio pottery is pottery made by professional artists working alone or in small groups making unique items. Tile is a manufactured piece of hand-wearing material stone, metal, or even glass.Figurines is a statuette that represents a human deity, mythical creature, or animal. Tableware is dishes used for setting a table, serving dishes and dining.

​Most people that make ceramics, and have a business out of it actually only use their makings in their house and don't normally buy the things that they can make. Ceramics is a great way for struggling families to save a little bit of money, but also make money by doing it as well.

By: Cassie Marino