ceramics

__Ceramics__ Ceramic art is a style in which things such as tiles, figures, and tableware made from clay and other raw materials are made. They are made by the process of pottery. You can use ceramic products almost anyway you like; you can use them as decorative pieces, or as industrial, useful objects. Many ceramic pieces of art are artifacts in archeology. The word “ceramics comes from the word //keramiko,// which is Greek for pottery. Ceramics uses clay mixed with a few other materials. The clay is shaped and heated. Today, generally all decorative and tableware ceramics are made just like this. It is the art and science of using inorganic, non-metallic materials with and action of heat to make objects. Ceramics has been around forever. It gives us evidence of earlier cultures and information about them. Ceramics is very useful.

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