Ceramic Arts & Stoneware

Ceramics, ceramic art, stoneware, ceramic arts & crafts. Objects and materials made from clay have played an important role throughout human history. Although clay is still used in modern ceramics, a wide variety of non-organic materials have also arisen in the construction of ceramics. Some of the most important ceramic products, in terms of practicality, are brick and tile, clay pipe, refractory brick, ferrites, barium titanate, alumina, uranium dioxide, and garnets. Among the uses for some of these materials are the construction of computer memory, electronics products, nuclear fuel, and lasers. The materials that comprise ceramics themselves include clay, feldspar, quartz sand, iron oxides, and alumina. The links included herein relate specifically to the ceramic arts and stoneware.