Ceramic art is art made from ceramic materials , including clay . It may take forms including art ware , tile , figurines , sculpture , and tableware . Ceramic art is one of the arts , particularly the visual arts . Of these , it is one of the plastic arts . While some ceramics are considered fine art , as pottery or sculpture , some are considered to be decorative , industrial or applied art objects . Ceramics may also be considered artefacts in archaeology . Ceramic art can be made by one person or by a group of people . In a pottery or ceramic factory , a group of people design , manufacture and decorate the art ware . Products from a pottery are sometimes referred to as `` art pottery '' . In a one - person pottery studio , ceramists or potters produce studio pottery .

Question: the art and science of making objects from clay is called
Answer: Ceramic art