as in ceramics
articles made of baked clay
we picked up some ceramic vases in a pottery store
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ceramics
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Gehry pursued architecture after a ceramics teacher saw his talent for three-dimensional art.—
Bethy Squires, Vulture, 5 Dec. 2025
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Two years later, she was employed in a ceramics factory in Germany, and then moved to Denmark, in 1963, to work in the stoneware department of the Royal Porcelain Factory, now known as Royal Copenhagen—among the most prestigious places in the world to hone the craft.—
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“Potteries.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/potteries. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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