ceramist
/səˈɹamɪst/
ceramist noun: a person who makes ceramics objects; a potter.
Noun
ceramist (plural ceramists)
- A person who makes ceramics objects; a potter.
- Wilson is part of a group of female ceramists from all over the globe who are meditating on the beauty of imperfection, age and artlessness, borrowing ideas from the past, including the Zen Buddhist philosophy of wabi-sabi.2017 December 5, Alexa Brazilian, “The Beautifully Flawed Work of Emerging Ceramists”, in The New York Times Style Magazine
- The Corfu, Greece-born, London-based ceramist Agalis Manessi, 69, creates her animals — recumbent hounds, alert hares — from lumps of terra-cotta clay that she squeezes and manipulates “until a figure emerges.”2021 August 19, Nancy Hass, “The Ceramists Crafting Miniature Menageries”, in The New York Times Style Magazine
Forms of ceramist
| plural | ceramists |
|---|---|
| alternative form | ceramicist |
Origin of ceramist
From ceram(ic) + -ist.
Questions about ceramist
- What does ceramist mean?
- Ceramist means a person who makes ceramics objects; a potter.
- What part of speech is ceramist?
- Ceramist is a noun.
- How do you pronounce ceramist?
- Ceramist is pronounced /səˈɹamɪst/.
- What is the plural of ceramist?
- The plural of ceramist is ceramists.
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