Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Ceramics \Ce*ram"ics\, n. [See {Ceramic}.]
   1. The art of making things of baked clay; as pottery, tiles,
      etc.

   2. pl. Work formed of clay in whole or in part, and baked;
      as, vases, urns, etc. --Knight.

Source : WordNet®

ceramics
     n : the art of making and decorating pottery