Sculpture is a plastic art and a visual art of three-dimensional spatial image made by materials and means. At the earliest, sculpture mainly used sculpture (reduced material modeling) and plastic (stacked material modeling).
Creating on materials such as stone, metal, wood, ceramics, etc., but modernist sculpture has a high degree of freedom in materials and creative techniques, and can be created on various materials by carving, welding, molding or casting.
The specific details of art ceramics can be divided into: stoneware, celadon, bone porcelain, high white jade porcelain, white porcelain, black porcelain, etc. According to its production process, it is divided into: blue and white porcelain, China red porcelain, underglaze colored porcelain, wool porcelain, carved porcelain, etc. According to the kiln mouth, there are Jingdezhen porcelain, Liling porcelain, Dehua porcelain, Ru Ci porcelain, Jun porcelain and Longquan porcelain.
The main categories of ceramic art design research include: daily-use ceramic (tea set, tableware) design; Sanitary ware design; Architectural ceramic design; Art porcelain design.
Art ceramics is a typical representative of ceramic art design in China. It has a long history, mature technology, rich decorative techniques, strong appreciation and high recognition. The single act of designing ceramic works, and "ceramic art" can generally refer to completed works and creative acts, and some people regard it as the abbreviation of "ceramic art design".