Interested in a career in ceramics? ARTS THREAD’s career education specialist and digital editor Jacqui Rudd has lots of advice and tips on starting a successful career as a ceramicist as part of ARTSTHREAD’s Creative Career Guides Series. Ceramicists use a number of methods to create objects made from earthenware materials, such as clay and porcelain. Ceramics design has developed over time with technology and makers are constantly innovating and creating new ways to explore this versatile practice, including technology such as 3D printers. A career in ceramics design is considered under the practice of craft, however, its methods & materials are used widely in areas of art and design.