Clay is a type of ceramic but not all ceramics are made of clay.
Clay into ceramic.
Clay is a type of ceramic product.
Clay is a natural material that comes from the ground and ceramics are various materials that harden when heated including clay.
Once the ceramic has been shaped it is fired in a high temperature oven known as a kiln.
Ceramics are generally made by taking mixtures of clay earthen elements powders and water and shaping them into desired forms.
Grind the clay into powder grinding clay with my corn grinder.
The clay needs to be ground up not into a fine powder like baby powder it only needs to be as fine as course sand.
The oven cannot get hot enough to turn your clay into ceramics even at the highest temperature so there are no worries with heating it this way.
You cannot fire pottery in a home oven because ovens do not get up to the high temperatures of more than 1 500 degrees fahrenheit that you need for firing clay.