The role of material in the act of making art takes the artist to some research about the material. Artist who use every object in the nature as a tool when transferring his/her expression to viewers, handles and turns the objects that s/he founds or ready to handle materials in accordance with the theme of his/her design and tries to make them compatible and conforming for his/her purpose, aim and interpretation. Manufacturing the ready to handle objects by handwork or use of industrial methods by only changing the material is an artistic stance adopted by many artists from past to present. Artists have demonstrated their reaction and respond against the previous understanding of art, technology and consumption through methods such as exhibiting daily objects as they are, imitating them simply by use of plastic materials or re-manufacturing them with a hyper-realistic reaction. The importance of material is great and high in these attitudes.

Ceramic clay which is the material gives its name to Ceramic Art has become one of the most important materials on which scientists and artists work intensely together with the contributions of technology and industry in this direction. The purpose of artist in processing his/her clay different from scientists is to strengthen the artistic expression rather than to achieve industrial excellence. The artist of the artwork researches, chooses or produces the material appropriate for his/her artwork that s/he had designed or benefits from the blessings of the material that s/he founds and shapes his/her opinion, idea or artwork according to the structure of the material in his/her hand.

The unique and specific material production idea has been supported in this study which is about clay manufacturing for personal ceramic designs with artistic purposes and the study is presented after making assessments of personal design and implementation samples technically and artistically.

Keywords: Materials, Ceramic Art, Clay, Expression, Additions to Clay, Design, Specific to the Artwork.