Method for making ceramic work piece or cermet work piece is realized by utilizing a multi-layer processing method. Several kinds of materials are mixed to form slurry. Then the slurry is formed into a thin green layer, which will be dried by infrared light, so that the thin green layer will be hardened. Next, the thin green layer exposed under a high-energy beam is sintered to bond together locally due to heat effect at different temperature levels, respectively. After multiple repetitions of this procedure a three-dimensional ceramic part or cermet part can be fabricated layer upon layer. The green portion, which is not scanned by the high-energy beam, can be removed with suitable methods, such as submerged in water or sodium hydroxide water solution, due to disparate characteristics of scanned and unscanned portions. A ceramic part or a cermet part can be rapidly produced in this way.