Clay - A human history MIT Press Illustration: Falk Nordmann

Illustration: Falk Nordmann

The result is a polyphonic atlas of fluid world-making for our planetary time

I am already looking forward to the second volume

the shortcuts

accursed mountains and treacherous terrains

Clay - A human history MIT Press Illustration: Falk NordmannClay is baked into our culture: we have been taking handfuls of earth and forming them into their own image since our history began. In Clay: A Human History, Jennifer Lucy Allan navigates the story of humankind and our relationship to making and creativity through our relationship with this enigmatic, ancient material. Born out of a desire to know and understand the spiritual and practical applications of clay in both its micro and macro histories,