Clay : A Human History

Author: Allan, Jennifer Lucy

Memoirs

Published on 12 June 2025 by Orion Publishing Co (White Rabbit) in the United Kingdom.

Paperback / softback | 320 pages
128 x 196 x 22 | 224g

'An engrossing history of the deep connection between humans and clay' KATHERINE MAY, author of Enchantment'Fascinating and powerful' BRIAN ENOClay 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, Clay: A Human History is a hybrid of archaeology, history and lived experience as an amateur potter.

'I have loved learning from every chapter in this beautiful and affecting book' VASHTI BUNYAN