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Clay: A Human History

Jennifer Lucy Allan

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Memoirs, History, General & world history, Regional & national history, History: earliest times to present day, Social & cultural history, Pottery, ceramics & glass crafts

A human history told through clay, from the critically acclaimed author of The Foghorn's Lament.

'An engrossing history of the deep connection between humans and clay' KATHERINE MAY, author of Enchantment

'Fascinating and powerful' BRIAN ENO

Clay 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

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Praise for Clay: A Human History

  • I read this book and immediately went out to buy some clay. Fascinating and powerful - Brian Eno

  • Clay is a joy to read... it made me want to learn to be a potter all over again - Florian Gadsby

  • An engrossing history of the deep connection between humans and clay, electrified by a ceramicist's passion - Katherine May, author of Enchantment

  • Allan's writing goes beyond the physical, revealing not only how we shape and adapt clay, but the profound meaning at the heart of it . . . will inspire you to look upon your pots with new insight - Caught by the River

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Jennifer Lucy Allan

Jennifer Lucy Allan is an author, journalist and broadcaster with a PhD in foghorns. Her first book, The Foghorn's Lament, was published in May 2021. She is a presenter on BBC Radio 3's long running music show, Late Junction, and presented Life, Death and the Foghorn, and Oh Yoko! for BBC Radio 4. As a journalist she has written on underground and experimental music for over 15 years, and also co-ran the record labels Arc Light Editions and Good Energy.

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