What is it?
 This book, written by Edmund De Waal, is a visual guide that documents ceramics, from pots dating 10,000 BC, to modern pieces created in the 2000s. Each vessel has a full page photo, with a short description to place it within the context of its time. This layout makes this hefty book digestible and a great way to appreciate the diversity of this medium.

What is it?
This collective of ceramic artists, based in Sweden, creates spaces for artistic interventions and conversations around the origin of clay. Unsure of where their clay in neat plastic bags came from, and intrigued by the gap between clay being seen as handmade, and the reality of a finite material being dug out of the earth, this collective embarked on a journey to understand the complexities of this material better.

What is it?
This book, written by Baye Riddell with photos from Norm Heke captures the beginnings of Ngā Kaihanga Uku, a collective of Māori Clay Artist established in 1987, in Aotearoa New Zealand.