Hand-painted ceramic tableware from Puglia, Italy, by <n>Fasanoceramiche</n>.

Cave dwellings in <n>Cappadocia</n>, Turkey, carved from volcanic rock. Photo by <n>Jonathan Blair</n> for <n>National Geographic</n>.

A dinner party setting with a hand-drawn tablecloth by artist <n>Matilda Bea</n>.

A <n>Dindi woman</n> from <n>Malanville</n>, <n>Benin</n> renews the colors on a large water jar.

<n>Chief Vocapoy's wife</n> making a clay vessel in Argentina, c. 1908-09. Photo by <n>Erland Nordenskiöld</n>.

<n>Lemon possets</n> by <n>Arôme Cassis</n>.

Ceramics by <n>Pascale Zintzen</n> at 'The Soil We See' art performance. Photo by <n>Laura Prim</n>.

A <n>terracotta vase in the shape of three doves</n> from 2200 BCE.

The animated character <n>Bambi</n> from <n>Disney</n>.

Actor <n>Willem Dafoe</n>. Set design by <n>Staci Lee</n>.

Craftsman <n>Moharam Gill Mohammad</n> in Hala, Pakistan. From <n>Mohamed Amin</n>'s book <n>Journey Through Pakistan</n> (1982).

<n>The Pottery Manufacturer</n>, a photograph from Morocco.

From the <n>Déjeuner entre amis</n> collection by <n>Poline</n>.

<n>Parthian</n> <n>Beak-spouted jug</n> from Iran, 1st century BC–1st century AD, from the collection of <n>The Metropolitan Museum of Art</n>.

The Angel of Death, an <n>imprint of an owl</n> left in the snow after hunting prey.

A potter at work in the <n>Dadès Valley</n>, Morocco.

A potter's hands at work in Yunnan, China.

Clay for <n>𝓈𝑜𝒻𝓉𝑒𝒹𝑔𝑒</n>.

<n>Le Trout</n>, a sculpture by artist <n>David Altmejd</n>.

Pottery artist <n>Maria Martinez</n> at work in <n>San Ildefonso Pueblo</n>, New Mexico.

Palestinian women with water jars near Bethlehem, c. 1925. Photo by <n>Karimeh Abbud</n>.

Hands shaping <n>earthenware pottery</n>. Photo by <n>Tima Miroshnichenko</n>.