The best-preserved specimens were found at the bottom of the pit, where a layer of mud created ... look like terra-cotta backpacks strewn across the reddish soil. They are, in fact, clay quivers ...

Above: The Mud colorway is a dark brown clay ... on the inside with a clear gloss glaze. Above: The Terracotta colorway is ...

Instructor to class: “Clay is very humbling. But you can remake it. It’s just mud. We’re just having fun.” Splat. Pat. Pound. Whump. Sounds like the pottery class for beginners at Freeland ...

Dolon Kundu Mondal was three years old when she would play with mud ... clay is meticulously shaped by hand without using ...

“It’s a riverboat gambler’s style of life,” says Dan Ishler, 76, known for his Oak Harbor studio where he’s been crafting ...