The Ceramic Materials Atlas was co-created by Rose Schreiber-Stainthorp & Del Harrow as a public-facing storytelling project and research tool that links global industry, environmental justice, and contemporary ceramics. Its aim is to foster a more critical understanding of our raw materials: their unique social and political histories, environmental costs, and poetic resonances.
Selected works
A group of Black miners at a ballclay mine in Henry County, Tennessee in 1939. Two apparently white men stand above the pit, to the left. Source: Department of Conservation Photograph Collection in the Tennessee State Library and Archive. This image is in the public domain.
A group of miners converse inside one of the red chambers of the Santa Rosa iron mine, located outside of Tierga, Spain. Source: Photograph by J. M. Sanchis, sourced from https://mti-minas- aragon.blogspot.com/2014/09/mina-santa-rosa.html. This website has a creative commons license.
An aerial view of a ballclay mine in northwestern Tennessee. Source: Coordinates: 36° 12’ 51” N, 88° 39’ 52” W. Image from Google Earth. These images can be reproduced with attribution (shown in the bottom right-hand corner of the map).
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