J. Przedwojewska-Szymańska / PASI “They are clay actors,” Szymański tells Science’s Lizzie Wade. “When you hold them in your hand, sometimes they even look creepy because of their vivid ...

An curved arrow pointing right. The artist behind Mingtoo Art makes clay-cracking ASMR videos. She starts with a clay sculpture, covers it in a coat of plaster, and smashes it on camera.

Researchers have discovered a trove of ancient clay puppets at an archaeological site in El Salvador. The five carved ...