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Ceramics have been used since the earliest human civilisations to record stories and cultural beliefs for coming generations. The most well-known examples come from the ancient Greeks, who developed a distinctive artistic style to show military achievements, mythical stories, and religious scenes on vases and jugs. Internationally acclaimed book illustrator Laura Carlin explores this link between ceramics and narrative by taking her illustration from paper to pottery. Using familiar forms such as figurines, plates and tiles, she shows that ceramics can, like books, be a powerful storytelling medium.