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People around the world and through time have used soil to express their creativity. See the links below to learn how soil is used to create art!

Body Art Ceramic Tiles Claymation
Pottery Sand Painting Miscellaneous


Body Art
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Body Art: Marks of Identity
URL: http://www.amnh.org/exhibitions/bodyart/glossary.html
Source: American Museum of Natural History

New Guinea Body Art: Skin as Ground...
URL: http://www.art-pacific.com/artifacts/nuguinea/bilas/bodyart/pigment/pigmentc.htm
Source: Pacific-Art.com


Boryeong Mud Festival, Korea
URL: http://www.mct.go.kr/festival/s_eng_h_001_m19.html
Source: Ministry of Culture and Tourism, Republic of Korea

Ceramic Tiles
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Ceramic Tiles: Historical Background
URL: http://oldhouseweb.com/oldhouse/content/npsbriefs/ceramicfloors/2.asp
Source: The Old House Web: Preserving Historic Ceramic Tile Floors

Claymation
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Gumby
URL: http://www.npr.org/programs/morning/features/patc/gumby/
Source: National Public Radio: Morning Edition

The Stopmotion and Clay Animation How To Page
http://www.animateclay.com/
Source: The Stop Motion and Clay Animation How To Page


Pottery
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A History of Pottery
URL: http://www.artistictile.net/pages/Info/Info_pottery.html
Source: ArtisticTile.net

Pottery
URL: http://www.museum.upenn.edu/Greek_World/pottery.html
Source: University of Pennsylvania Museum: The Greek World: Land and Time

Prehistoric Pottery
URL: http://www.uiowa.edu/~osa/learn/ancient/pot.htm
Source: University of Iowa: Ancient Technology Series

A History of Porcelain
URL: http://www.artistictile.net/pages/Info/Info_Porcelain.html
Source: ArtisticTile.net

Sand Painting
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Mandala Sand Painting
URL: http://www.mysticalartsoftibet.org/Mandala.htm#top
Source: Mystical Arts of Tibet

Tibetan sand paintings
URL: http://fl.essortment.com/tibetansandpai_rklq.htm
Source: PageWise, Inc.

Navajo Sandpainting Exhibit
URL: http://www.penfieldgallery.com/sand.html
Source: Penfield Gallery of Indian Arts: Navajo Sandpainting Exhibit

Miscellaneous
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Soil scientists find underground 'art'
URL: http://www.purdue.edu/UNS/html4ever/9703.McFEE.soil.art.html
Source: Purdue University: Purdue News


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