Culture Art & Media Mesmerizing Wet Clay Drawings Created on Spinning Potter's Wheel (Video) By Kimberley Mok Writer McGill University Cornell University Kimberley Mok is a former architect who covered architecture and the arts for Treehugger since 2007. our editorial process Twitter Twitter Kimberley Mok Updated January 30, 2020 Video screen capture. Mikhail Sadovnikov Share Twitter Pinterest Email Culture History Travel Sustainable Fashion Art & Media Holidays Community Working with clay is something that humankind has explored for thousands of years, apparently as far back as 14,000 BC. We still make pottery, buildings and we can even keep our food cold with it; There's nothing as primal as drawing with wet earth and in the video below, Russian ceramics artist Mikhail Sadovnikov starts drawing with wet clay (also called "slip") on a spinning potter's wheel and videotaped the mesmerizing results: Simply astounding; hat tip to This Is Colossal.