Scripture contains over thirty references to God as potter and man as clay. These references harken back to the creation account of Genesis 2, in which Yahweh God formed man from the dust (clay) of the ground. The creation account depicts the process God used to manufacture mankind. In this presentation I show how the freehand pottery manufacturing technique and the ingredients used to create Adam and Eve reveal a personal, hands-on involvement by Yahweh God in the formation of mankind. Genesis 2, rather than employing mere anthropomorphism, describes a theophany: the master potter stood on the earth with his own feet, fashioned clay sculptures with his own hands, and breathed life into them with his own mouth. Moreover, God did not make the woman entirely from flesh and bone but inserted the man’s flesh and bone into the clay sculpture (Gen 2:22–23). Subsequent biblical authors establish fascinating literary allusions to the master potter’s original work, such as Jesus using clay from the ground to heal a man born blind, a creative act that demonstrates Jesus’s deity (John 9).