“It seems reasonable to expect that beauty will emerge from a fusion of the individual character and culture of the potter, with the nature of his materials.”

—  Bernard Leach

A Potters Book (1940) Faber & Faber,London 1978 (reprint of 1940) ISBN 978-0571109739

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