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Notes chapter one. Guy Wolff 1. John Windsor,“None of That Fancy Stuff,” The Independent On Sunday, Saturday, November 18, 1995, U.K. 2. Ibid. 3. John Anderson, Making Pottery, Broughton Skipton, U.K.: Dalesman Publishing, 1999. chapter two. Flowerpots Through the Millennia 1. Suzanne Staubach, Clay, New York: Penguin, 2005, pp. 160–79. 2. Linda Farrar, Ancient Roman Gardens, Thrupp, Stroud, Gloucestershire, U.K.: Sutton Publishing, 1998, p. 18; see also Pliny the Elder, Natural History, XIX, 19, 51. 3. Anthony Huxley, An Illustrated History of Gardening, London: Paddington Press, 1978, p. 64. 4. Cato, Martial (XI.19.1, 2). 5. Anne Wilkinson, The Passion for Pelargoniums, Thrupp Stroud, Gloucestershire: Sutton Publishing, 2007, p. 18. 6. H. Peter Loewer, Jefferson’s Garden, Mechanicsburg, PA: Stackpole Books, 2004. 7. Susan Condor, The Complete Geranium, New York: Clarkson Potter, 1992, p. 8. chapter three. Early Years and Influences 1. Email conversation with Guy Wolff, January 29, 2012. 2. Pedro E. Guerraro, Calder at Home, New York: Stewart,Tabori & Chang, 1998, pp. 32–33. 3. Robert Jay Wolff, edited by Dina Wolff, The Man from Highbelow, Durango, CO: Authentic, p. 92. 4. http://www.americanabstractartists.org/ 5. Howard Singerman, Art Subjects: Making Artists in the American University, Berkeley: University of California Press, 1999, p. 133. 6. New York Times, November 21, 1978. 7. http://www.highmowing.org/page .cfm?p=518 (accessed 2/24/2012). 8. http://www.whywaldorfworks. org/02_W_Education/index.asp (accessed 2/25/2012). 9. Margaret Carney, Charles Fergus Binns: The Father of American Studio Ceramics, New York: Hudson Hills Press, 1998. 10. Val Cushing, email to the author, January 10, 2012. 11. Bernard Leach, A Potter’s Book, Levittown, NY: Transatlantic Arts, 1970, pp. 11–12. 12. Jesse Salisbury,“Sweezy, former Wilton ‘national treasure,’” Obituaries, Nashua Telegraph, February 14, 2010. 13. Charlotte Vestal Brown,“175 Years of Pottery by the Owen/Owens,” http://www.ncarts.org/press_release .cfm?ID=442, March 13, 2012. 14. Nancy Sweezy, Raised in Clay: The Southern Pottery Tradition, Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Press for the Office of Folklife Programs, 1984, p. 211. 15. Ibid., 211–213. chapter four. Seeking the Old Masters 1. Bernard Leach, Hamada Potter, Tokyo and New York: Kodansha International, [1975] 1990, p. 131. chapter five. Setting Up Shop 1.“Eszter Haraszky, Designer, 74,” Obituaries, New York Times, December 1, 1994. Staubach_GW_Finalpgs.indd 139 4/26/13 10:56 AM 140 Notes 2.“Alexander Giampietro Dies; Catholic University Professor and Sculptor,” Washington Post, January 30, 2010. 3. John Bear, The Number One New York Times Best Seller, Berkeley, CA: Ten Speed Press, 1992, p. 116. 4. UPI Year in Review Events of 1971; http://www.upi.com/Audio/Year_in_ Review/Events-of-1971/Economic-Crisis /12295509436546–2/ (accessed April 8, 2012). 5. American Craft Council, http://www .craftcoundil.org/history (accessedApril 8,2012). 6. John Michael Edgeler, Cardew and the West Country Slipware Tradition, Winchcombe, U.K.: Cotswolds Living Publications, 2007, p. 69, quoting Michael Cardew: An Intimate Account by Garth Clark. chapter six. A Passion for Horticultural Wares 1. New York Times, Obituaries, August 2, 1995. 2. Joe Eck, phone interview with the author, summer 2012. 3. Joe Eck and Wayne Winterrowd, Our Life in Gardens, New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2009, p. 193. 4. Ann Raver,“Allen C. Haskel, 69, Nurseryman Known for His Rare Plants Dies,” Obituaries, New York Times, December 13, 2004. 5. William Ketchum, Jr., American Redware, New York: Henry Holt, 1991, p. 34. 6. Peabody Historical Society and Museum; http://www.peabodyhistorical.org/peabody _history.asp. 7. Frances Chamberlain,“A Potter’s‘An Awful Romantic’ But His Pots Are Functional,” New York Times, Sunday, November 24, 1991. 8. Tovah Martin,“Potter Guy Wolff ’s Quest to Master The Dance of the Hands,” Victoria, July 1993. 9. Ibid. 10. More Guy Wolff Pottery as seen in the September issue of Martha Stewart Living, “Martha Up Close and Personal,”August 18, 2009, themarthablog.com. 11. People Magazine, New York, October 24, 2001, pp. 62–63. chapter seven. The Guy Wolff Guilds 1. ChaoZhou Government Online, http:// en.chaozhou.gov.cn/jjfz/csmp_list.asp?id=66 (accessed July 7, 2012). chapter eight. Mud Man, Poet of Flowerpots 1. Isobel Karl, letter to the author, February 7, 2012. 2. Ibid. 3. Söetsu Yanagi, The Unknown Craftsman: A Japanese Insight into Beauty, New York and Tokyo: Kodansha International, 1989 revised edition, p. 101. 4. Ibid., p. 107. 5. Bernard Leach, Hamada Potter, New York and Tokyo: Kodansha International...

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