"Much of what influenced my teenage self to pursue pottery was found on pages. I could only spend so much time on the wheel at school, so I devoured books in my downtime. ‘A Potter’s Book’ by Bernard Leach hypnotised me — I was drawing more pots than I could make and his inky illustrations and instructions on how-to setup a workshop filled me with ideas for the future, as did many of the books in this list." Florian Gadsby, 2023

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