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The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 06:11, 4 April 2020 (UTC)

Auguste Delaherche

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Delaherche vase, c. 1889

... that the French potter Auguste Delaherche was said to have used clay dug from his garden, and only fired his kiln once a year? Source: a) Tournier, Etienne, "Auguste Delaherche et les Etats-Unis (1889-1953)" (in French), in Bulletin du groupe de recherches et d'études de la céramique du Beauvaisis (GRECB), 2012, PDF on Academia.edu -final page: "De son propre jardin il extrait l’argile qu’il modèle" ("He extracts the clay he models from his own garden"). b) Bernard Leach, he only fired his kiln once a year. Leach, Bernard, A Potter's Work, p. 26, "Delaherche, after his stay in Paris, lived the life of a recluse at La Chapelle from 1894, firing his kiln only once a year." 1977, Jupiter Books, ISBN 0904041840, 9780904041842

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Created by Johnbod (talk). Self-nominated at 13:51, 23 March 2020 (UTC).

Looks good to go Векочел (talk) 15:54, 23 March 2020 (UTC)

Векочел (talk) 15:54, 23 March 2020 (UTC)