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I would like to thank all of my friends in the community of the creative arts who have become such a huge part of my life, and whose individual friendships and support have contributed greatly to my own survival as a maker and a creative being.

I would like to thank the many students who have survived my methods and philosophy, and who remain a constant reminder that to be a good teacher, I must always remain a good student.

I would like to thank my acquisition editor and old friend, John Kelsey, who persuaded me that after fifty years of working on the lathe, I’d probably learned enough to write a reasonable text.

I would like to thank the hundred-plus creative people whose energies my wife and I live with on a daily basis through the objects they have made, several of which are featured in this book.

And I would like to thank my wonderful wife, Wendy, who has survived, not too painfully I hope, my many hours of absence while I stared at a computer screen trying to translate ideas into a comprehensive text that someone other than myself could understand.

David Pye, Untitled, about 1990. English sycamore; 2½" high x 17¼" wide x 17½" deep.