Breaking Ground: A Century of Craft Art in Western New York

157 pp. "Richly illustrated with vintage and contemporary photography, the publication surveys the work of early pioneers as well as current artists. The book features original interviews with four masters who work in the area--Wendell Castle (wood), Albert Paley (metal), Michael Taylor (glass), and Wayne Higby (clay). ...In the early 1900s western New York became a hub of the Arts and Craft movement with the founding of the Roycroft community in East Aurora; Gustav Stickley's furniture workshops in Syracuse; and Steuben Glass in Corning."