Ask Kevin why he does pottery - he will tell you, that's just what I do. I've learned to follow my heart and clay is in my heart. One of the best things about clay is that I can be completely free and honest with it. When I make it into a form it has its own personality and responds to every touch and feeling. When it is dressed in glaze it sometimes changes, but still has it's own identity, it's own individualism.
When I am at the wheel throwing or in my studio - I think of my family, my friends, or the people I have met in life. That becomes evident when you see how he signs each piece he makes. There is his signature ... Winn; accompanied by two swirl lines for his lovely wife, Valerie; then two small stokes, one for each of his two children.
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