Description
Bowl by Kevin Millward
About Kevin:
Kevin started his training at art school and then went on to work at a number of studios, including Cooper’s Pottery in Cheshire, producing domestic stoneware and porcelain. From there, he moved on to the Gladstone Pottery Museum in early 1975, when it had a working studio. During this time, he had the privilege to be introduced to David Leach by a mutual friend and worked with him for a short time. He has also met many other accomplished potters from all over the world who were very generous, sharing their time and expertise.
While working at the Gladstone, he was approached by Harrison Mayer (now Potterycrafts) to be their craft advisor, helping potters, schools, colleges and small industry with making and technical problems, as well as giving workshops and demonstrations all over the UK and Europe. This allowed Kevin the opportunity to work with some of the best in the world on the technical side of ceramics.
He later set up his own studio in Leek, Staffordshire making stoneware and porcelain, and also started to do some part-time teaching at his old college, which led to lecturing at some of the UK’s leading universities, specialising in ceramics.
Kevin says that one of the unusual side-effects of his potting career has been the amount of TV work it has brought his way; from children’s TV and light-hearted game shows, to serious documentaries and even a cameo part in Coronation Street. More recently, he has been the series consultant to The Great Pottery Throw Down.
“Porcelain; its whiteness, translucency and its history – white gold. The way it changed the way the West looked at pottery.
For me, it’s the delicate way it responds on the wheel – shape, form and its response to mark making elevated by the way light passes through, enhancing and elevating the mark of the maker. Combined with the vitrification at biscuit firing and the use of a lead-based glaze, complementing the way light plays on the surface, paying homage to an English process developed in the 18th century.”
Instagram: @kgmillwardceramics
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