Bruce Winn | Also Known As: Roseberry Winn

Bruce Winn is known for wheel-thrown and altered porcelain functional work. Glazes of a high color key palette are used in repeated geometric or floral motifs.

Winn's pottery and glazing patterns reflect his ...
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    Bruce Winn is known for wheel-thrown and altered porcelain functional work. Glazes of a high color key palette are used in repeated geometric or floral motifs.

    Winn's pottery and glazing patterns reflect his interest in Japanese, 18th century French, and 19th century British pottery traditions. At Boston University, Winn studied with Richard Hirsh and Christopher Gustin and, later at Cranbrook, studies with Graham Marks.

    In addition to individual works in clay, in 1997 Winn with his husband, Michael Rosenberry, developed Roseberry-Winn Pottery and Tile, LLC. Rosenberry specialized in glaze chemistry developing a 14 color glaze palette while Winn focused on slip-casting forms and pottery production. The pottery produced, ?Textural, low-relief art tiles, tableware, pottery, vases and lamps ...? [1] Roseberry-Winn Pottery and Tile, LLC?s products features floral and/or geometric motifs in low relief patterns.

    [1] https://www.oldhouseonline.com/old-house-directory/roseberry-winn-pottery-tile (09/10/2018 6:25 ET)

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    Apprenticeships & Residencies
    Primary Work Experience

    Faculty, Parsons School of Design, New York, New York

    Faculty, City University of New York (CUNY), New York, New York

    1997
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    2002

    Co-Owner, Roseberry-Winn Pottery and Tile LLC, Providence, Rhode Island

    2002
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    2012

    Co-Owner, Roseberry-Winn Pottery and Tile LLC, Tiverton, Rhode Island

    2002

    Koopman Distinguished Chair, Hartford Art School, The University of Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut

    Faculty, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, Rhode Island

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    Museum of Fine Arts Boston, Boston, Massachusetts

    Newark Museum, Newark, New Jersey

    Stockholm Royal Palace, Stockholm, Sweden

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    Kuratnick, Jeffrey

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    Roseberry-Winn Pottery and Tile, LLC

    Bennington College

    Rhode Island School of Design

    The University of Hartford,

    Cranbrook Academy of Art

    Parsons School of Design

    Boston University

    City University of New York

    Citation: Kuratnick, Jeffrey Bruce Winn, "The Marks Project."
    Last modified April 29, 2026. https://www.themarksproject.org/artists/bruce-winn

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