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MICHAEL MAHAN has been making pots in the Seagrove
area for more than 20 years. A former newspaper reporter,
he now lives in Westmoore, nine miles south of Seagrove.
He grew up in Miami, Florida, and moved to North Carolina
in 1974. While attending N.C. State University, he wrote
a couple of stories on potters while working as an intern
at the Enquirer-Journal in Monroe, NC.
IMahan took a couple of classes at the university
and didn't find a means to pursue his interest in clay until
moving to Asheboro in the early 1980s where he worked as
a reporter at The Courier-Tribune for several years. He
and his first wife, Jane Braswell, opened up Wild Rose Pottery
in 1986, after they both took classes at Montgomery Community
College in Troy for a few years.
Mahan opened up his current shop in 1998.
He has three children: Wil, 24, Chelsea, 20, and Levi, 18.
He lives with his wife, Mary Holmes who grew up in Limerick,
Ireland.
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