Ann Adair, Ann Adair Stockton, Ann Adair Voulkos

1936 Born Cocosolo, Panama

2018 Died Oakland, California

EDUCATION

—University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, California

—San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, California

PRIMARY WORK EXPERIENCE

1965 and 1976 San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, California

1967 University of California, Davis, Davis, California

1976University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho

BIOGRAPHY

 

Ann Adair Voulkos is known for porcelain sculptural forms that serve as canvases for drawing and painting with glazes. Her cone 10 porcelain clay is reduction fired, occasionally with nylon fibers added to the clay for strength.

Voulkos' primary glazes are celadon, semi-opaque white, semi-matte yellow, opaque white with a grey or pink cast and semi-matte turquoise blue that fires red when a clear glaze is added. She less frequently used cobalt, iron, black and copper oxides for lines and drawing.

In 1961 Voulkos took her first ceramics class with her future husband, Peter Voulkos.

Public Collections

Mills College, Oakland, California

Oakland Museum of California Art, Oakland, California

San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, California

Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery, Scripps College, Claremont, California

Smithsonian American Art Museum, Renwick Gallery, Washington, DC

University of Iowa Museum of Art, Iowa City, Iowa

Victoria and Albert Museum, London, England

Bibliography

Peterson, Susan, and Jan Peterson. Working with Clay. Woodstock, NY: Overlook Press, 2002.

______________________________. The Craft and Art of Clay: A Complete Potter's Handbook. London, England: Laurence King Publishing, 2012.

 

 

 

Southern Highland Craft Guild