Ann Adair | Also Known As: Ann Adair Stockton, Ann Adair Voulkos

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 ...
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    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.

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    Apprenticeships & Residencies
    Primary Work Experience
    1965

    San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, California

    1967

    University of California, Davis, California

    1976

    University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho

    1976

    San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, California

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    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.

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    Scripps College Ceramic Annual

    San Francisco, California

    Davis, California

    Moscow, Idaho

    Peter Voulkos

    Citation: Ann Adair, "The Marks Project."
    Last modified April 29, 2026. https://www.themarksproject.org/artists/ann-adair

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