Blog #5: Peter Voulkous

After serving for his country in the 1940's Peter returned back to the states and began his career in pottery.  He was founded as a chairman at Otis Art Institute and soon began his pottery shop, which then launched the Los Angeles clay movement. He soon got tired of doing the traditional designs with clay and began doing more abstract work on a larger scale. Below is an example of one of his abstract pots.  In my opinion, all of Peter's work looks like he is trying too hard...trying to be different.  If we are being honest it took me many pictures to find something that I actually didn't think was an eyesore.  His work is messy, and not messy in a imperfect perfect way...its just messy and way too busy.  I can honestly say I would not want one of his pots on my kitchen counter.