Peter Voulkos Blog #5

Hello everyone, today we are going to be talking about Peter Voulkos. Peter was born in Bozeman, Montana and was best known for his abstract expressionist ceramic sculptures. When he was studying painting and print making at college Peter got introduced to ceramics. He was only allowed 25 pounds of clay per semester, but this was not enough for him. He managed to find a source of clay from tires of trucks that would come to the Burger Inn where he worked part time. Attached below is a cookie jar dated in 1950 that Peter Voulkos made. The method that he used to create this jar was throwing it on the wheel. I choose this cookie jar because I thought the lid was a unique shape that I have never seen before and I liked how the pictures on the side of the jar look like little chicks.