Possible Peter voulkos piece

I’ve got this lumpy squashed vase with what looks like a number 11 on one of the legs on the base, any input appreciated.

Marks by Serena glynn posted Jan 9, 2018 at 8:35 PM

I’m unsure as to whether it’s a voulkos piece but the overlays and some of the techniques are very similar. I think there’s a Chinese lady artist that does similar squashed vases but I can’t think of her name.

 

Marks by Serena glynn posted Jan 9, 2018 at 8:41 PM

 

Hello Serena and welcome! I have to admit that I'm not very familiar with this artist but I would expect it to be signed. Also the turquoise looks to be outside his normal color palette. I'm not sure that the number 11 is actually a mark. It does look like those marks are intentional though. If no one here can help you there is a studio pottery identification group on Facebook that may be able to help.
Don

 

Thanks don, I hope someone is familiar with this modern stuff. What’s the Facebook page called?

 

There may be other groups but this is the one I belong to:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/StudioPotteryID/

 

You have a piece of American Raku (also called post-firing reduction). It is most likely a student project. Definitely not the work of Peter Voulkos!

Although in his early years he was known for his production of dinnerware, Voulkos was best known for his monumental sculptural works, both in clay and bronze. Early pieces were gas and electric fired, his later work primarily fired in an anagama kiln. He didn't do American raku.

It was actually a student of his, Paul Soldner, who invented American Raku in 1960, and was responsible for introducing it to the world through countless workshops and demonstrations. Probably everyone who ever took a pottery class in the 1960s to the present, has at one time or another made a piece of American raku, making it highly unlikely to be able to identify any given piece with the maker.