Pier Voulkos Signed Graduated Black and White Necklace, 32 Inches Long, 40 Beads
Pier Voulkos Signed Graduated Black and White Necklace, 32 Inches Long, 40 Beads
Pier Voulkos Signed Graduated Black and White Necklace, 32 Inches Long, 40 Beads
Pier Voulkos Signed Graduated Black and White Necklace, 32 Inches Long, 40 Beads

Pier Voulkos Signed Graduated Black and White Necklace, 32 Inches Long, 40 Beads

SKU: GLC-313
Sale price $950.00

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Description

  • Vintage Pier Voulkos necklace of 40 black and white beads 32 inches long
  • The beads are graduated form 30 to 13mm diameter
  • A small 15mm polkadot bead near the back is signed Pier
  • See closeup of signature in third image, in the first image it's center top
  • Pier is the multi-talented daughter of Peter Voulkos famous for his ceramic sculptures and for starting the ceramics department at the Los Angeles art Institute, and my alma mater UC Berkeley. 
  • Pier began teaching ceramics but also had a career as a dancer, specifically tango.
  • She discovered Fimo in a German toy store in 1971 but didn't start making beads with it until 1978. During the 1980s she was a pioneer in the field of Polymer Clay art developing many of her own techniques because it was a new medium for jewelry at that time.