Janet Adam
Born14 January 1940
Edinburgh, Scotland
Died1 September 2021 (aged 81)
EducationEdinburgh College of Art

Janet Adam (14 January 1940 – 1 September 2021) was a Scottish potter and sculptor. She was a founding member of the Scottish Potters Association and active in it for 47 years.

Biography

Adam was born in Edinburgh on 14th January 1940, to Barbara Eunice Marindin and Captain Charles Adam, as one of four siblings.[1] Adam attended West Heath Girls' School.[1] After working as a secretary, she learned pottery on the Isle of Mull in the late 1960s.[1] She moved to Edinburgh in the 1970s and was instructed in pottery through independent learning and a part-time course at Edinburgh College of Art.[2]

Adam first founded the Cannonmills Pottery in the 1970s on Warriston Road in Edinburgh.[3] In 1983 the workshop moved to Henderson Row where it was named Adams Pottery.[4] It served her and five other potters as a studio and workshop space.[4]

Adam's work was primarily based around making functional individual pieces of pottery.[2] She was a founding member of the Scottish Potters Association and contributed to it for 47 years.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Packard, Ann (29 October 2021). "Scotsman Obituaries: Janet Adam, respected Scottish potter". The Scotsman. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
  2. 1 2 "Janet Adam - The Adam Pottery". adampottery.co.uk. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
  3. ↑ "LONG BUILDING MAY NOT BE LONG FOR THIS WORLD". Spurtle: Broughton's Independent Stirrer. 17 June 2014. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
  4. 1 2 "An Adam Pottery Christmas". Stockbridge Edinburgh. 30 November 2014. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
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