Annette Corcoran has had many artistic careers, but her love of clay and pottery has been her deepest and most abiding. After graduating with an art degree in 1952 from U.C. Berkeley, she spent 16 years working as a commercial artist, followed by a stint designing greeting cards. It wasn’t until she was 40 years old that she made her first piece of pottery, and she knew she’d found her medium.

Corcoran made a name for herself among the art pottery set with her extravagant, bird-topped (non-functional) teapots. Her subtle Deco influences and her carefully-chosen decorative elements make for beautifully-balanced pieces, and her use of successive layers of underglazes, glazes, and china paints add wonderful depth to her sculptures. It’s no wonder her pieces are included in the collections of art museums around the country like the Honolulu Museum of Art, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the National Museum of Ceramic Art in Baltimore, the Philadelphia Museum of Art, the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, and the Philadelphia Museum of Art, as well as private collections around the world.

You can check out Annette Corcoran’s beautiful teapots on her website.

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6 Days to Christmas Hummer with Flowers | Annette Corcoran, 2017 Ceramic, 7.75" x 12" x 4.5" . . . #windfieldgallery #carmelbythesea #contemporaryart #contemporaryceramics #ceramicsculpture #teapot #teapotart #ceramicteapot #hummingbird #hummingbirdart #ceramicbird #annettecorcoran

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#фантазийнаякерамика#вдохновение Эксцентричные чайники-птицы от #AnnetteCorcoran Уже в течение 25 лет художник-график из Калифорнии создает из обычной глины настоящие произведения искусства. Каждое творение отличается уникальным авторским стилем – это всегда изящная конструкция – дуэт чайника и птицы. Пернатые прорисованы с особой тщательностью👆 Знающие зоологию говорят, что вполне реально распознают в работах керамистки существующие породы птиц И несмотря на то, что некоторые из этих чайников превратились в не функциональные изделия, их эстетика и уникальность покоряют даже самых заядлых рационалистов! Кстати, Анне уже 80 с лишним лет, но она полна оптимизма и творческих планов. Вот что бывает, когда занимаешься тем, что по-настоящему любишь!

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Most of us are acquirers, not collectors. True collectors will replace a piece with a better example when one becomes available. Tough love edit. They will also have a focus for their collection either based upon time period or genre. Like teapots. – Chris Winfield, The Art of Collecting (11/11) Red Breasted Nuthatch | Annette Corcoran, 2015 Ceramic, 7.5 x 6.5 x 4.25 #winfieldgallery #contemporaryart #carmelbythesea #annettecorcoran

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Good News! Annette Corcoran's teapots are available for purchase at WinfieldGallery.com One of her pieces will be coming up for auction at the Crocker Art Museum in June, in Sacramento, California. There are three in a show at The Art Museum of Greater Lafayette in Indiana. Stop by to see her work if you're anywhere near these locations. #Art #TeaPot #AnnetteCorcoran #Tea #Museum #Selling #ArtDealer #Artwork #Gallery #Bidding #Auction #Pieces #WinfieldGallery #Lafayette #Indiana #Orange #Birds #Museum #CrockerArtMuseum #Tea #Sacramento #ArtMuseum #CA #IN #Locations #AOC #AvenuesoftheCaribbean

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We donated African Harrier Hawk by Annette Corcoran to the Crocker Art Museum. #winfieldgallery #contemporaryart #carmelbythesea #annettecorcoran #crockermuseum

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Annette Corcoran Hummer with 20 White Flowers, 2017 Porcelain We are pleased to announce the opening of Hot Tea! 2017 exhibition of Art Teapots curated by @larisa_safaryan ! Visit Wood Symphony's website to view the exhibition www.woodsymphony.com Participating artists: Ann Wolff • Annette Corcoran • Annette Reed • Art Liestman • Audrey Peck • Bonnie Belt • David Datwyler • Dina Angel-Wing • Eileen Doughty • Elaine Hyde • Erin Lareau • Eugenia Meltzer • Gordon Perry • Hayne Bayless • Hubert Landri • Jeffrey Lloyd Dever • Jim Budde • Jim Kransberger • John Beaver • Larisa Safaryan • Linda Threadgill • MaryAnn Spavins and J. Malcolm Owen • Michael and Christine Love-Adcock • Michael Kehs • Milo Mirabelli • Nairi Safaryan • Nancy Adams • Noël Yovovich • Noi Volkov • Pamela A. MacGregor • Pat Scull • Patricia Uchill Simons • Richard A. Burkett • Richard Avram • Rick Crawford • Sandy and Missy Kaolin • Sharon Woodward • Tania Radda • Thomas P. Hubert • Wayne Kiser • Wendy DeLeon #hottea #teapot #tea #exhibition #art #fineart #wood #woodcarving #woodart #woodturning #silver #clay #ceramics #artgallery #museum #curator #design #interiordesign #amazing #flower #nature #pottery #woodsymphony #artist #sculpture #modernart #contemporaryart #create #artwork #annettecorcoran

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Noted Ceramic Artist Annette Corcoran Joins the 2017 Artists Open Studio Tour⠀ ⠀ "For much of my fifty years as a ceramic artist, interpretative teapots have been the central focus of my work." Visit her studio for a look at recent works in clay.⠀ ⠀ #ArtistOpenStudioTour #Creatingaplaceforcreatingart #ArtTour2017 #annettecorcoran #artistsoninstagram #artistsofinstagram #montereyartists

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