[3] After marrying her husband, Victor, Adams learned the art of basket-weaving from her mother-in-law, Haida artist Selina Peratrovich (1890–1984), starting in 1977.

[8][3][9] Adams' daughter, Isabel Rorick (born 1955) is also an acclaimed weaver,[10] carrying on a family tradition now spanning five generations.

[14] In 1981 Adams wove a hat for her nephew, distinguished Haida artist Robert Davidson.

[18] The 2010/2011 exhibition Signed Without Signature: Works by Charles and Isabella Edenshaw at the UBC Museum of Anthropology attested to the artistic strength of Adams' ancestors, and she and three other matrilineal descendants of the Edenshaws attended its opening.

[20] In 2017, she is set to be featured in the Xi xanya dzam exhibition at the Bill Reid Gallery of Northwest Coast Art, which will display works by recipients of the British Columbia Creative Lifetime Achievement Award for First Nations' Art from 2007 to 2016.