Larry Allen
Working with red or black stoneware clay, some pieces are cut and then altered, although most of Larry's vessels involve a surface design technique known as graffito. The graffito technique is used extensively in traditional Pennsylvania Dutch pottery.
After each vessel is thrown, it is coated with a colored slip and designs are carved into the surface, revealing the clay vessel. This sophisticated method of incising leather hard clay is a medium that is particularly well suited for intricately defined detail.
Using classical, well defined shapes from all cultures, Larry's vessels are meticulously formed and intricately carved to reveal designs inspired by Native American and African motifs. Symmetry and balance, strength and beauty, elegance and class, discipline and thoughtfulness are characteristics that are expressed through Larry Allen's pottery.
In the twenty years that Larry has been a potter, he has traveled coast-to-coast exhibiting his work in selected shows and the Christine Linson Gallery.
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