Kenneth Allen

Biography to Display:

1946 Born Chicago, Illinois

2000 Died

EDUCATION

—BFA East Tennessee University, Johnson City, Tennessee

—MFA East Tennessee University, Johnson City, Tennessee

PRIMARY WORK EXPERIENCE

—Studio Potter

—Walter’s State Community College, Morristown, Tennessee

Ken Allen was known for wheel-thrown or hand built stoneware vases, mugs, lamp stands, animal ewers, and lidded vessels. The forms are either functional domestic ware or at times sculptural and they are typically decorated with geometric patterns made with multiple glazes or stains.

Public Collections

Public Collections to Display:

Southern Highland Craft Guild, Asheville, North Carolina

Bibliography

Bibliography to Display:

Studio Potter 9, no.2 (1981).

	This research was supported by a Craft Research Fund grant from The Center for Craft, Creativity & Design, Inc.

	The Archive of the Southern Highland Craft Guild.

Typical Marks

1976-1988

Pitcher

Date: 1976-1988

Materials: Stoneware
Method: Thrown and Altered
Surface Technique: Sgraffito

Photo: Southern Highland Craft Guild

Southern Highland Craft Guild Collection

Photo: Southern Highland Craft Guild

Citation: "The Marks Project." Last modified June 30, 2019. http://www.themarksproject.org:443/marks/allen-2

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Kenneth Allen