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Flameworker / Lampworker |
Loy Allen is a South Dakota native who returned to the Black Hills after studying design at Southern Illinois University at Carbondale (B.A., 1975). After learning basic lampworking in South Dakota, Ms. Allen studied advanced glass techniques at the Penland School of Crafts in North Carolina and at The Studio at the Corning Museum of Glass in New York. She has been self-employed as a flameworker since 1979. |
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Shows and Invitations 2011: "Eternal," River Gallery, Chattanooga TN 2009: "Nature," Eclectic Galleries, Jacksoinville FL 2009: National Liberty Museum Auction, Philadelphia PA 2009: "Playing with Fire," annual invitational exhibition, Ariana Gallery, Royal Oak MI 2008: "For the Love of Glass," annual invitational exhibition, Ariana Gallery, Royal Oak MI 2007: Mint Museum of Craft and Design Auction, Charlotte NC 2007, November: Glassified; Regional Invitational Show, Dahl Fine Arts Center, Rapid City SD 2006: Mint Museum of Craft and Design Benefit Auction, Charlotte NC 2005: National Liberty Museum Auction January 2005: Goblets 2005 Invitational August 2004: Glass on the Wall Invitational, Kane Marie Fine Arts Gallery, Virginia Beach VA August 2003, The Art of Fine Craft June 2002, Glass Flower Event April 2001, James Renwick Alliance Craft Auction, Renwick Gallery, Washington, DC February 2000: Flameworked Glass Show January - March 2000: The Artistry of Orchids, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC September 1999: Glass Invitational July 1999: Invitational Goblet Show June 1999: Glass Invitational April 1999: Cool Women, Hot Glass July 1998: Clearly South Dakota; group glass show September, 1997: Juried Exhibition June 1996: Group Show 1995-2013: American Craft Council Shows; Springfield MA, Atlanta GA, St. Paul MN, Baltimore MD |
My inspiration comes from the natural world, the hills and plains of Dakota. Stylistically, I am inspired by the art of the Art Nouveau Age. Like the artists of that time, I am interested in a depiction of plant and animal life in a pantheistic spirit. My natural forms are meant to be expressive without being strictly realistic. I hope my work evokes the mystery and power of nature in a celebratory feminine voice.
Publications in which Loy Allen's work has appeared: Cover story: Artizen Magazine, November 2012 Cover story; Profitable Glass Quarterly, Winter 2008 "The Lampworked Glass of Loy Allen"; Murray Bloom Contemporary Glass: Color, Light And Form; Leier, Peters and Wallace (Guild Publishing), p. 62 Contemporary Lampworking (Third Edition, Vol. 1, 2003); Bandhu Scott Dunham, pps. 113, 147, 228 Formed of Fire: Contemporary Selections in Lampworked Glass; Bandhu Dunham Flameworking: Creating Glass Beads, Sculptures and Functional Objects; Elizabeth Ryland Mears (Lark Books) |
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