Olin Russum | Also Known As: Olin Russum
Jennifer Allen makes porcelain tableware intended to commemorate special meals and celebrate the physical and psychological aspects of dining. Her design aesthetic is derived from the Alaskan wilderness, textiles, sewing, and decorative ...
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Jennifer Allen makes porcelain tableware intended to commemorate special meals and celebrate the physical and psychological aspects of dining. Her design aesthetic is derived from the Alaskan wilderness, textiles, sewing, and decorative floral imagery.
In addition, Momoyama period ceramics, Koryo Dynasty celadons, British Medieval pottery, post-war textiles, Edo period kimonos, and Arts and Crafts designs especially influence her work.
Allen?s prior experience as a seamstress carries through in her construction of ceramic forms. She uses folds, seams, darts, pleats, tufts and ruffles as construction methods adapted for clay.
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1962, 1963 and 1965
Artist in Residence, Towson University, Towson, Maryland
- Primary Work Experience
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1946-1948
Chaffey College, Ontario, Canada
1948-1951School of the American Craftsman, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, New York
1953Studio Potter
Teacher Pottery classes, Baltimore Museum of Art
Other
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Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, Maryland
Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Lang Gallery, Claremont Universities, Claremont, California
Montevideo Museum and Library, Montevideo, Uruguay
Museo Internaxionale delle Ceramiche, Faenza, Italy
Racine Art Museum, Racine, Wisconsin
Rochester Museum of Art, Rochester, New York
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Renwick Gallery, Washington, DC
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Citation: Olin Russum, "The Marks Project."
Last modified April 29, 2026. https://www.themarksproject.org/artists/olin-l-russum

