Dennis Parks Pottery Penada Landscape Plate Stoneware (Circa Mid-1980s-1990s)

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This decorative stoneware plate is part of the PENADA LANDSCAPE COLLECTION, circa mid 1980s-1990s, from the late Dennis Parks.

Parks … Read more This decorative stoneware plate is part of the PENADA LANDSCAPE COLLECTION, circa mid 1980s-1990s, from the late Dennis Parks.

Parks was a ceramist who moved to the rural ghost town of Tuscarora in 1966, where he established the internationally-known Tuscarora Pottery School. His school was opened to students from around the world, and they came from Cuba, from Australia, from all over. Parks pioneered a process using native clays that are single-fired in kilns fueled with recycled crankcase oil, as most pottery is fired twice. Recognized for his innovative use of text, Parks often imprints written fragments from classical literature, political puns, and poetry onto his works. His stoneware has been honored worldwide for its wide range of inventive forms and his work has been exhibited in museums in over twenty countries around the world.

Measures 11.5 round x 1.5 height See less