Barbara Allen has worked as an artist since 1968, in painting, clay, and metal. Throughout the various mediums, she is always fascinated by color, line and texture.

Bending and shaping wire lets me play, and some of my best work evolves from this playful exercise. My love of color is satisfied by the use of stones and beads in my work as well as the color of the metals. I find myself wanting to simplify -- shape as well as process; cold connections as opposed to soldering.

Most of her work to date has been in silver, both fabricated and forged. Lately, she uses more copper, brass, and gold and combines these metals with silver, PMC, porcelain and beads.

Inspired by Alexander Calder's wirework, she is now working on a series of animals and circus performers.

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