Traveler's Prayer Hamsa
Hand-built glazed ceramic with brass relief
A wall hamsa inscribed with the Hebrew traveler's prayer, finished with a raised brass table motif at the base. Each piece is built and lettered by hand.
Inquire →Ceramics / Painting / Political Work
Work built by hand, lettered by hand.
Allan Rosenberg has worked in clay since he was six years old. Across four decades and two continents, his ceramics and paintings move between the sacred and the political, from hand-inscribed Judaica to sculptural commentary on the American moment.
About the artist
Six decades of moving between the sacred and the political.
I began working with clay at age six, secretly bringing home plasticine from kindergarten to sculpt soldiers. A ceramics class in college turned that early instinct into a lasting passion, and after graduate study at the Maryland Institute College of Art I earned an MFA in Ceramics from the University of Washington.
My work has taken me from Yeroham, Israel, where I taught ceramics and later ran a materials import business, then back to California, where I taught high school ceramics for more than twenty years. Throughout, much of my work has explored political and social themes.
More about Allan →01Judaica
Hand-built & inscribed
02Political & Social Work
SculptureI Alone Can Fix It
Glazed ceramic sculpture
A hand-lettered ceramic tableau built from a decade of headlines. Every surface is inscribed and glazed by hand, turning the archive of a presidency into a single object.
Inquire →
Dear Patron
Mixed media ceramic
A melting ice-cream bar carries a Good Humor truck across its surface, a small meditation on nostalgia, commerce, and things that don't last.
Inquire →Gore v. Bush
Glazed ceramic sculpture
Inquire →Hillary 2016
Glazed ceramic sculpture
Inquire →
Stop the War
Glazed ceramic, pair
Inquire →Untitled (Star of David)
Mixed media ceramic
Inquire →03Painting
Hard-edge
Brickford Schoolhouse
Acrylic on canvas
A hard-edge painting of a New England schoolhouse, worked in the flat, perspective-driven style Allan developed before returning to clay.
Inquire →Get in touch
Interested in a piece, or a commission?
Every work is one of a kind. Reach out about availability, pricing, or commissioning something new. I'm always glad to talk about the work.