This year’s readership-wide contest centers on the senses: taste, touch, sight, sound, and smell. The 19 works showcased below present myriad ways ceramic artists engage viewers’ senses. —Eds. 

1 Layne Peters’ small textured box, 3¼ in. (8 cm) in height, textured and carved stoneware, kurinuki wood fired to cone 11, 2023. 2 Adi Avidani’s Dissolving Lines/Messy Components, 28⅓ in. (72 cm) in height, slip-cast earthenware, slips, stains, mid-range temperatures, fired in oxidation, 2023.

3 Tinne Debruijne’s 2-Connected, 15¾ in. (40 cm) in width, paper porcelain (Porcelaine de Limoges), Nano colors from Scarva, fired to 2336°F (1280°C), 2021. Photo: Philippe Memeteau.

4 Donté K. Hayes’ Navigate, 13 in. (33 cm) in width, stoneware, black clay body, fired to cone 5, 2022.

5 Hannah Ramona Johnson’s Shrimp Sundae, 21 in. (53 cm) in diameter, glazed ceramic, fired to cone 6, luster, paint, flocking, fringed tufted rug, 2023. 6 Yael Braha’s liquor set, to 8½ in. (22 cm) in height, stoneware, fired in oxidation, 2023.

7 Cathy Moynihan’s Peace Monument (Offering), 4¼ in. (11 cm) in width, fired to cone 6 in oxidation, 2023.

8 Ashton Keen’s ewer, 5½ in. (14 cm) in height, cone-3 red earthenware, XX Sagger terra sigillata, underglaze, soda fired, cork and bronze finish, 2023. 9 Stephanie Kim’s Underneath, 17 in. (43 cm) in height, white stoneware, underglaze, celadon glaze, fired to cone 6 in oxidation, 2022.

10 Julia Elsas’ Chime Choir (installation at Cooler Gallery), 8 ft. (2.4 m) in width, porcelain, fired to cone 6 in oxidation, linen, wood, 2020. Photo: Michael Yarinsky. 11 Julia Elsas’ Chime Choir (detail). Photo: Michael Yarinsky.

12 Kailey Maher’s Like Calls to Like, 13 in. (33 cm) in height, handbuilt earthenware, glaze, fired to cone 05, cold finish, 2021. Photo: Ali Della Bitta.

13 Jenna Macy’s Quilt (performance view), 6 ft. (1.8 m) in length, handbuilt stoneware, fired to cone 10, mood-ring pigment, lacquer, 2023. Photo: Adam Funari.14 Jenna Macy’s Quilt (alternate view). Photo: Adam Funari.

15 Catherine Satterlee’s Cachepot X, 8 in. (20 cm) in height, slab-built stoneware, underglazes, unglazed, fired to cone 6 in oxidation, 2023.

16 Brooke Armstrong’s The Function of Form, Attract, 5 ft. (1.5 m) in height, porcelain, fired to cone 8, steel, wire, 2021. 17 Sam Chumley’s Peony Flask, 9 in. (23 cm) in height, earthenware, underglaze prints, fired to cone 04 in oxidation, 2023.

18 Andrew McIntyre’s perforated bowl, 11 in. (28 cm) in diameter, porcelain, glaze inlayed into perforations, wood fired to cone 11, 2023. 19 Andrew McIntyre’s perforated bowl (alternate view).

20 Dan Falby’s Cabin, 19½ in. (49 cm) in height, ceramic, glaze, fired to cone 5 in oxidation, 2023. 21 Cristina Myrrha’s Terracotta Flow 2, 10½ in. (27 cm) in height, wheel-thrown earthenware, attached elements, fired to cone 7 in oxidation, 2021. Photo: Nina Jacobi.

22 Scot Cameron-Bell’s Vase with Attitude, 9 in. (23 cm) in height, wheel-thrown and altered clay, underglaze colors, wax, sgraffito, oxide wash, fired to cone 5, 2023. Photo: Harold Oxley.

Topics: Ceramic Sculpture, Functional Pottery

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