Welcome to the 24th San Angelo National Ceramic Competition! 2022's juror, James Watkins, selected 116 works by 116 artists from all over North America. The show is on display in our galleries from April 8 to June 26, 2022.
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Ivan Albreht
Palmetto Bay, FL
Circles and Square (Upcycled Series)
Ceramic overglaze decals on found porcelain plates
1 x 40 x 40 inches
Prize Winner: Merit Award
Photos: Courtesy of the artist
Alejandra Almuelle
Austin, TX
Mortar & Pestle
Porcelain
13.5 x 9 x 9 inches
Photos: Courtesy of the artist
Wyatt Amend
Ojai, CA
Propulsion Drone #22
Stoneware, high fire glaze, steel, epoxy
13 x 9 x 15 inches
Photos: Courtesy of the artist
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Eliza Au
Lake Dallas, TX
Bamboo Box
Ceramic
12.5 x 12 x 13 inches
Photos: Ji Xiao Tong
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Posey Bacopoulos
New York, NY
Oval Teapot
Majolica on terracotta
7 x 9 x 5 inches
Photo: Kevin Noble
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Deana Bada Maloney
Downers Grove, IL
Zeus as a Swan
Stoneware, glaze and ink
24 x 27 x 17 inches
Photo: Courtesy of the artist
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Barbara Balzer
Tallahassee, FL
Bringing Sparkling Origin Myths
Ceramic
20 x 21 x 18 inches
Photos: Courtesy of the artist
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Lisa Marie Barber
Kenosha, WI
Alegría
Recycled clay with glazes, stains, engobes, and underglazes
47 x 54 x 69 inches
Prize Winner: Merit Award
Photos: Alyssa Nepper
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Casey Beck
Lincoln, NE
Pitcher
Porcelaneous stoneware, soda-fired
12 x 6 x 5.5 inches
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Steven Benezue
Irving, TX
Bad News?
Ceramic & paint
28 x 12 x 12 inches
Photos: Daniel Tossing
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Shannon Blakey
Columbia, MO
Coarse Connection
Porcelain & Resin
4.75 x 8.75 x 7 inches
Photos: Courtesy of the artist
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Irina Bondarenko
Ann Arbor, MI
Apple Blossom place setting
Terracotta clay, sgraffitto on terra sigillata, glazed interior
5 x 11 x 11 inches
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Jim Bowling
Columbus, OH
In Part(s)--detail shown
Stoneware with low-fire glazes, gold luster and gold leaf
28 x 14 x 17 inches
Photo: Julian Halliday
Bob Brady
Santa Fe, NM
Arbol #3
Raku-fired ceramic sculpture with charred pine
22 x 8.5 x 5 inches
Photo: Courtesy of Artist
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Curt Brill
Tucson, AZ
Wood-fired Form
Wood-fired ceramic
19 x 14 x 8 inches
Photo: Courtesy of the Artist
Susan Budge
Pattison, TX
Grey Ribs
Ceramic
28 x 14 x 17 inches
Photo: Ansen Seale
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Janet Burner
Tucson, AZ
Ancient Memories
Stoneware
21 x 5.5 x 4 inches
Photos: Simon Willo
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Danville Chadbourne
San Antonio
Becoming the Coincidental Replacement
Stoneware, stone
73.5 x 18 x 16 inches
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Connie Christensen
Denver, CO
Oval Covered Jar
Porcelain with amber celadon and black glazes
5 x 5 x 3.5 inches
Photo: Courtesy of the artist
Kristen Cliffel and Alberto Veronica Lopez
Lakewood, OH
Ascension
Glazed mid-range clay, cast bronze
15 x 12 x 3 inches
Photos: Dan Fox
Kristen Cliffel
Lakewood, OH
Bounty
Glazed low fire ceramic
16 x 23 x 23 inches
Photos: Dan Fox
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David Collins
Temple, GA
Pitcher Pump Pot #10.2
Local found clay, casting slip, cone 04 glaze, cast aluminum
17 x 14 x 10 inches
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Charlie Conn
Colorado Springs, CO
Trash
Ceramic, fabric, Apoxie Sculpt, acrylic paint, wood
30 x 19 x 32 inches
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Jim Connell
Rock Hill, SC
Red Carved Lidded Jar
Ceramic
30 x 19 x 32 inches
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Brandi Cooper
Edinburg, TX
Resurgence
Clay, salvaged metal, glass, and glaze
24 x 16 x 16 inches
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Isabell Daniel
Farmington, GA
Sisters
Clay and mixed media
14 x 18 x 10 inches
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Nate Ditzler
Dubuque, IA
In Stride
Ceramic, underglaze, glaze
15.25 x 14.25 x 13 inches
Photos: Courtesy of the artist
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J. Casey Doyle
Moscow, ID
Stack
Porcelain, slip, steel
14 x 5.5 x 3.5 inches
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Daric Ence
Lakewood, NY
Pitcher and Mug
Ceramic
8.5 x 6 x 5.5 inches
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Mark Epstein
Pagosa Springs, CO
Large Lidded Jar
Ceramic, cone 10 reduction fired
26 x 13 x 13 inches
Photos: Courtesy of the artist
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Barbara Frey
Commerce, TX
Blue Flash
Wood-fired porcelain
11 x 5.5 x 4.75 inches
Photos: Chris Dickerson
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Erin Furimsky
Bloomington, IL
Origin
White earthenware and found object
14 x 8 x 8 inches
Photos: Courtesy of the artist
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Linda Ganstrom
Hays, KS
Pale Val
Painted porcelain
24 x 17 x 13 inches
Photos: Sheldon Ganstrom
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Sheldon Ganstrom
Hays, KS
Twins
Ceramic, fossils and wood
30 x 22 x 11 inches
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Martie Geiger-Ho
Bradford, PA
Turquoise Island Pot with Handle
Cone 6 stoneware, slip and glaze
10.5 x 10 x 10 inches
Prize Winner: Merit Award
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Dennis Gerwin
Charlotte, NC
Figure 37
Wood-fired stoneware
37 x 18 x 14 inches
Prize Winner: Best Figurative Sculpture
Photos: Jordan Kramer
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Magda Gluszek
Lakeside, AZ
Living Excessively
Stoneware, underglaze, paint
10 x 7 x 7 inches
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Seth Green
Fort Wayne, IN
Teapot
Wood-fired stoneware, reduction cooled
14 x 8 x 8 inches
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Jonathan Grengs
Blairsville, PA
Circa 2000: Blue EPS
Porcelain, acrylic, epoxy
14 x 16 x 9.5 inches
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Justin Quaid Grubb
Pensacola, FL
Ellipsoid Tabletop Lander
Ceramic, oak, felt base stem glides, mesh, metallic paint
5.25 x 16 x 16 inches
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Deneece Harrell Ham
Highlands, NC
Treasure of Darkness Series: Surrender
Porcelain and gold leaf, gold composite
11.5 x 11 x 11 inches
Photos: Courtesy of the artist
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Wesley Harvey
Atlanta, GA
Double 3-Way Fantasy--image edited
Clay, glaze, decals, luster, glitter, resin, wood, gold leaf
33 x 18 x 3 inches
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Bridget Hauser
San Marcos, TX
Wisdom Pleading
Stoneware
20.5 x 7.85 x 7.75 inches
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Lisa Hilton
Saint Louis, MO
Shaping One Another
Clay, slip, oxide wash, paint
14 x 13.5 x 5.5 inches
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Steve Hilton
Wichita Falls, TX
Shaping One Another
Untitled Teapot #1,042
6.5 x 6.25 x 7 inches
Photo: Courtesy of the artist
Barbara Hoffman
Denver, CO
Ribbon Candy Soda
Porcelain/white stoneware mix
9.5 x 9 x 7 inches
Prize Winner: Best Functional Pottery
Photos: John Bonath
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Thomas Holton
Temple, TX
Klettern Eifel
Ceramic
23 x 26 x 23 inches
Photos: Courtesy of the artist
Hongmi Hoog
Bayonne, NJ
Untitled
Layered clay (porcelain, stoneware, earthenware)
11 x 6 x 5 inches
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Miranda Howe
Roswell, NM
Echo
Stoneware, porcelain
28 x 9.5 x 3 inches
Photos: Courtesy of the artist
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Jing Huan Huang
Kansas City, MO
Loop #2
Glazed stoneware
14 x 16.5 x 9.5 inches
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Luke Huling
Abderdeen, NC
Zipped Relations: Break Through
Clay, glaze, paint, luster
14 x 16.5 x 9.5 inches
Photos: Lisa Miyamoto
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Nasrin Iravani
Baton Rouge, LA
In a Mesh of..., 2020
Stoneware
17 x 15 x 8 inches
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Pat Johnson
Fayetteville, TX
Clown Hates Birds. Birds Love Rabbit
Casein on terracotta
15 x 18 x 12 inches
Photo: Jerry Herring, Red and White Gallery
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Jonathan Kaplan
Denver, CO
ROYGB(I)V v2.0
Ceramic, underglaze
55 x 45 x 3 inches
Prize Winner: Tile Heritage Prix Primo,
Sponsored by the Tile Heritage Foundation
Photo: Courtesy of the artist
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Jeffrey Kell
Rush, NY
My 2020
Ceramic
29 x 9.75 x 8 inches
Photos: Geoff Tesch
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Timothy Kenefick
Melbourne Beach, FL
Black n\' Silver
Porcelain, crystalline glaze
6 x 3 x 3 inches
Photos: Joshua Conti
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Susan Kennedy
Waco, TX
Tic Tac Toe
Cone 10 stoneware, wood-fired
1.5 x 8 x 8 inches
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Judith King and Bryan Hiveley
Miami Shores, FL
Entwined
Ceramic and graphite
16 x 10 x 8 inches
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Patty Kochaver
Skokie, IL
Saggar Fired Box/Dot Series
Stoneware
4 x 8 x 8 inches
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Payton Koranek
Corpus Christi, TX
Golden Milk
Stoneware, glaze, underglaze, acrylic
21 x 16 x 10 inches
Photo: Courtesy of the artist
Nicolle LaMere
Katy, TX
Void Peel
Porcelain, symbiotic culture of bacteria and yeast
6 x 13 x 13 inches
Prize Winner: Best Vessel-as-Metaphor
Photos: Courtesy of the artist
Annie Rhodes Lee
Folly Beach, SC
History is Now and Us
Paperclay with perlite, clay, glaze, underglaze, stain, paint
23 x 16 x 14 inches
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Clay Leonard
Webster, TX
Bud Vase Triptych
Slip-cast porcelain, gold luster
23 x 16 x 14 inches
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Joan Lurie
Brooklyn, NY
Untitled
Porcelain with underglaze and stains
20 x 16 x 15 inches
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Ian Mabry
Smithville, TN
Sketch II
Stoneware, terra sigillata, ink varnish
10 x 12 x 12 inches
Photo: Jennifer Stika
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Wade MacDonald
Birmingham, AL
Lethal Lounge
Stoneware, underglazes, wood
41.5 x 36 x 32 inches
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Karina Mago
Boca Raton, FL
Roofs 5:45
Low fire stoneware, paint
15 x 20 x 20 inches
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Billy Ray Mangham
San Marcos, TX
Twins
Clay
20 x 12 x 8 inches
Photo: Courtesy of the artist
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John Manion
Albany, NY
Soft and Pink
Glazed ceramic
8 x 6 x 4 inches
Photos: Courtesy of the artist
Virginia Marsh
Richardson, TX
Nest of Serving Dishes
Coarse Stoneware
4.5 x 15 x 14.5 inches
Photos: Courtesy of the artist
Lauren Mayer
Port Orchard, WA
Chronometry
Porcelain, mortar, cherry frame
25 x 11 x 2.5 inches
Photos: Courtesy of the artist
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Marga McBride
Knoxville, TN
Passion
Painted ceramic
16 x 14 x 11 inches
Photo: Jim Wells
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Paul McCoy
Waco, TX
Cylinder
Stoneware
8 x 5.25 x 5 inches
Photos: Bob Smith
Tamara Meyer
Bozeman, MT
Delivery
Porcelain
11.5 x 12.25 x 3.5 inches
Photos: Courtesy of the artist
Daniel Molyneux
Weavervil, CA
Azimuth
White stoneware, luster, copper
37 x 16 x 13 inches
Prize Winner: Best Abstract Sculpture
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John Albert Murphy
Detroit, MI
Pandemonium
Slip-cast porcelain clay
5 x 9 x 9 inches
Prize Winner: Merit Award
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Donna Namnoum
Canton, CT
Orange Plaid Covered Ball Jar
Glazed Stoneware
18 x 19 x 10 inches
Photo: Courtesy of the artist
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Kate Nelson
Austin, TX
You know I don’t find this stuff amusing anymore
Porcelain
5.5 x 8 x 3 inches
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Liisa Nelson
Great Falls, MT
The Years
White stoneware, luster, copper
20.5 x 11 x 9 inches
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Gloria Nixon-Crouch
Bronx, New York
Harriette: Visionary
Ceramic
12 x 12 x 8 inches
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Shawn O'Connor
Sweet Briar, VA
Mixing Bowl
Wood-fired ceramic
4.5 x 7 x 7 inches
Photo: Courtesy of the artist
Kym Owens
San Marcos, TX
Black Ogee Bowl
Porcelain, black underglaze, porcelain slip, celadon glaze
3.5 x 10.5 x 3 inches
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Bethany Panhorst
Quinter, KS
Handbreadth
Porcelain
1.75 x 4 x 6.5 inches
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Carrie Anne Parks
Chattanooga, TN
Frida Kahlo Teapot
Hand-built, underglaze-painted earthenware
10.5 x 7.75 x 5.25 inches
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Jasmine Peck
Idyllwild, CA
Self Portrait
Ceramic, wood, rug
20 x 27 x 27 inches
Photos: Courtesy of the artist
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Kristine and Colin Poole
Santa Fe, NM
Beyond Her Wildest Dreams
Fired clay
16.5 x 15.5 x 12 inches
Prize Winner: Merit Award, People's Choice Award
Photos: Colin Poole
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Tyler Quintin
Topeka, KS
Rendering Self
Stoneware, porcelain, underglaze, glaze, acrylic, gold leaf
13 x 14 x 14 inches
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Katie Reeves
Albertville, NM
Benjamin
Ceramic, oxidation-fired
7 x 6 x 6 inches
Photos: Wesley Phillips
Emily Rensink
The Woodlands, TX
Letting Go 101
Clay, underglaze, fabric, thread, wood, book cover
10.5 x 7.75 x 9 inches
Photos: Courtesy of the artist
Karen Roderick-Lingeman
Perrysburg, OH
Subvertere
Porcelain
5.5 x 13.75 x 8.5 inches
Photos: Courtesy of the artist
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Meryl Ruth
Cumberland, ME
Jes-stir Tea, a Mixed Media Teapot
Stoneware & paper clay, glazes, antique fabrics, wool, gems
16.75 x 9 x 5 inches
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Nancy Sacks
New York, NY
Vessel for Pele
Sculpture clay, metal oxides
7.25 x 5 x 3 inches
Photos: Courtesy of the artist
Kazuma Sambe
Tucson, AZ
Eating Progress
Stoneware, underglaze
10 x 28 x 10 inches
Photo: Courtesy of the artist
Christine Schiff
Wilmette, IL
Coral Cave
Ceramic, glaze, underglaze
8 x 16 x 16 inches
Photos: Geoff Martin Photography
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Elizabeth Shriver
West Branch, IA
Mottled Tripod Vase
Ceramic
19 x 10 x 10 inches
Photos: Courtesy of the artist
Taylor Sijan
Lincoln, NE
Herbal Tea Set
Cone 6, porcelain
6 x 8.5 x 6 inches
Prize Winner: Merit Award
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Jessica Smith
Livingston, AL
Globule
Stoneware, spray paint, Fimo clay
9.5 x 10.5 x 8.5 inches
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Carol Snyder
Columbus, OH
Soft Rime
High-fired porcelain
2.75 x 5.25 x 5.25 inches
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RJ Sturgess
Smyrna, GA
Grandma's Throw Pillow
Stoneware, glaze, underglaze decals, altered furniture, vinyl
48 x 32 x 25 inches
Photos: Parker Thorton
Meghan Sullivan
Appleton, WI
Portrait of a Young Man, 200 CE
Ceramic
15 x 9 x 10 inches
Photos: Courtesy of the artist
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Hayun Surl
Athens, OH
Gravity & Space
Clay, cone 6, oxidation-fired
7 x 19 x 19 inches
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Katherine Taylor
Smyrna, GA
East Texas 2
Colored porcelain, glaze, gold luster
10.75 x 10.75 x 8.5 inches
Photo: Courtesy of the artist
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Ian Thomas
Slippery Rock, PA
Portrait Platter
Earthenware slip
28 x 28 x 7 inches
Photo: Courtesy of the artist
Skeff Thomas
Monroeville, NJ
Container with Diamond Pattern
Stoneware
26 x 14 x 14 inches
Photo: John Carlano
Bob Valle
Chelsea, MI
Oil Can
Stoneware
11 x 5 x 5 inches
Photo: Courtesy of the artist
Von Venhuizen
Lubbock, TX
One Day. It's like a miracle. It will disappear. 03-27-2020
Stoneware and glass
10 x 10 x 8 inches
Prize Winner: Merit Award
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Amythest Warrington
Waterloo, IA
Rose Pillow
White earthenware
8.5 x 24 x 19 inches
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Weiting Wei
Powell, OH
Lotus.Baby
White porcelain
7 x 4 x 4 inches
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Lars Westby
Annapolis, MD
Eukaryotic
Red earthenware
7 x 14 x 10 inches
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Marian H. Williams
Burnet, TX
Indigenous American Akicita
Clay, wild turkey feathers, leather
31 x 30 x 20 inches
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Amy Wolf
Saint Petersburg, FL
Red Handled Vase
Brown stoneware
8 x 6 x 5 inches
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Merrie Wright
Whitehouse, TX
Abstracted Landscape 007: After Sheeler
Earthenware and stoneware with mid-range glazes
2.25 x 6 x 3.5 inches
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Tony Wright
Mobile, AL
Peach Pit Vessel
Wheel-thrown and sprigged stoneware, glazed
17 x 12 x 12 inches
Photo: Rachel Wright
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Mary Wuest
San Antonio, TX
Rain on the Summit
Porcelain, underglaze, tung oil
16 x 5 x 5 inches
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Nancy Yturriaga
Applegate, OR
Seven Lizard Vessel
Glazed ceramic, oxidation fired
7 x 10 x 9 inches
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Sheryl Zacharia
Santa Fe, NM
Celestial Samba
Coil-built ceramic with terra sigillata, underglaze oxides, glaze
29 x 19 x 6 inches
Prize Winner: Merit Award
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