THE BANQUET: WINTER’S FEAST

JUROR: MITZI DAVIS

WITH SCULPTURES BY KYLE BROWN & ASHLEY BENTON

“The Banquet,” is our annual offering of ceramics designed for the holiday table. This year's theme, "Winter’s Feast," promises to enchant! Guests will find an enticing array of handcrafted pieces, each thoughtfully designed to evoke the warmth and magic of the season. From elegant platters to whimsical serving bowls, every item is a testament to the artisans' skill and creativity.

In addition to these, sculptures by ceramic artists Kyle Brown and Ashley Benton will elevate the atmosphere with stories of old. Each sculpture captures the intricate details of characters from winter tales, bringing a touch of nostalgia and storytelling to the banquet, making "Winter’s Feast" a truly immersive celebration.

About Juror Mitzi Davis:

Mitzi Davis is a ceramic artist from Florence, South Carolina. She received a M.A. in Arts Administration from Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD) where she founded “SIP, A Ceramic Cup Show” in 2016. She received her B.F.A. in Art, emphasis in Ceramics, from Shorter University.

Davis' artwork has been exhibited nationally in galleries at Baltimore Clayworks, Barrett Art Center, Bemidji Community Art Center, Lamar Dodd Center, Terra Incognito Studios, University of South Carolina Beaufort and over thirty other venues. She was an UncommonGoods Ceramic Design Challenge Finalist in 2011 and has had gallery representation at New Harmony Gallery of Contemporary Art and Baltimore Clayworks. Davis has also led numerous workshops in Georgia and Indiana guiding participants in various techniques to explore clay as an artistic medium.

Davis currently resides in Kalamazoo, Michigan with her husband where she teaches ceramics at Kalamazoo Institute of Art.

FEATURED WORKS BY JURIED ARTISTS

  • Digswell Vases

    By Matt Jones

    6” x 8”

    Mid-range stoneware, black slip, metallic glaze exterior, semi-matte, ochre-colored glaze interior. Slow fired in electric oxidation, to cone 7, slow-cooled.

  • Hor D’oeuvre Tray - Caviar Anyone?

    By Lynn Glander

    13” x 6” x 1”

    Standard 112, underglaze and food-safe clear glaze. Cone 6 electric.

  • Salad Bowl w/ Wooden Servers

    By Nora Sweet

    10” x 5”

    Standard 112, Amaco glazes. Cone 6 electric.

  • Wood you know it?

    By Dustin Low

    8” x 4” x 6”

    Porcelaneous stoneware, glaze, underglaze and mason stains. Cone 6 electric.

  • Red Acorn Jar w/ Copper Lid

    By Sandi Carter

    5.5” x 5” x 5”

    Stoneware, underglaze, slip, glaze. Cone 6 electric.

  • Dragonfly Bowl

    By Linda Wolfe

    12” x 6”

    Standard 112; exterior: iron oxide underglaze; interior: Laguna turquoise glaze. Cone 6 electric.

  • Large Lavender Bowl

    By Jeanie Karmiel

    9.25” x 4.5”

    New Mexico stoneware, high fire Reitz Purple Glaze; brushed iron oxide. Cone 10 gas reduction.

  • As Slug as a Bug (Tea Set)

    By Samantha Morgan

    8” x 6” x 16”

    B Mix, homemade food-safe glazes. Cone 6

  • Snowfall #2

    By Benjamin Wild

    7.5” x 8”

    Standard 112, Ceramic Shop Shino over Mayco Peacock. Cone 6 electric


  • Aurora

    By Benjamin Wild

    8” x 3”

    Standard 112, Ceramic Shop Shino over Mayco Peacock. Cone 6 electric.


  • Triangular-ish Side Dishes

    By Lisa D. Watson

    Each: 4.25”x 9.25”

    Stoneware, food safe glazes. Cone 6 electric.

  • Red Teardrop Vase

    By Sandi Carter

    2” x 9”

    Stoneware, underglaze, slip, glaze. Cone 6 electric.

  • Red Line Vase

    By Sandi Carter

    2.5” x 8.5”

    Stoneware, underglaze, slip, glaze. Cone 6 electric.

  • Salad Bowl & Cup Set

    By Kim Owens

    Cups: 3.5” x 2.5" 3.25”x .3” Bowls: 5.5” x 2”

    Standard 205, “Frog Pond” glaze. Cone 6 Reduction.

  • Teacups

    By Wendy Auyoung

    2.75"h X 2.75"w X 3.75"d

    Porcelain, wheel thrown; glaze: Quail Egg. Cone 6 oxidation.

  • Candleholders

    By Wendy Auyoung

    2.75"h X 2.75"w X 3"d

    Reclaimed Clay wheel thrown; glaze: Burnt Cream. Cone 6 oxidation.

  • Peppers

    By Don Jones

    9” x 4.5”

    Amaco 11 white stoneware, Potters choice glazes. Cone 5 electric.

  • Threeway

    By Don Jones

    9” x 3.5”

    Amaco 11 white stoneware, Potters choice glazes. Cone 5 electric.

  • "Touch a Rainbow" Set

    By Cathie Sheffield-Thompson

    Bowl 12.875” x 5”; Water Pitcher 5” x 9.75”

    Laguna Frost Porcelain, Spectrum floating pearl white, Mayco glazes - stroke & coat. Cone 6 electric.

  • Black & Tan Bowls

    By Ed Colahan

    2.25" x 5.5" x 5.5" ea.

    Stoneware. Wood-fired to cone 10

  • Pentagonal Plates

    By Ed Colahan

    1" x 7" x 7" ea

    Stoneware. Wood-fired to cone 10.

  • Crusted Over Platter

    By Lillian Bolster

    H-3”, W- 13 1/2”, D- 13 1/4”

    B-Mix, Blue underglaze in the texture with Chun, a Cone 7 glaze on top. Cone 7 electric


  • Ashwood Place Setting

    By Emily Hampson

    Dinner plate: 10.5” x 1” Lunch plate: 9” x1” Bowl: 7” x 2.75”

    Stoneware, Cone 4

  • Serving Dish

    By Earl Kevin Cadem

    8.5” x 2”

    Stoneware, Cone 10.

  • After Dinner Coffee Set

    By Beth Lilly

    Cups: 3in tall, 2.85 in wide, handle 1.25 in, Saucers: 5.5in diameter, .55 tall

    B-Mix, Amaco Obsidian Glaze, Cone 5.


  • Egg Plate (After You’ve Already Eaten 2)

    By Taylor Mezo

    12" L x 8" D x 3" H

    Red Earthenware, Cone 04 glaze, cone 2 bisque.

  • Side Plate Side Car

    By Taylor Mezo

    12" L x 6" D x 7" H

    Red Earthenware, Cone 04 glaze, cone 2 bisque.

  • Portrait of Eirene with Cougar

    By Joan Clare Mazzeo

    L 13.25" X W 10.25 X H 1.25"

    Brooklyn Red & raku, underglazes, clear glaze, Cone 6.

  • Portrait of a Young Man with Heron

    By Joan Clare Mazzeo

    L 12" X W 9" X H 1"

    Standard 112 & raku, underglazes, clear glaze, Cone 6.

  • Moth Pedestal Bowl I

    By Michelle Leary

    12” x 8.5” x 6.75”

    Stoneware, stained glass, solder, wire, Cone 6, Cone 020 lustre.

  • Moth Pedestal Bowl II

    By Michelle Leary

    10.25” x 7” x 5.5”

    Stoneware, stained glass, solder, wire, Cone 6, Cone 020 lustre.

  • Summer Dreaming Serving Bowl

    By Jennifer Porter

    12.5” x 7.5” x 2.75”

    Porcelain, wheel and slab construction, slip trailed, underglaze, commercial glaze. Cone 6.5 electric.

  • Thanksgiving

    By Deborah Harvey

    Gravy boat: 7.25” x 4.75” x 3.125”Saucer: 6.75”x 0.5”)

    Brown Clay, Food safe mid-fire glazes. Cone 5/6.

  • Poppies

    By Deborah Harvey

    Creamer: 4.5” x 3” x 5.25” Sugar: 3” x 4.5”

    Brown Clay, Food safe mid-fire glazes. Cone 5/6.

  • Woodfire Vessel

    By Jade Bennett

    7" x 4" x 4"

    Porcelain, Woodfired in a groundhog kiln, unglazed and dusted with ash on one side

  • Snake River Sake

    By Mary Hibberts

    Carafe:  7” x 3” Cups: 1” x 1.75 “

    Standard Buff stoneware, Soda fired Cone 6.


  • French Tian Bowls Resurrected

    By Anne Lewis-Nash

    Bowl #1:8” x 4,” Bowl #2: 7 “x 3.5,” Bowl #3: 6.25” x 3.25”

    Coyote glazes, electric.





  • Double Circle Mug

    By Nathan Echstenkamper

    3.75" x 3"

    Red stoneware, Kaolin Slip, Transparent Glaze, Cone 6 oxidation.

  • Teapot

    By Nathan Echstenkamper

    4.5" x 6" x 8"

    Stoneware, Red Iron Oxide Wash, Shino Glaze, Rattan Reed Handle, Cone 10 Reduction.

  • Salt and Pepper Shakers

    By Nathan Echstenkamper

    1.75" x 2"

    Stoneware, Kaolin Slip, Red Iron Oxide Wash, Borax Wash. Cone 6 oxidation.

  • Green Monkeys Platter

    By Jessica Broad

    14"x10.5"x2.5"

    White Stoneware, Underglaze decorated, Cone 6 oxidation

  • Pink Monkeys Platter

    By Jessica Broad

    15"x11"x3"

    White Stoneware, Underglaze decorated, Cone 6 oxidation.

  • Butter Dish

    By Marusa Lampic

    7” x 5” x 5”

    Standard Buff stoneware, underglaze, glazes. Cone 6 electric.

  • Lidded Jar

    By Marusa Lampic

    5” x 3” x 7”

    Standard 553, Black underglaze pencil, transparent glaze. Cone 6 electric.

  • Platter in Bloom

    By Tracey-Ann Jarrett

    10”x14”x2.5”

    White Stoneware, Amaco Honey Flux, Iron Lustre, Jade Celadon. Cone 6 electric.

  • Firewood hors d'oeuvre plates

    By Misty Dawn Hall

     7.5"x6"; 8"x5"; 9"x5"; 9"x4.5"

    Domestically-sourced manganese stoneware, Slow fire ^6 with Coyote Orion.

  • Fire Flash Plate Set

    By Susan McBride

    9.5" x 9.5"  x 1.5”

    Fireclay stoneware, gray, white, black underglaze brushwork, fired in train kiln

  • Whiskey Bottle Trio & Tray

    By Susan McBride

    Tray: 8" x 8"  x 2”  Bottles: 3” x 4” x 1.5”

    Stoneware, bottles with trailed black underglaze and shino liner, fired in a train wood kiln, tray with shino liner in a catenary arch wood kiln

  • In a Dream Plate Set

    By Megan Tapley

    6.5" x 6.5” x .5"

    Kentucky Mudworks Tony Beaver, blue underglaze with clear glaze, Cone 6 Oxidation.


  • Rainbow Squiggle Vase

    By Allie Norgord

    6" x 6" x 6”  

    Buff stoneware, rainbow underglaze, clear glaze, glossy white inside, Cone 6 oxidation

  • Set of Blushing Mugs

    By Macayla Sandusky

    4" x 4.5" x 3”

    Porcelain, woodfired

  • Purple Passion Serving Plate

    By Harriet Zanbusky-Zand

    9" x .75"

    Black Sand Porcelain, Cone 10 glazes, gas reduction.


  • Iron Red Blate Set

    By Pete Froehlich

    8" x 8"  x 3”  

    Red Stoneware, White Glaze, Cone 10 Soda Fired

  • Stoneware Jug I

    By Derek Price

    5.5” x 7”

    Stoneware, Shino, Cone 6 Gas Reduction

  • Wine Tumbler Set

    By Andrew Creswell

    H- 3.5” W- 3.5” L- 3.5” each

    Stoneware, Cone 6 electric.

  • Coffee Set with Pour-Over

    By Andrew Creswell

    Coffee Pot- H- 8” W- 4.5” L- 8.” Mugs - H- 4.5” W- 3.5” L- 5” each x2. Pour over- H- 3.5” W- 5” L- 5”

    Stoneware, Cone 6 electric,


  • Teapot with Red Sage

    By William Wright

    9” x 6” x 8”

    High fire stoneware, glazed, underglaze, painted, Gas Reduction, Cone 10.

  • Quonset Hut Teapot

    By William Wright

    9” x 6” x 9”

    High fire white stoneware, Liner glaze, Flashing slip, Soda Fired in Reduction, Cone 10.

  • Viridian Plate Set

    By Lucie Gibson

     sm: 5"x5.5", med: 8.5"x7", lg: 9.5"x8.75

    Stoneware, commercial glazes (Coyote, Maco), Cone 6

  • "Cream and Sugar?"

    By Courtney Lewis

    Pitcher - 3.5" tall, 5" wide from spout to end of handle. Dish - 1.75" tall, 4" wide

    563 Clayer White, Hand-painted underglaze, idark blue” by Amaco. Cone 6 electric.

  • Old Growth Redwood Forest Winter Flora Mug and Saucer

    By Adriana Dakin

    7" x 5"

    WSO and B-mix, Imprints in clay: Redwood branch and bark, ferns, lichen, sorrel, wild ginger, tan oak, huckleberry. Iron oxide, dark green celadon glaze Cone 10/11 soda fire

  • Ceramic Lamp Chalice Set

    By Brok Thompson

    7” x 4”

    Earthenware, clear glaze over underglaze, electric firing.

  • Tall Bowl #4

    By Mallory Mintz

    8” x 5”

    Reclaim: Standard 563,and Raku, sprayed Floating Purple and Matte Sand. Cone 6 electric.

  • Bluegrass Porcelain Cake Stand

    By Amy Schnitzer

    9.75” x 3.5”

    Porcelain, glazes, Cone 6 Oxidation

  • Birds of a Feather, F-Caw-F

    By Raven Lundholm

    2 Piece set of serving platters LRG - 16x9x2-1/2, SM - 13x4x1-3/4

    Iceman stoneware, black underglaze and slip inlays with clear satin glaze,. Cone 6.

  • Textured Sake Bottle in Shino

    By Arthur McCafferty

    Volume: 720 mL

    Lincoln 60, white shino, cone 10 reduction.