Throwing for
the United States.
Daniel Pontoriero enters international ceramics competitions as DAPOTTERY Studio: unfamiliar clay, measured challenges, public pressure, and a shared language built at the wheel.
Explore the competition record
appearances
the circuit
Menton round
challenge
Made live.
Measured publicly.
Each appearance has its own record: why the event mattered, Daniel’s role, the challenge format, and the wider exchange around the competition.
The table
is set again
A return to the International Menemen Ceramic Festival: three days of clay, open fire, and exchange between makers in the town’s festival grounds.
- Date
- Sep 18—20, 2026
- Place
- Menemen, İzmir
- Context
- International festival
Return to
Faenza
A second encounter with Faenza’s international wheel-throwing culture. Station 15 places the viewer directly inside the concentration, repetition, and physical force of the event.
- Role
- USA representative
- Format
- Live wheel throwing
- Chapter
- International circuit
Twenty minutes.
Seven kilos.
Three public tests of scale and control at the 6e Marché International de la Céramique: the largest closed egg form, the widest bowl, and the tallest cylinder.
- Date
- May 31, 2025
- Role
- USA representative
- Rounds
- Three measured forms
İzmir
4th International
Ceramic Festival
Three days of public competition, demonstrations, exhibition, and exchange. Daniel participated as the sole United States representative while the wheel became a meeting point between artists and the city.
- Date
- Sep 5—7, 2025
- Role
- Sole USA representative
- Context
- Festival + exhibition
Faenza
The first
international start
Mondial Tornianti during Argillà Italia marked Daniel’s entry into the international circuit—turning years of private studio repetition into a live public performance.
- Date
- Aug 30—Sep 1
- Role
- USA representative
- Significance
- First circuit appearance
Technique
without rehearsal.
International competition makes technique visible. The work is judged through the body: centering, height, width, volume, control, recovery, and the ability to respond when the clay behaves differently than expected.
Center
Establish balance immediately, before time becomes the dominant material.
Build
Move clay upward or outward while preserving enough structure to finish.
Close
Resolve volume and surface under pressure, without a second attempt.
Exchange
Learn beside artists whose tools, clay, rhythms, and traditions are different.