Landform Tray by Camilla Sturm

$125.00

Landform Tray by Camilla Sturm transforms a functional ceramic object into a miniature landscape shaped by material, movement, and time. Wheel-thrown and carefully glazed by hand, the tray’s surface is composed of overlapping bands of matte white, glossy green, mineral-rich black-brown, and speckled lilac.

Equally suited for serving, display, or holding treasured objects, Landform Tray balances utility with visual contemplation. Through its richly varied surface and tactile presence, the piece invites close observation, encouraging viewers to experience the ceramic landscape as both a functional object and an abstract study of natural transformation.

Landform Tray by Camilla Sturm transforms a functional ceramic object into a miniature landscape shaped by material, movement, and time. Wheel-thrown and carefully glazed by hand, the tray’s surface is composed of overlapping bands of matte white, glossy green, mineral-rich black-brown, and speckled lilac.

Equally suited for serving, display, or holding treasured objects, Landform Tray balances utility with visual contemplation. Through its richly varied surface and tactile presence, the piece invites close observation, encouraging viewers to experience the ceramic landscape as both a functional object and an abstract study of natural transformation.

Camilla Sturm is a New York City–based ceramic artist and archaeologist working in both wheel-thrown and hand-built forms. Her practice is grounded in rhythm, repetition, and the physical logic of making: forms shaped through accumulated gestures that retain the trace of the hand. She is interested in how simple, repeated actions build structure over time, and how those structures hold both intention and variation.

Drawing from New York’s urban landscape, she references industrial materials, mechanical infrastructure, and the visual language of functional objects, including those that have fallen out of use. Her work attends to utility, erosion, and residue, often looking at what remains when objects are removed from their original systems.

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