The Jug, The Tablecloth, The Stick is the theme of the 2025 internal Danner Competition in the Jewelry and Utensils class. 

All three objects can be used and interpreted as objects related to or indicative of action and the body.
Students in the Jewelry and Utensils class at the AdBK Nuremberg explore the potential of these objects to play a central role within the class-internal Danner Competition. Each participant creates a jug, a tablecloth, and a stick. The object is intended to evoke a specific action (sequence of actions), a specific posture, or an encounter, and thus play a central role in its handling, use, and interaction with it.

The jury consisted of Maria Konschake, Katja Köditz, Julie Metzdorf, and Stella Wanisch.
 

Ryu Kayang (1st Place)
The work ein – ein – eine / der – der – die is compelling due to its two approaches and the juxtaposition of definition and memory. The artist explores the questions of how one approaches an object and what defines it, as well as the visualization of narratives and descriptions, through two approaches: on the one hand, with three-dimensional objects made of self-produced, oil-based wax, which remains as malleable as our memories. On the other hand, with drawings that resemble frottages in form and appear like an abrasion of the described objects. The work is also compelling due to its highly poetic approach.

 

Elena Speier (1st place)
The work Einkehr impressed the jury with its nuanced treatment of stereotypes of “Bavarian mainstream culture” and its critical examination of the artist’s own heritage. The jury also commended the way all three objects are brought together into a single work and are clearly interrelated, as well as the artist’s exploration of the concepts of “giving function” and “taking away function.” To this end, the artist uses her mother’s old walking stick, the beer mugs from her youth, and the sensation of wobbly knees after strenuous mandatory hikes from her childhood. The walking stick and beer mug are stripped of their function here, whereas the tablecloth becomes a table cushion and takes on a new function. The newly created objects offer new possibilities for action.

Moses Krämer (Honorable Mention)
The student approaches the objects—the mug, the stick, and the tablecloth—in a performance that impresses the jury with its clarity. As props, he uses items he carries with him daily: a baseball cap becomes a mug, a pencil becomes a stick, and a cotton handkerchief becomes a tablecloth. The objects are defined by the actions performed with them: drinking, scratching, and setting the table. This makes the significance of the human being as the one who gives the objects their function—and the simplicity inherent in this—particularly clear.