[dahart]

Offended by the question? Why? I’m sure you’re joking a little, but the question isn’t well formulated, not worth even being mock-offended over, and anyway, it was primarily about the audience’s point of view, not the artist’s. There are lots of crafts made for touch: linens, knives and utensils, clothing, furniture, violins, etc.. And lots of art is made with the hands, like sculpture & music. Isn’t pottery’s main criteria to hold things well and secondarily to look good while holding things? Unless it’s made as a sort of musical instrument, when is the sound of a pot important for evaluating it? I can see enjoying the touch & sound of certain decorative pottery (which may means it’s intended to be non-functional visual art, to be looked at and not meant to hold anything?), but generally even if I wanted to, I can’t pick up and touch other people’s decorative pottery or handle museum pottery unless explicitly invited. So yeah, if sound & feel is the intent, I can see it being quite difficult to share that.