Not a Clutch

Not a Clutch was made through pit firing, one of the oldest ways of firing ceramics. Placed in a pit among combustible materials, the piece is marked directly by smoke and heat.

Its hollow ceramic form recalls a familiar accessory while resisting a fixed identity. The work remains suspended between sculpture and clutch—until use intervenes.

The artist later carried it to a wedding. For one evening, use settled the question: the sculpture became a clutch without ceasing to be a sculpture.