A Half-Baked Design Concept Reminds Ceramicist Sarah Hussaini to Trust Her Process

When I was still in architecture school at Columbia University, I found this wooden object at a studio sale. I think it was a prototype. It was under a table and didn’t have a price tag, but I asked if I could buy it and they sold it to me for ten dollars. I’ve used it to hold flowers and candles, but mostly I just display it like a sculpture.