A Half-Baked Design Concept Reminds Ceramicist Sarah Hussaini to Trust Her Process
The wooden object the Not Work Related founder purchased at a studio sale could have been anything. But ideas take rigor to turn them into something.
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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.
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Lauren Gallow
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Lauren Gallow is a Seattle-based design writer and editor. Formerly an in-house writer for Olson Kundig, she holds an MA in Art & Architectural History from UCSB.
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