This piece of pottery was made during my Studio in Ceramics course in 2006 at Nazareth College. I wanted to take a normal vessel, like a vase, and try to deconstruct it. The reason I chose this piece for Persistence/Determination is because it took many tries for me to get the height and thickness of the pottery correct - I must have tried at least 30 times! I find it ironic that once I did get it correct, I was going to cut it apart and put holes in it anyway! After finally having success and discovering my "Aha moment" with pottery, I decided to have a concentration in it for my Graduate studies.