Key — School Clay Puzzle

This ceramic sculpture continues an ongoing body of work centered on a school key I carried with me from Brazil to the United States.

Originally explored through magazine design in Collective Spaces, Private Stories (2024), the object reappears here in a new material form.

The piece transforms the key, key tag, and key ring into a ceramic puzzle that can be assembled, separated, and rearranged. By fragmenting the object into individual components, the work reflects the way memories are reconstructed over time.

The blue puzzle tray functions as both a container and an absence. When the pieces are removed, only their impressions remain, emphasizing the relationship between presence and loss.

Media: Ceramic, glaze
Dimensions: 7 × 5 in