When making work in the 1990s, an interest of Betty Woodman's was to see how far she could move away from the pot—the container—and still reference the form itself. This formative era marked a decade in which Woodman transformed the functional history of clay into a point of departure and engaged in bold formal experiments in which she acknowledged the central role of the vessel even as she deconstructed, reassembled, and expanded upon it. In this video, Woodman discusses her process for making her diptych and triptych sculptures and the ideas that arose from the material limitations of the ceramic medium itself. View seminal examples of Woodman's vessels in 'Betty Woodman: Conversations on the Shore, Works from the 1990s,' on view at our New York gallery through December 17. Click the link in bio to RSVP for a conversation between writer Amy Sherlock and Judith Tannenbaum, who curated three exhibitions of Woodman's work in 1985, 1992, and 2005, moderated by @sculpturecenter's deputy director, Kyle Dancewicz. Studio footage of Betty Woodman excerpted from the documentary ‘Betty Woodman: Thinking Out Loud’ (1991), © Charles Woodman. Voiceover excerpted from interview with John Perreault. 🎥: Sean Hanley (@seen.hanley) / editing by Destefano DeLuise. All artworks © Woodman Family Foundation (@woodmanfoundation)/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York