Barghest—or Borris as I’ve come to call him—was created as a way to explore the impact that adding live sound would have on my ceramic pieces. Are these creatures just empty vessel-like pots? Or do they blur the line between flesh and ceramics with their vocalizations? Reverberating within the cavernous internal spaces of Barghest is an agitated reservoir of water, whose sounds can be heard coming from the beast’s maw and ears. It was important that the source of the sound is physically located within the piece, instead of a recording, to further push the consideration of just how alive this sculpture may be. My solution to this technical challenge, ironically, was to intentionally create a lidded vessel that questions its own nature as such.