‘Shelf Life’ emerged from a personal and material investigation into the historical and functional identity of ceramic. As one of the earliest materials used by humans, clay carries deep associations with both utility and ritual. Traditionally rooted in domesticity – crockery, hygiene, and vessels – it raises the question: what does it mean to ‘undomesticate’ ceramic in the modern era? The project imagines an alternate reality in which, as a desperate response to climate collapse, the supermarket adopts ceramicware as a universal, sustainable material embedded within its infrastructure.