#48 Large Cloud Vessel Placemat and a table knife

and a table knife

satisfying to hold

the other light with mottled textures reminiscent of organic objects

Goodbye plastic

This small teapot features vertical lines carved down the body of the teapot

#48 Large Cloud Vessel Placemat and a table knifeAkio Nukagas work explores the possibilities of how he leaves a trace of himself in clay. This piece features his signature Pleated Work technique of carving grooves into the wet clay after it is thrown on the wheel. The forminspired by ancient earthenwareis accentuated by these grooves curving down the profile of the vessel creating movement and rhythm. After the first firing and before the second, he finishes the vessel by applying indigo colored