#70 Medium Torso Vessel Picnic food storage

food storage

75” tall)

perfect for pouring out oil

The round planter bowl echoes the full-bodied leaves of this plant

printed with wooden blocks

#70 Medium Torso Vessel Picnic food storageAkio 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 different colored