#20 Torso Vessel Akio 2024 awakening and uplifting

awakening and uplifting

connected piece

Oven S’Mores

giving the String of Pearls succulent plenty of room to cascade and cast a beautiful pattern of shadows

Also excellent in salad dressings to punch up fresh vegetable flavors

#20 Torso Vessel Akio 2024 awakening and upliftingAkio 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