#34 Large Kokeshi Vessel Utensils textured blue surface

textured blue surface

Use them in the kitchen to store your favorite sea salt

The surfaces are glazed in high gloss

honey-like fragrance

mixed with brown

#34 Large Kokeshi Vessel Utensils textured blue surfaceAkio 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 traditional kokeshi dollsis 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