#1 Block Print Vessel Tea Towel with an accented top hem

with an accented top hem and handle

and a combination of czech glass beads and Japanese delica beads

Inspired by the Rim Line

main courses—you name it

#1 Block Print Vessel Tea Towel with an accented top hemAkio Nukagas work explores the possibilities of how he leaves a trace of himself in clay. In this piece, he stamps patterns into the soft, wet clay before it is fireda nod to Japanese techniques called inamun and mishimade. The form of the vesselinspired by ancient earthenwareappears textured and soft after stamping. After the first firing and before the second, he finishes the vessel by applying different colored slips (liquid clay)a technique that