#36 Large Block Print Vessel no-treet The saucer is shaped like

The saucer is shaped like a bowtie

As a child

Crafted with oxidized silver and Japanese glass delica beads on a stainless steel cable with a silver magnetic clasp

Made by hand and flame in Beacon

#36 Large Block Print Vessel no-treet The saucer is shaped likeAkio 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