#12 Large Kokeshi Vessel Placemats The perfect pair

The perfect pair

I can imagine myself carrying it from one sunny spot to another

This recipe includes tomato juice

I have noticed that it’s good to let the water that collects in a saucer have room to evaporate so that it doesn’t become stagnant

#12 Large Kokeshi Vessel Placemats The perfect pairAkio 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