#45 Small Kokeshi Vessel with Horizontal Stripes S26 a soup spoon

a soup spoon

This piece will go on sale as part of Group 3 on Thursday July 28

which I chose to place at the center of the pot

You might find them good enough to eat straight from the jar

or rocking chair

#45 Small Kokeshi Vessel with Horizontal Stripes S26 a soup spoonAkio 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