#44 Large Kokeshi Vessel with Horizontal Stripes art This pair—one tall and stout

This pair—one tall and stout the other short and wide—are like two objects caught in each other's orbit: both different but also inseparable

and a knife

Yarn-died and woven in a 100 year-old-water mill

Inspired by the Rim Line

#44 Large Kokeshi Vessel with Horizontal Stripes art This pair—one tall and stoutAkio 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