#20 Torso Vessel Akio 2024 Oven S’Mores

Oven S’Mores

Also excellent in salad dressings to punch up fresh vegetable flavors

connected piece

Scented with an earthy blend of patchouli and lime essential oil

#20 Torso Vessel Akio 2024 Oven S’MoresAkio 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 ancient earthenwareis 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 colored