#1 Block Print Vessel Tea Towel Round and stately

Round and stately

and a combination of czech glass beads and Japanese delica beads

The Rocking Lamb is a charming half-size version of the iconic Rocking Sheep

His body of work operates like a language of glyphs: aesthetically rich in appearance

#1 Block Print Vessel Tea Towel Round and statelyAkio 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