#68 Medium Kokeshi Vessel cooking I want to encourage people

I want to encourage people to think differently and try new things in their own home gardens

or seed chambers

Whether kept on the table for serving or on the kitchen countertop for seasoning food with

this dinner plate will give any table setting an air of rustic beauty

#68 Medium Kokeshi Vessel cooking I want to encourage peopleAkio 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