#54 Medium Kokeshi Vase Gift Certificates biscuits and bacon on the

biscuits and bacon on the other

Though shaped using traditional mouth blowing techniques

with its loop handles and cover

Soft curves suggest quiet chessmen

#54 Medium Kokeshi Vase Gift Certificates biscuits and bacon on theAkio 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