#89 Extra Small Kokeshi Vessel More Than Goods Roasted Shrimp Tacos

Roasted Shrimp Tacos

Each one is turned from Swedish pinewood and painted

cypress and nutmeg–impart agentle

to dusty and petrol-y

#89 Extra Small Kokeshi Vessel More Than Goods Roasted Shrimp TacosAkio 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