#21 Torso Vessel HITW Perfect for canning and food

Perfect for canning and food storage — they're even beautiful enough to be used as decoration

a soup spoon

double-sided design

Let your imagination fill in the possibilities for this basket

#21 Torso Vessel HITW Perfect for canning and foodAkio 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