#34 Large Kokeshi Vessel Napkins The final product is a

The final product is a complex mixture that introduces a fine bitterness to any cocktail

Akio hand built the dual neck on this piece

Designed in the 1980s by Edith Heath

pressed into incense molds and finally dried…That’s it

#34 Large Kokeshi Vessel Napkins The final product is aAkio 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