and playful

A simple yet sophisticated patterns of greens

and features a stainless steel mechanism that can also be used to mill coffee beans and other spices

printed with wooden blocks

#57 Small Pumpkin Vessel in Indigo Decorating and playfulAkio 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 indigo colored