#68 Medium Kokeshi Vessel cooking yet durable and beautifully detailed

yet durable and beautifully detailed — in Cafe

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The round form at the top is contiguous with the saucer below

#68 Medium Kokeshi Vessel cooking yet durable and beautifully detailedAkio 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