#81 Small Kokeshi Vessel Vases Goodbye plastic

Goodbye plastic

As a child

one-of-a-kind serving pieces are handcrafted from sustainable cherry wood

Mushroom Mu Shu

These serrated steak knives are beautifully sculpted

#81 Small Kokeshi Vessel Vases Goodbye plasticAkio 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