#70 Medium Torso Vessel Picnic The round planter bowl echoes

The round planter bowl echoes the full-bodied leaves of this plant

serve in style

food storage

75” tall)

is now in many international collections

#70 Medium Torso Vessel Picnic The round planter bowl echoesAkio 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